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Friday, July 28. 2006
- Let's Steal Together -- Let's Steal Together is a HK$24m contemporary martial arts comedy that is basically about several artful thieves' hunt for treasure. The cast includes Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Wu Jing, Zhang Qian, Yuen Wah, Shek Sau, Sammo Hung, Steven Cheung, etc. Let's Steal Together is expected to be released in early 2007. It's the first time Kong Tao Hoi, an action director and production planner, works as a director. He was the one behind all sorts of sleight of hand card tricks that Chow Yun Fat did in God of Gamblers. This time around, he will devise not only a set of tough moves for The Twins, but also fresh, novel ways of pilfering.
Continue reading "Twins Mission: Script Amended For Wu Jing; Cast Falling Sick"
Tuesday, July 18. 2006
-- Let's Steal Together -- Production of 《双子神偷》 Let's Steal Together, directed by Kong Tao Hoi, has begun in mid July. Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi are playing twin sisters who are thieves and who do not have the same looks. Gillian Chung, who has to handle a series of action scenes since the first day of the shoot, is worried that she might have difficulties dealing with them since she didn't have time to prepare for the action scenes beforehand due to her busy schedule. While Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi regret not being able to work with Tian Liang, they're glad to work with martial arts stars Sammo Hung and Wu Jing. The script has already been amended to include more challenging martial arts scenes for Sammo Hung and Wu Jing. Moreover, there will be some exciting square ups between the two. Wenwei Po, Chengdu Daily On Friday, July 14, Wu Jing's managers Paco Wong and Syllina went to meet him on the set of Let's Steal Together in Guangzhou. Firstly, they had some discussions with the producer and director as Wu Jing is always very serious about each work he does, and would want to find out what the director requires of him, and coupled with his grasp of his role, hopes to deliver his best. Quite a few of members of the production have worked with Wu Jing before. Wu Jing plays dual roles as twin brothers, one of which is a police who is assigned the task of recovering a stolen artifact. The production will stay in Guangzhou till end of July, after which it will move location to Shenzhen for a month, before finally moving back to Hong Kong and wrapping up. Wu Jing also sends his regards to all his fans. Wu Jing's management/Jing Xin Xiao Zhu
Sunday, July 16. 2006
-- Fatal Contact (Underground Fist) -- Nothing much on Fatal Contact other than Wu Jing's management mentions that it's tentatively slated for October 2006 release in Hong Kong. Wu Jing has also said that he would be joining the production of Let's Steal Together. Jing Xin Xiao Zhu
Monday, July 10. 2006
 Mandarin Films Distribution's action blockbuster "Dragon Tiger Gate" has received remarkable publicity way before its general release. It has earned the Hong Kong film industry much recognition when one of the movie's props, a punching bag entered the Guinness World Records for being "The World's Largest Punching Bag". This is also the first entry to the Guinness World Records ever made by a Hong Kong movie.
To celebrate this meaningful event, Mandarin Films Chairman Mr Raymond Wong has invited VIPs from the parliament as well as the film industry, along with the action choreographer cum leading cast Mr Donnie Yen, and other leading casts Mr Nicholas Tse and Mr Shawn Yue to witness the commemoration ceremony.
 The punching bag was tailor-made for the film's villain "Shibumi" who uses it for his martial arts practice. Due to the punching bag's weight and size, the movie producer used more than 10 personnel and 6 thick ropes to move it. In one incident, the three main cast had also called for 17 personnel holding each other by the hands, to encircle the punching bag. 225 packets of sand were required to fill up the punching bag. CRI
 Donnie Yen says, "When filming, we were thinking, what we could do that would set Shibumi's abilities apart from everyone else. We've spent a great deal of effort on the props and the sets. As the movie is a comics adaptation, it gives us more latitude for exaggeration, we could afford to let our imaginations run wild. So, we created this giant sandbag. It was merely on the spur of moment, for the fun of it, that we submitted it. We didn't expect to actually make it to the Guinness World Records." Shanghai Youth Daily | Photos: Xinhuanet, Sina, Wenweipo
Friday, July 7. 2006
-- Dragon Tiger Gate -- At a test screening held in Changchun on June 5, the cinema operators favoured Dragon Tiger Gate over all other films shown, including such major Hollywood movies as Mission Impossible 3 and Superman Returns. They were bowled over by heart-stopping action scenes and lavish sets, saying that this movie is at the peak of martial arts films, believing that it will be a big hit this year. Believed to inject brand new elements to the genre, the fight scenes, choreographed by Donnie Yen, are said to tax the limits of the actors and express high level of realism yet never lacking in imagination. Dragon Tiger Gate, which is about the three highly skilled fellow disciples who fight bravely against evil in order to uphold justice, is directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, Li Xiao Ran, Dong Jie, Shi Xing Yu, Yuen Wah, Chen Kuan Tai, Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue. Dragon Tiger Clan opens in Asia on July 28. Sina
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