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-- Legendary Assassin --

Legendary Assassin premiered in Beijing on November 28. The main team, including  Paco Wong, Nicky Li, Wu Jing, Celina Jade, went to several cinemas to meet the audience and gave a brief talk. So far, feedbacks on the film have been pretty encouraging, not just on action, but also on drama, with Wu Jing and Celina Jade being commended on their acting, and the soundtrack and sound effects.

-- Future Cops --

Future Cops is currently being filmed on in Huairou, Beiijng. According to Wong Jing, the movie timeline have been changed, it will take place totally in the future. A number of characters in the film are part-man, part-machine with superhuman abilities, such as the villain Tang Yi Fei, whose cybernetics accessories include scorpion tail, wings of bat, arms of praying mantis, and she also possesses speed of leopard, all of which will be handled by special effects.

Action director Ching Siu Tung, who's trying to be innovative in the action, says that the film's budget is over 100m yuan, and a significant portion of the budget will be spent on creating roughly 900 visual effects shots in post-production.

Andy Lau and his wife Fan Bing Bing are cops living in 2130, and Xu Jiao's their daughter. Barbie Hsu plays Andy Lau's romantic interest when he travels to 2080 and part of his memory is erased. Fan Siu Wong plays a terrorist leader who sends his men to kidnap scientist Ma Jing Wu, whom Andy Lau and Fan Bing Bing are assigned to protect, at a Tang Dynasty exhibition.

Photos: 1, 2 (Sina) | Short clip: Sohu

-- Legendary Assassin --
Senior Kou Zhan Wen and Wu Jing grew up together as members of Beijing Wushu Team, but Wu Jing actually joined the team earlier. However, as Kou Zhan Wen's older than them, they called him senior. Wu Jing says, "When I was a kid, Kou Zhan Wen was our chairman, I could only be an assistant, and I had boil water for the chairman in winter."

One's affections as a kid are often the purest and most innocent, while they have left the wushu team in pursuit of their own careers, their relations remained close as ever.

"Wu Jing kicked me very hard, it was very painful. His foot felt like metal," Kou Zhan Wen recounts an incident on the set of Legendary Assassin where he received a kick on the back of his head. As he speaks, Kou Zhan Wen makes a signal, launches an attack on Wu Jing. Wu Jing turns to him, blocks it, with a turn of the hand, grabs his senior's fist.

"The biggest hurdle and cause for regret when shooting action films are not meeting someone of your equal. That's why I invited Senior, hoping to present an enthralling true-blue martial arts sequence." Wu Jing explains the reason for getting Kou Zhan Wen play a fearsome crime boss who makes off to an island in order to hide from the Interpol.

"The first fight is between Senior and me, he plays a villain, carrying a big Kwando. I haven't had such a delightful fight for a long time. Only when facing someone like him can I fight without reservations, without holding back. We fought like that in the past, if it were others, I fear they might not be able to withstand it." continues Wu Jing. East Week

-- Ip Man --

While promoting the launch of Ip Man soundtrack CD at a press conference , Raymond Wong formally announces their plan to shoot Ip Man 2 next year. In the sequel, having migrated to Hong Kong, Yip Man's four major disciples will be introduced. Leading a group of disciples, Yip Man would promulgate Wing Chun, passing it on.

They're thinking of doing a worldwide talent scout for a suitable candidate to play Bruce Lee, Yip Man's most celebrated disciple. Donnie Yen says that both he and Wilson Yip have a separate candidate in mind, and they're debating over whether to look for one with solid martial arts foundation or looks, "In terms of looks, Danny Chan bears the closest resemblance. But we won't necessarily approach him. Perhaps, we would consider one with similar background and demeanour."  Baidu Entertainment

In conjunction with next month's upcoming release of Legendary Assassin, directed by Nicky Li and Wu Jing, the informative 136-page Legendary Assassin Graphic Novel, essentially a coffee table book in Chinese containing multiple photos of the movie in front of and off-camera, and includes interview with the director, has been launched, and is now on sale at YesAsia.

Why didn't you play any role in Ip Man but served only as the martial arts director?
Sammo Hung: There's no suitable role, and the boss thinks I'm too expensive.

As the martial arts choreographer of Ip Man, is it more difficult to craft, direct Wing Chun sequences than your past movies? Did you delve deep into Wing Chun?
Sammo Hung: Every movie has its own challenges, it's not merely restricted to Ip Man. Ip Man is primarily about a person, it tests the actor's ability, whether he has the capacity to portray such a person. What I did was to coordinate with the director and the actors to complete the martial arts scenes.