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Got a scoop? Submit to us. Monday, July 23. 2007Jet Li Being Wooed for Snow White-- Snow White and the Seven Shaolin Monks -- Jet Li might be joining Natalie Portman to star in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Shaolin Monks (tentative). Yuen Wo Ping will be the martial arts director for this US$70m film. In this modern version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Jet Li will lead six other Shaolin monks to guard the princess played by Natalie Portman. As the script is still being worked on, whether there'd be a Prince Charming has not been disclosed.
The magic mirror was shattered into seven fragments and the witch stepmother of Snow White who fell off the cliff managed to survive. The witch sets out to gather the seven fragments of the magic mirror in order to restore her beauty and regain her witchcraft. After 1000 years, she has recovered six fragments of the mirror, and discovers that the last fragment lies with a rich family's daughter, who is the reincarnation of Snow White. So, the witch attempts to track down the girl and kill her. Shaolin Temple, which has been secretly guarding this fragment of magic mirror for a 1000 years, sends seven Shaolin warrior monks to protect the girl. Wenwei Paper, Shanghai News Times 
Sunday, July 22. 2007Tong Yao Trains for Li Feng's Upcoming Action Film-- Dancing Fist --
Tong Yao, who graduated from Central Drama Academy in 2002 and has background in dancing, is training for over eight hours daily to prepare for her role in 《舞拳》 Dancing Fist/Fistplay (tentative), an upcoming contemporary action comedy directed by Li Feng, who also wrote the script. She says that this is her first work with Li Feng. She was drawn to the project by the script and is obsessed with the characters, as well as the martial arts choreography. She's very excited to be working with Tiger Chen Hu, Yuen Wo Ping's protege. Hoping to become an action star, she goes through rigorous training under Yuen Wo Ping Stunt Team members (video) and intends to perform all action herself. She says that the movie will be a showcase of authentic martial arts. Tong Yao plays opposite Tiger Chen as a girl who gets bullied. After learning the arts of defence from a coach she meets, she goes back for revenge. Eventually, she realises that the greatest enemy is herself. Production begins in August. Sina
Friday, July 20. 2007Donnie Yen Joins An Empress and The Warriors-- An Empress and The Warriors --
Donnie Yen has joined the production of The Kingdom and The Beauty in Beijing since early July. The movie is about a princess (Kelly Chan) of a fallen kingdom attempting to restore her nation with the help of a roaming swordsman (Leon Lai). Donnie Yen plays the martial arts coach of the princess. The three are entangled in a web of love triangle. The Kingdom and The Beauty is produced by Peter Chan, directed and action directed by Ching Siu Tung. Takung Daily
Friday, July 20. 2007Yuen Wo Ping Designs Different Martial Arts Styles for Forbidden Kingdom-- Forbidden Kingdom -- Jackie Chan will be using his signature move Drunken Fist for his character Lu Yan. Yuen Wo Ping hopes to present Drunken Fist as something gentle on the inside, forceful on the outside. Silent Monk (Jet Li), who was transformed from a strand of hair on Monkey God that escaped when the latter was imprisoned, uses Monkey Fist; Yuen Wo Ping designs for Jet Li the ancient form that dazzles the opponent with fast and ever-changing moves before delivering the fatal blow. White Hair Demoness (Li Bing Bing) uses Phoenix Dancing in Ninth Heaven, and specialises in whip and twin swords. Golden Swallow, (Liu Yi Fei), whose forte is lightness kungfu, employs Pipa Skill; when strumming the pipa, secret weapons will shoot forth.
Liu Yifei's mother has agreed to play Queen Mother who appears briefly in the movie. Unfortunately, Li Xue, Li Bing Bing's sister agent, turned down the cameo role of moon fairy Chang-er, who dances at the Peaches Meet. White Hair Demoness was originally a male character Whitebrows. But on Peter Pau's suggestion, they changed it to a female character whose hair turned white overnight when she was betrayed by her lover. Forbidden Kingdom will wrap up in August and be released in around April 2008. Nanfang Daily, Sina
Thursday, July 19. 2007Philip Ng Reviews Invisible Target-- Philip Ng: I saw an Invisible Target --
Thursday, July 19. 2007Fatal Move Gears Up For Production-- Fatal Move -- Fatal Move/Duo Shuai is expected to begin production on 25 or 26 in Hong Kong. Produced and directed by Dennis Law, the crime movie is about police versus triads and internecine struggles within the triads. Sammo Hung takes on the role of a triad boss while Wu Jing plays his loyal and able assistant. Duo Shuai will feature lots of weapon fights. Shooting takes over 2 months. Wu Jing Management/Jing Xin Xiao Zhu
Thursday, July 19. 2007Nicholas Tse's Wing Chun TV Series On DVD-- Legend of Twin Dragons and Wing Chun DVDs --
Based on the trailer as well as plot, cast, costumes, etc, Legend of Twin Dragons appears to be same work as the 40-part TV series Wing Chun that's scheduled for airing on Mainland TV later this month. It seems that the two are different versions in terms of length, with Legend of Twin Dragons, being called a "movie" and reportedly containing more violent scenes such that it was barred from theatrical screening (though this could possibly be publicity stunt since the "movie", possibly being carved out of the same mould as the TV version, would not likely get wide release anyway even if it made it to the theatres), having a shorter running time of around 1 and 1/2 hrs. Legend of Twin Dragon has just been released on DVD in China and is available from such Chinese online video store as Cnave.
Wing Chun, starring Yuen Biao, Nicholas Tse, Sammo Hung, Rain Li, Ji Chun Hua, Xu Xiang Dong, Sammy Hung, Hu Ke, Elanne Kwong, is due for DVD release on July 24.
Pre-ordered DVD from YesAsia.
Wednesday, July 18. 2007Fan Siu Wong's Warrior Monk-- Wu Seng (Shaolin: Fate and Consequence) Trailer --
Not much was announced regarding this film by Beijing Poly-bona in which Fan Siu Wong turns to Shaolin Temple for refuge and learns Shaolin martial arts. 《少林之永乐恩仇》 Shaolin: Fate and Consequence is to be released soon. But anyway, here's the trailer.
Order Wu Seng DVD at YesAsia.
Wednesday, July 18. 2007Interview: Donnie Yen on Flash Point's Revolutionary ChoreographyDonnie Yen Defines the Art of Practical Combat Onscreen
Watching Movie, 13/7/2007
Saturday, July 14. 2007Invisible Target Preview-- Invisible Target: Danger in Every Move --
They are always willing to do their own stunts,” he said during a phone interview arranged by Grand Brilliance recently. “The problem is, they just do it and that’s dangerous. With veterans like Jackie, he is doing warm-up exercises even as he speaks with you and that is important. They know what they are doing and what needs to be done before every dangerous stunt but the young ones won’t notice such things. They just jump right in!”
As a result, Chan had his hands full reining in his young stars during filming. It is saying a lot when he revealed that insurance on the set was bought at HK$60 million (RM26.4 million). With a budget of US$8 million (RM27.2 million), Invisible Target is expected to be one of the most anticipated films from Asia this year. The story follows three young cops who are driven by differing motives as they join forces to defeat a gang of thieves. The movie stars such fast-rising young Hong Kong stars as Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Jaycee Chan with the addition of kungfu champions Wu Jing and Andy On. The New Straits Time >>More<<
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English portion of Invisible Target official site is now active.
Sunday, July 8. 2007Jet Li Talks about the Ideas behind Forbidden Kingdom-- Jet Li on Monkey King in Forbidden Kingdom -- Ideally, the identity of the person portraying the Monkey King should be kept secret. However, with advances in technology and information distribution, today's entertainment industry doesn't really have any secrets. By now everyone knows that I will be playing the Monkey King character in "Forbidden Kingdom".
In fact, when I first received the scrīpt three years ago the producer approached me to play the role of the Monkey King, but at that time there were problems with the scrīpt. At that time they portrayed the Monk as a great fighter. I felt this was a bit weird because, according to the original story, "Journey to the West", the Monk was the only role that was based on "reality". This character was based on the life of Buddhist Master Xuan-Zhang from the Tang Dyanasty. If his character was a great fighter the film wouldn't be accepted by the public. So after discussions with the producer we decided that the monk should not be a fighter. Otherwise the film would have a difficult time being accepted in Asia. Jet Li Blog >>More<<
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