Rebirth of England

Entering August, Fan Bingbing has finished filming the first season of "Succession".

Generally, the production cycle of each episode of American TV series is 7-14 days. The first season of "Succession" has a total of 10 episodes, which takes about three months to shoot.

However, the role of "stepmother" played by Fan Bingbing was not the protagonist in the first season, but only a minor supporting role, so the filming of her part was able to be completed early.

In fact, "Succession" did not follow the shooting process of many American TV series.

How are most American TV series produced?

Generally speaking, most American dramas are created by screenwriters, but some American dramas are discovered by producers. In the United States, the television industry has the largest number of producers, and many producers are screenwriters.

In many cases, the director's status is not as high as that of the screenwriter. On average, a complete American TV series has 15-18 screenwriters. The screenwriters of sitcoms are replaced faster than those of dramas, because each screenwriter's plot is limited, and the director is also average. It's a few episodes.

Generally speaking, the first step for an American TV series is the recommendation from the screenwriter to the producer or film and television company.

When a screenwriter has a good idea or a good script, he will first convince the producer or film and television company. If the other party thinks that the script is promising, then they will start to jointly process the idea or script. The next step is to go to the TV station. Recommended.

If the TV station is also interested, then they will buy the script (mostly the first episode in the script), wait until the first episode is filmed, and then hand it over to the TV station for a small-scale test screening before making a final decision. Is this TV series on the playlist for next year?

It can be said that there are countless new drama ideas every year, and the TV station will go through layers of screening to determine the final small-scale list for trial shooting, and then give a trial and error cost of 50,000 to 500,000 US dollars for each TV series. , after selecting the TV series from the final product, they will buy all the scripts for filming. This is the usual process for American TV stations to broadcast American TV series.

"Succession" is completely different. Its filming was directly decided by the TV series production department of the Marvel-MGM Group - or in other words, it was directly decided by Barron, the boss behind the scenes.

Therefore, there is no need to go through the screening of the TV station, and the quality of the TV series only needs to be controlled within the group.

Moreover, "Succession" will not be filmed and broadcast at the same time, but will directly film all 10 episodes of the first season. Anyway, for Barron, there will be no shortage of broadcast platforms for this TV series, whether it is Either the Sinclair Group's TV stations in the United States or Netflix, or ITV and DailyVedio in the UK, are enough to ensure that this series is delivered to the audience.

After filming "Succession", Fan Bingbing began to "come back" and appeared in front of the public.

She took a private jet directly back to China - the Gulfstream G450 that Barron first purchased is now infrequently used and will be used by her for the time being.

This also made it easier for Fan Bingbing to return to China with his two children, Andy and Bell. In Yanjing, they lived in a low-key manner in a well-renovated courtyard house near the Summer Palace.

The first event Fan Bingbing attended was the Huabiao Awards ceremony in August. In this award ceremony, Fan Bingbing appeared on the red carpet dressed up, which naturally caused a sensation in the media.

You know, this actress who could be said to be the "top class" in the country has "disappeared" for a year...

That's not to say that he disappeared completely. During this period, sporadic news about Fan Bingbing would come out. According to Fan Bingbing's studio, Fan Bingbing went to the United States for further study and would return to China soon.

Fan Bingbing's personal blog and her Woaw personal page will also update some photos of her time in Los Angeles from time to time - of course, the angles of those photos are very professional and will not show her body shape. Come……

Her latest news is that she participated in the filming of an American TV series, but she did not introduce it in detail.

When being interviewed by reporters, Fan Bingbing thanked everyone for their concern for her, and said that studying in Los Angeles made her realize many of her previous shortcomings, and soon, she will join the filming crew. As for which movie, She didn't say it directly, but said she wanted to keep it secret for now.

The most interesting thing is that Fan Bingbing presented the award for the best actress at the Huabiao Awards ceremony, and the winner was Li Bingbing, another "ice" in "Four Dans Double Ice"...

She won the second prize in this Huabiao Award for "Yun Shui Yao".

This scene also became the cover photo of many subsequent media reports.

Just when the public was talking about Fan Bingbing's return to the domestic entertainment industry, a piece of news soon broke out, igniting the topic.

Marvel-MGM Group announced that it will soon start filming a new 007 movie series - "007: Quantum of Solace".

"Casino Royale", which was just released last year, achieved unprecedented success both in terms of word-of-mouth and box office. The film's total global box office reached US$616 million, ranking fourth on the global box office list in 2006.

So Marvel-MGM Group took advantage of the situation and decided to launch its sequel "007: Quantum of Solace". Different from the previous film, this movie will be independently produced by MGM Pictures instead of cooperating with Sony Pictures. .

"007: Quantum of Solace" can indeed be called the sequel to "007: Casino Royale" because the plot of "007: Quantum of Solace" begins one hour after the end of "007: Casino Royale". For the first time, the 007 series has two truly closely connected films.

This is because some clues appeared in "007: Casino Royale", but these clues were not answered at the end of the film, so the screenwriter continued to write the story for this purpose.

This film will still star Daniel Craig, who played 007 in the previous film - in the previous 007 film, Daniel's style was very different from the previous 007, and he was accepted and affirmed by the audience.

Chinese reporters discovered that Fan Bingbing's name appeared in the cast lineup announced by MGM Pictures. She will play the British MI6 agent Fields Fan in this movie. The second "Bond Girl" in the series.

At this point, Fan Bingbing also became the first Chinese "Bond Girl".

The first Chinese actor to appear in a 007 movie was Chinese actor Zhou Caiqin in "007: Thunder Valley" in 1967. Later actors in the 007 series also included the young "charter wife" Yuan Qiu and a Chinese married to a Jew. Actor Michelle Yeoh…

Yuan Qiu had too few scenes in that 007 movie and didn't even have any lines, so she couldn't be considered a "Bond Girl". The other two can only be said to be Chinese, so Fan Bingbing's appearance in the 007 series this time is quite impressive. For sensational.