2月29日，上海电影集团与安乐电影公司在上海联合宣布，深受欢迎的国产系列动画片《葫芦兄弟》即将推出真人版电影。
The popular Chinese animation TV series Calabash Brothers (Hulu Xiongdi) is set to become alive-action film, announced Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Edko Films at a joint pressconference in Shanghai on February 29.
《葫芦兄弟》是上海电影集团于1986年推出的13集动画片，讲述了七个“葫芦娃”兄弟大战两个妖怪的故事，深受中国观众的喜爱。
Known as "Húluwá" among its many Chinese fans, the original 13-episode series was firstbroadcast in 1986 and follows the adventures of seven boys with super powers fighting two demonic spirits.
《葫芦兄弟》是中国“70后”、“80后”们的集体童年回忆的一部分。在听到了这一消息后，他们表示即兴奋又担忧。
The animation is part of the collective memory of many fans who were born in the 1970s and 80sand they are both excited and anxious at the news.
新浪微博用户（相当于中国版本的Twitter）BanbiTyphoo 表示，“不管这部电影被改成了什么样，我一定会去看看。”另一位名叫“多多”的网友则对此表示担心：“导演是否能找到7个一样的兄弟来演葫芦娃。”
"No matter how terrible the movie's gonna be, I'm definitely going to watch it," said BanbiTyphoon on the Twitter-like social media Sina Weibo. Another, Duoduo, worried whether "the director could find seven identical brothers for filming."
在新闻发布会上，香港安乐影业总裁江志强表示，启动拍摄真人版《葫芦兄弟》是经过了慎重的考虑之后做出的决定。他补充说，他们选择了真人版电影而不是高科技电脑动画版，并会尽最大努力在银幕上重塑经典。
At the press conference, Bill Kong, president of Hong Kong-based Edko Films, promised that the remake had been decided upon after careful deliberation. He added that they have opted for live-action rather than high-tech CG animation as part of their efforts to respect the roots of the classic animation.
葫芦是一种藤状植物的草绿色果实，又被称为瓠子或者长瓜。在《葫芦兄弟》系列中，七种不同颜色的葫芦从蒂部落下之后，神奇地变成了葫芦兄弟。
A calabash is a light-green vine fruit, also known as opo squash or long melon. In the series,seven different-coloured calabashes fall from their stems and magically transform into the brothers.
迄今为止，这部动画片已经被译成了7种语言。
So far, the animation series has been translated into seven languages.