Stephen Chow Plans Movie with Jin Yong Characters

-- Stephen Chow's Next --

Two icons of Chinese pop culture, comedian Stephen Chow and martial arts novelist Louis Cha (Jin Yong), may make a move together. Apple Daily said Chow, 44, organised a dinner on Monday for his hero, Cha, 82, at the members-only Shanghai Fraternity Association in Central in Hong Kong.

Over them meal, the actor-director presented Cha with a draft of a new script for a kungfu movie, said the report. Stephen Chow said if Louis Cha liked it, he could consider co-writing the film with him. The report said Stephen Chow hand plans for a movie incorporating many characters from Cha's books, including tragic hero Qiao Feng and his sworn brother Xuzhu from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils and lovers Guo Jing and Huang Rong from The Legend of The Condor Heroes.

Personalities like sci-fi novelist Ni Kuang, Singapore-born writer-movie producer Chua Lam, Apple Daily columnist Chip Tsao and singer Paula Tsui were present at the dinner. Chow recently completed filming for a sci-fi comedy A hope, which was previously called Yangtze River VII.

A self-professed fan of Louis Cha's stories, he dropped references to Return of The Condor Heroes in his 2004 hit film Kung Fu Hustle. In the movie, a comical pugilistic couple played by Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu reveal that their names are Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu - just like the characters from Return of Condor Heroes. When the movie was released, Stephen Chow asked if Louis Cha wanted to be paid royalties for the references and the author jokingly demanded HK$60 thousand for the six mentions. The report said Stephen Chow paid up and Louis Cha donated the sum to victims of the Asian tsunami.  The Straits Times