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Filming inauguration (video) for City Under Siege was held on a soundstage in Yuen Long, Hong Kong on June 24.

Director Benny Chan says that he had long wanted to do a Chinese type of superhero movie, one that combines that unique characteristics of Chinese Kungfu with special visual effects.

-- The Sword and The Pugilistic World --

At the closing ceremony of Shanghai Film Festival on June 21, Michelle Yeoh denies that she is shunning the action genre as age catches up with the 47-year-old actress, "It's very thrilling and fun doing action films. I'm getting stronger, and won't be affected by age. Be it action or arthouse film, what I choose depends very much on the script and the director."

Often, she would also assume producing duties. But to her, it's more relaxing being an actress, "As producer, you would see your money gone every minute, and have to worry if anyone is sick, or even if their family members are sick."

Michelle Yeoh reveals that she would be joining producer Terance Chang and director John Woo's wuxia film The Sword and The Pugilistic World (tentative) this September. While she and John Woo have known each other for years, this is their first collaboration, "It's been a while since I returned to Mainland for filming."  Netease, Sina

Abstracted from Wu Jing's blog entry, dated June 19, 2009:

Been busy shooting in Hong Kong for quite a while, so didn't have time to come here. But I'm aware that many are concerned about me, thank you, everyone.

-- 2012 --

Full trailer for Roland Emmerich's 2012 is has just been released and may be viewed either on Yahoo or 2012 movie official site. The film's release date has been pushed back from July 10 to November 13, 2009.

The eco-disaster film starring John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Amanda Peet, Morgan Lily, Chiwetel Ejiofor is about an academic researcher leading a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events, as a result of climate change, that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar.

-- Romancing Tai Chi --

Henan Flying Roc Cultural Company, Chen Zheng Lei Tai Chi Culture, Changchun Film Studio, Henan Film Group and Beijing Xinyinglian Cinema Circuit are teaming up to produce 《太极之恋》 Romancing Tai Chi (tentative), budgeted at over 100m yuan.

The first draft for the film on Tai Chi, written by Meng Xian Ming and Zhan Fang, has been completed. Romancing Tai Chi is said to be film where Eastern and Western cultures meet, where the female protagonist is a ballet dancer from the West, through which the essence of Tai Chi is explored. Through a colorful legend, involving the values of relationships, it would lead the viewers into a mysterious world of Tai Chi. Apart from combative aspects, Romancing Tai Chi would be looking into Tai Chi as a form of health regulation exercise.

According to Zhang Fang, a disciple of the celebrated Chen Styled Tai Chi master Chen Zhenglei has twice negotiated with Zhang Yimou, who expressed keen interest in doing a film on Tai Chi culture and has verbally agreed to be the director. The cast would be determined by Zhang Yimou, once they inked the deal.  Henan Business Daily

-- True Legend --

From the looks of the simply awesome teaser trailer just added to True Legend Official Site, the kungfu film by Yuen Wo Ping, starring Zhao Wen Zhuo, Zhou Xun, Andy On, Michelle Yeoh, Jiang Lu Xia, Cung Le, Sylvester Turkoy, is set to raise the bar for martial arts films.

The director's diary has a new entry on Zhou Xun hauling the badly injured Zhao Wen Zhuo on a stretcher over the hills and having to do tough chores like chopping the wood and fetching water and filming of heartbreaking scenes on Mt North Star.

Actual release date has not been announced, but due to the scale of the film, post-production would take around 1 year or so and True Legend won't be out till at least December.

Michelle Yeoh would possibly be starring alongside Andy Lau in Lady Warriors of Yang Family: Military Order Stands Absolute (tentative) directed by Frankie Chan in December.