"Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" Fixed File 4.1 Creative Preview Full of Expectations


1905 movie network news A few days ago, a sci-fi comedy starring Wang Yitong, Jiang Qiming and Sheng Chenchen was released "Are you kidding the universe?" Version of the preview and finalized poster is scheduled to be released nationwide on April 1, 2023. This word-of-mouth masterpiece, which detonated the fans’ group, announced that it would "see you in the cinema" with the audience, and at the same time asked "Are you kidding the universe?" The sense of humor is full in an instant, and the humorous temperament of joy and relaxation is vividly portrayed.


The film Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department has won many awards at Pingyao International Film Festival and Beijing International Film Festival before, and was shortlisted for Rotterdam International Film Festival. It is hard to get a ticket in the screening of major film festivals. This time, the audience unanimously applauded and expressed their impatience to get into the cinema and get a sneak peek.


The detailed poster highlights the temperament of sci-fi films, and the creative preview is full of humorous style.


The film Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department tells the story of Tang Zhijun (Yang Haoyu), editor-in-chief of Cosmic Exploration, a sci-fi magazine, who has been obsessed with finding extraterrestrial civilization for decades. One day, he received an abnormal signal that was suspected to come from the depths of the universe, so he called we are both unhappy — to the sky’s end’s partners, and once again set foot on the story of searching for aliens with that question that puzzled him all his life.


There are many details of the film plot hidden in the released materials. The finalized poster seems absurd, but it is actually intriguing: the main body of the picture is a donkey attracted by carrots. On the back of the donkey, a group of people from the "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" are marching forward under the leadership of editor-in-chief Tang Zhijun. The detector in Tang Zhijun’s hand seems to have received the signal of alien civilization, but this signal, like the carrot in the donkey’s eyes, may be true or illusory. There is a "universe" hidden in the negative space inside the donkey, and the journey of Tang Zhijun and his party has also encountered countless adventures here: a TV set with a full screen in Xue Huadian, helpless astronauts, a box with the words "cosmic merit box" written on it, teenagers wearing aluminum pot, and strange means of transportation, etc. … … Many details of the poster are full of imagination, which indicates that this "space exploration" trip is bizarre and interesting.


At the same time, "Are you kidding the universe?" The preview of the film is full of humor in a unique way, which makes people laugh. The whole trailer restored the style of TV advertising in the 1980s and 1990s, and elements such as TV, astronaut and cosmic merit box appeared in the finalized poster. Careful viewers can also find more surprise details such as editorial board, alien model, and a lonely "poor saint" … … All this was sucked into a huge cauldron. With the magical female voice recommendation: "large-scale domestic color wide-screen feature film", it makes people curious about the story that happened in the film, and will even "see you in the cinema on April 1!" Keep it firmly in mind. At the end of the trailer, the sentence "Are you kidding the universe?" Combined with the schedule of April 1, it gives birth to a very natural and advanced sense of humor. The whole trailer seems simple and light, but in fact, based on Vintage style, it makes clever and effective use of Glitch Art and Psychedelic Art, and creatively deconstructs and reorganizes the film elements, which can be described as unique. Combined with the super-high score of "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" in Douban Platform 8.7, such a "The masterpiece of the year is even more curious.


Young director’s feature film debut won many awards, and the core team escorted it.


Directed by Kong Dashan, a young director, Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department won unanimous praise from the audience, judges, peers, film critics and media at the Cosmic Premiere held in Pingyao in 2021, and became the most eye-catching film in Pingyao Film Festival. In the end, "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" lived up to expectations, and won the Fei Mu Award for Best Film, Youth Review Award for Film, Movie Selection Award and the most popular film award of the Tibetan Dragon Unit, which was the most important, and became the biggest winner. Frant Gwo, one of the film producers and director of The Wandering Earth, praised the film "Exploring another possibility of China science fiction movies!" Since then, Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department has won many awards at home and abroad, such as Rotterdam International Film Festival, Beijing International Film Festival and Hong Kong International Film Festival. Yang Haoyu and Ai Liya, the film’s leading stars, also won the best actress awards in the 12th Beijing International Film Festival and the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival Rookie Film Competition respectively for their outstanding performances.


In addition to the outstanding performance of young filmmakers, the success of Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department is also inseparable from strong behind-the-scenes support. Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department is escorted by The Wandering Earth’s core team, and this film is jointly produced by the famous screenwriter Wang Hongwei, who is known as the "screenplay textbook", and the director Frant Gwo, who is known as the "helmsman of China science fiction movies". Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department is different from the sci-fi genre film in the general sense. It is a mixture of absurdity, black humor, road films and other elements, and tells the ideal lamentation of ordinary people in a rare expression form, leading the audience into a vast and affectionate spiritual world. As an extremely eye-catching attempt of Chinese film, Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department received the full support of two producers at the beginning of its creation. Kong Dashan, the film director, said in an interview: "In fact, this story is difficult to imagine through words in the script stage, what form it is. Director Frant Gwo, Mr. Wang Hongwei, and all the other masters, even myself, have no idea. But they still helped me realize this thing without hesitation. "


The film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" was produced by Wang Hongwei and Frant Gwo, directed by Kong Dashan, starring Yang Haoyu and Ai Liya, and starring Wang Yitong, Jiang Qiming and Sheng Chenchen. The movie will be released nationwide on April 1st. Let’s see if this wave of word-of-mouth masterpieces is "what a cosmic joke"!