{"id":1085,"date":"2014-05-30T19:03:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T19:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2014-05-30T19:03:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T19:03:44","slug":"chinese-blogger-han-han-takes-his-writing-to-the-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/chinese-blogger-han-han-takes-his-writing-to-the-big-screen","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Blogger Han Han Takes His Writing to the Big Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

9:10 am HKT \u00a0<\/span>May 30, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n

One of China\u2019s most prolific writers, blogger Han Han will soon put his directorial debut to the big screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cHou Hui Wuqi (Never to Meet Again),\u201d a movie about a cross-country road trip by a group of young people that Mr. Han started working on earlier this year, is expected to hit Chinese theaters on July 24. The film features a slate of popular actors from mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as an appearance by Chinese director Jia Zhangke.<\/p>\n

Mr. Han, who Time magazine dubbed China\u2019s literary bad boy, enjoys nearly 38 million followers on Weibo. His popularity helped the film\u2019s trailer garner more than 1.5 million views in just five hours after it was released Thursday morning. The film has also ranked among the most trending topics on Weibo for the past two days.<\/p>\n

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\nHan Han poses during a Peugeot sport car promotional event in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Associated Press
\n\u201cDirecting a film was on my to-do list after I turned 30 years old,\u201d the 31-year-old said at a media event in Beijing on Thursday. \u201cNow I love making films.<\/p>\n

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\nFilm poster Laurel Films\/ Guomai Culture Media\/Bona Film Group.
\n\u201cThis is a road comedy, but it is not that clamorous or that in-you-face,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t like screaming in front of camera.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though vague on other details about the film, he hints that it will showcase his rebellious side, as he usually does on his blog and in his novel.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite line in the movie is \u2018shut up,\u2019 \u201d said Mr. Han, who is originally from Shanghai and is also an award-winning race car driver. \u201cI dislike those \u2018Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul\u2019 kind of things and I think we already have enough movies lecturing on life values. \u201c<\/p>\n

China\u2019s box office has been swept by a number of young directors in the past two years, including Vicky Zhao\u2019s \u201cSo Young\u201d and Xu Zheng\u2019s \u201cLost In Thailand.\u201d The two installments of \u201cTiny Times,\u201d a romantic-comedy by another well-known writer-turned-director, Guo Jinming, both ranked among last year\u2019s highest-grossing films, though they have been controversial among film critics.<\/p>\n

Mr. Han gave credit to the crop of young filmmakers for helping to pave his way to the screen. \u201cI\u2019m very grateful to all these young directors,\u201d said Mr. Han, who also wrote his film\u2019s script. \u201cBecause of their box-office miracle, I had more freedom regarding investment and expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like all directors in China, Mr. Han must deal with China\u2019s notoriously harsh censorship, but he remains optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that censorship can loosen up in the next few years,\u201d Mr. Han told The Wall Street Journal. \u201cWe have been restricted by it for a very long time and I expect this issue will get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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