Director Chen Yiren, known for working with Mayday and Jolin Tsai, launches NFT, unveiling a mysterious "Eight Immortals" project that will lead the entertainment industry into Web3.

Grass Jelly Studio, founded by MV director Chen Yiren, known for working with renowned artists such as Mayday and Jolin Tsai, revealed on the 22nd their NFT project "Eight Immortals 8immortals," aiming to bridge the Chinese-language film and television cultural circle into the metaverse through rich audiovisual, music, design, and cultural resources. The initial release will consist of 888 NFTs, with a total supply of 8,888.

Grass Jelly Image Releases Mysterious Eight Immortals Teaser

On the 22nd, Grass Jelly Image unveiled a preview of the Eight Immortals NFT project through a teaser video. The one-minute video shows a traditional tableware can rapidly spinning, with an image resembling one of the Eight Immortals, Han Zhongli, and a cat on top. As the carousel effect begins to move, several members of the Eight Immortals are revealed from different cans.

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Appearance of the Eight Immortals:

According to director Chen Yiren, who was interviewed, he has been influenced by temple culture since childhood and has a special connection to Eastern traditional culture. Therefore, his creations often incorporate elements from both Eastern and Western cultures. "The Eight Immortals" is an NFT project based on the film and television industry. He aims to combine the supernatural imagery of the Eight Immortals with the diverse skills of film and television professionals in creating this NFT, representing their extraordinary abilities. Many interactive features and functions of future NFTs will also be linked to temple culture.

Director Chen Yiren's 2005 work "Joyful Sailing on Lifeboat of Salvation" fully demonstrates his interest in temple culture.

The first wave will release 888 Eight Immortals NFTs, with each deity having 111 different forms. A total of 8,888 NFTs will be released in 11 waves of different series of the Eight Immortals' appearances, available on Ethereum, with the sale price to be announced.

The technical partner for "The Eight Immortals" is the Taiwan-based Brave Series, a well-known project for exchangeable physical NFTs, and the IP e-commerce platform Fandora. Although specific details cannot be disclosed at present, Fandora's co-founder Juan Mao revealed, "The 'Eight Immortals' will be a collective energy of visual creation, musicians, and the entertainment industry."

AMA Whitelist Event

On the 25th at 22:00, Grass Jelly Image - Director Chen Yiren, OTT founder - Davidd Liu, Fandora co-founder - Juan Mao, and ComDAO - Sama will host an AMA event on Discord to explain project details, whitelist mechanisms, and giveaways. For more information and whitelist access, please visit the official Discord: Eight Immortals Palace Club

Rising Tide of Film and Television Collaboration NFTs?

Although native NFTs based on cryptocurrencies have entered a challenging phase where only the strong survive, NFT projects combined with physical industries are still in the nascent stage. Grass Jelly Image is one of Asia's top advertising and MV special effects production teams, having won numerous national and international awards: the German Red Dot Communication Design Award, the German iF Communication Design Award, the MTV EMA European Music Video Award, the VMAJ Japan MTV Music Video Award, Golden Melody Awards, Golden Horse Awards, and the U.S. STASH Image Magazine Selection, among others. Collaborations with well-known figures such as Mayday, Jolin Tsai, and Soda Green have been widely recognized. If there are future collaborations in their works, the potential audience will be even larger.

Grass Jelly Image's work: Soda Green / Story MV

According to the Eight Immortals team, this NFT series is not only a carefully crafted art collection by Grass Jelly Image but also extends to Web3 applications and physical industry applications, connecting the Web3 community with the film and television industry. Recently, NFT projects that focus on investment communities have increased, and NFTs combined with the film and entertainment industry may lead to more innovative marketing, fan economy, physical tickets, and decentralized copyright applications.