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Thursday, April 30. 2009
-- 14 Blades -- 14 Blades (Imperial Guards), directed by Daniel Lee and stars Donnie Yen and Vicki Zhao, is expected to begin production in Hengdian in a month or two. During the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of China possessed one weapon greater than all others, the Imperial Guards, an elite force of assassins recruited from street orphans. Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Imperial Guards were masters of the 14 Blades, eight being for torture, five for killing, and the last blade being reserved for suicide when a mission failed. Above the law, with a license to kill, the Imperial Guards devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone.
When the Imperial Court is taken over by evil eunuch Jia, the best of the Imperial Guards, Green Dragon and Xuanwu, are assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. However unbeknownst to Green Dragon, the Imperial Guards have fallen under the control of Jia, and during the mission Green Dragon is betrayed by Xuanwu and barely escapes with his life. Now as the most wanted man in the land Green Dragon must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power. In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Imperial Guards. Donnie Yen will play Green Dragon, while Vicki Zhao someone the former runs into while he is on the run. Twitch
Wednesday, April 29. 2009
-- Kungfu Cyborg -- At a press conference in Beijing on April 29, director Jeffrey Lau announces that Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg is opening in theatres on August 13 this year. A new teaser trailer has also been unveiled and is now on Sina. A total of 4 different versions of trailers will be published and this one shows, among other things, a robot, K-88 (Wu Jing), doing all kind of chores for humans. The next version will be on romance while the 4th version comes with completed effects.
Wednesday, April 29. 2009
-- Detective Dee -- Apart from Andy Lau who has long been attached to this production, Carina Lau, Li Bing Bing, Tony Leung Kar Fai, Lau Ching Wan are also joining Detective Dee directed by Tsui Hark.
Andy Lau plays the eponymous magistrate Di Ren Jie who's tasked by Empress Wu Zetian to look into a series of enigmatic deaths of court officials in this period suspense mystery set in Tang dynasty.
Continue reading "Detective Dee Cast Announced"
Wednesday, April 29. 2009
-- Chinese Zodiac --Jackie Chan's 100th film, Armour of God III: Chinese Zodiac, is slated for production in latter half of this year. He would star in and co-direct Chinese Zodiac with Stanley Tong. Emperor Motion Pictures is producing the film and handling its distribution.
Jackie Chan says that he has been planning Chinese Zodiac for six years. It's a treasure hunting film that would send him globetrotting, and it'd be filmed on location in Paris, Vienna, Kazakhstan, Beijing, Hong Kong, etc. It would be something that is expected to move the hearts of all Chinese worldwide. Xinjiang Daily
Tuesday, April 14. 2009
In late February 2009, Wu Jing was interviewed by LeTV.com as Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg wrapped up. Wu Jing: Greetings everyone, I'm Wu Jing, I'm elated to meet you all, and thank you LeTV for investing in this film, for giving us a chance to enter this sci-fi fantasy world.
Continue reading "Wu Jing Interview on Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg"
Thursday, April 9. 2009
-- Forbidden City Cop: Smart Dog -- Some Forbidden City Cop pics of Barbie Hsu, Fan Siu Wong, Leung Kar Yan, Yuen Kin Tan from Sina: 

Thursday, April 9. 2009
--Jian Guo Da Ye-- 《建国大业》Jian Guo Da Ye (Lofty Ambitions of Nation Building), a nationalistic Chinese movie on the founding of People's Republic of China with Tang Guo Qiang starring as chairman Mao Tse Tung, features cameos from numerous Chinese celebrities and directors. Most of the cast members are doing this film without taking any pay.
Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Eva Huang, Jiang Wen, Hu Jun, Chen Dao Ming, Sun Hong Lei, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Peter Chan, et al. are making/expected to make guest appearances. The movie by Han Sanping would be released this September/October to celebrate People's Republic of China's 60th National Day.
Jet Li was on the set on April 6 for a brief role as a Kuomingtang naval admiral, a war veteran. However, he would not partake himself in civil wars and has three lines: "It's been eight years, it's an honour to lay down our lives for the country."
"Still fighting? Chinese fighting among ourselves? Count me out!"
"Removing my armour, returning to farming, going back to Fujian to enjoy my retirement."
Videos on Sina/Sohu: A, B, C
Friday, April 3. 2009
-- Ip Man 2 -- At Ip Man pre-production press conference held on March 31, it's announced that Ip Man 2 would commence filming officially in August 2009. Producer Raymond Wong and director Wilson Yip express confidence for the sequel which has a bigger budget - 100m yuan, saying that the sequel will be even more exciting.
Continue reading "Sammo Hung Steps in Front of the Silver Screen To Challenge Donnie Yen in Ip Man 2"
Wednesday, April 1. 2009
-- Kungfu Cyborg -- Sina has just posted Kungfu Cyborg English trailer (Chinese version|Download) that was shown at HKIFF. According to Jeffrey Lau, the film is still in post-production and what was shown in this trailer (meant for private screening) is but half-finished - in particular, the special effects; The finished product will be even more visually arresting.
This romantic action comedy is directed by Jeff Lau, and stars Hu Jun, Alex Fong, Sun Li, Wu Jing (whose birthday is on April 3), Ronald Cheng, Gan Wei, Eric Tsang, Law Kar Ying. Kung Fu Cyborg is scheduled for release this summer.
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