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Monday, June 29. 2009
-- On His Majesty's Secret Service --  Trailer for On His Majesty's Secret Service is now up on MTime.
The zany comedy directed by Wong Jing stars Louis Koo, Big S Barbie Hsu, Fan Siu Wong, Leung Kar Yan, Liu Yi Wei, Sandra Ng, Law Kar Ying, Chen Jia Jia, Sang Wei Lin, etc.
To play the ambitious eunuch who has been hiding his true abilities all the time and is planning to overthrow the throne, Fan Siu Wong has to act effeminate and also study other films like New Dragon Inn. And here's a video of him on the set he posted to his blog.
Having finished filming Plum Blossom Heroes TV series, Fan Siu Wong met up with Wilson Yip to discuss Yip Man 2. In order to look for his granny, his character Jin Shan Zhao heads for Hong Kong, and he and Yip Man would...
As shown in the trailer, imperial guard Louis Koo, despite being a poor fighter, would be using his cranky contraptions to stop the martial arts exponent Fan Siu Wong, often with surprising results.
Barbie Hsu, who was recently voted PETA's Sexiest Asian Vegetarian Woman for 2009, plays a swordswoman engaged to Louis Koo. Many, many years ago, when her dog fell sick and nearly died, Barbie Hsu switched to vegetarian diet to pray for its recovery, and has never looked back since then, “I think we should respect the life of all species, a dog, a person. Lives are equal, eating meat is like eating corpses to me, and it makes me feel sick and sad.”
On His Majesty's Secret Service opens in China and Hong Kong on August 6, 2009.
Friday, June 26. 2009
 Gillian Chung has been hard at work, training in Wing Chun under Sin Kwok Lam for a year, and now has a good grasp of it. Sin Kwok Lam, whose kungfu lineage can be traced to Yip Man, praises Gillian Chung for her talent in martial arts, as well as her positive attitude towards learning.
Continue reading "Gillian Chung Stages Her Comeback"
Friday, June 26. 2009
 Wu Jing hurt his back a while back while doing a dangerous fall in City Under Siege, but he only brought this up after having recovered, as he didn't want alarm anyone, according to his June 26, 2009 blog entry.
He took the break to call his family as he was recuperating in hospital, but he kept his injury from them to prevent them from worrying. And to him hearing your parents/family's voices as well as letting them hear your voice when you couldn't be with them all the time due to work, is a kind of consolation to each other.
Continue reading "Wu Jing Recovers From Back Injury"
Thursday, June 25. 2009
-- In Manchurian Dynasty --
Mainland indie director Jia Zhang Ke would be directing his first commercial film, 《在清朝》 In Manchurian Dynasty (tentative), in spring 2010. Jia Zhang Ke has been working quietly with producer Johnnie To and script writer Han Dong on the film for four years.
"In the process of pre-production, director Johnnie To has given me valuable guidance. This film is set in 1905, the twilight years of Qing Dynasty, it's about a romantic wuxia story that takes place after the abolishment of imperial examination. There will be lots of action scenes, as well as various comical elements in the form of wry humour. While it has its share of action, I believe that this is actually an anti-wuxia film." says Jia Zhangke. Chutian Daily
Thursday, June 25. 2009
 Filming inauguration (video) for City Under Siege was held on a soundstage in Yuen Long, Hong Kong on June 24.
Director Benny Chan says that he had long wanted to do a Chinese type of superhero movie, one that combines that unique characteristics of Chinese Kungfu with special visual effects.
Continue reading "Who Could've Put An Entire City Under Siege and Who Could Liberate It?"
Thursday, June 25. 2009
-- The Sword and The Pugilistic World -- At the closing ceremony of Shanghai Film Festival on June 21, Michelle Yeoh denies that she is shunning the action genre as age catches up with the 47-year-old actress, "It's very thrilling and fun doing action films. I'm getting stronger, and won't be affected by age. Be it action or arthouse film, what I choose depends very much on the script and the director."
Often, she would also assume producing duties. But to her, it's more relaxing being an actress, "As producer, you would see your money gone every minute, and have to worry if anyone is sick, or even if their family members are sick."
Michelle Yeoh reveals that she would be joining producer Terance Chang and director John Woo's wuxia film The Sword and The Pugilistic World (tentative) this September. While she and John Woo have known each other for years, this is their first collaboration, "It's been a while since I returned to Mainland for filming." Netease, Sina
Friday, June 19. 2009
Abstracted from Wu Jing's blog entry, dated June 19, 2009:
Been busy shooting in Hong Kong for quite a while, so didn't have time to come here. But I'm aware that many are concerned about me, thank you, everyone.
Continue reading "Wu Jing Gets Paired Up with Zhang Jing Chu in City Under Siege"
Friday, June 19. 2009
-- 2012 -- Full trailer for Roland Emmerich's 2012 is has just been released and may be viewed either on Yahoo or 2012 movie official site. The film's release date has been pushed back from July 10 to November 13, 2009. The eco-disaster film starring John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Amanda Peet, Morgan Lily, Chiwetel Ejiofor is about an academic researcher leading a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events, as a result of climate change, that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar.
Continue reading "Trailer for Roland Emmerich's 2012"
Friday, June 19. 2009
-- Romancing Tai Chi --  Henan Flying Roc Cultural Company, Chen Zheng Lei Tai Chi Culture, Changchun Film Studio, Henan Film Group and Beijing Xinyinglian Cinema Circuit are teaming up to produce 《太极之恋》 Romancing Tai Chi (tentative), budgeted at over 100m yuan.
The first draft for the film on Tai Chi, written by Meng Xian Ming and Zhan Fang, has been completed. Romancing Tai Chi is said to be film where Eastern and Western cultures meet, where the female protagonist is a ballet dancer from the West, through which the essence of Tai Chi is explored. Through a colorful legend, involving the values of relationships, it would lead the viewers into a mysterious world of Tai Chi. Apart from combative aspects, Romancing Tai Chi would be looking into Tai Chi as a form of health regulation exercise.
According to Zhang Fang, a disciple of the celebrated Chen Styled Tai Chi master Chen Zhenglei has twice negotiated with Zhang Yimou, who expressed keen interest in doing a film on Tai Chi culture and has verbally agreed to be the director. The cast would be determined by Zhang Yimou, once they inked the deal. Henan Business Daily
Wednesday, June 17. 2009
-- True Legend --  From the looks of the simply awesome teaser trailer (2009-06-17, First Glimpse) just added to True Legend Official Site, the kungfu film by Yuen Wo Ping, starring Zhao Wen Zhuo, Zhou Xun, Andy On, Michelle Yeoh, Jiang Lu Xia, Cung Le, Sylvester Turkoy, is set to raise the bar for martial arts films.
The director's diary has a new entry (2009-06-07, North Star Mountain) on Zhou Xun hauling the badly injured Zhao Wen Zhuo on a stretcher over the hills and having to do tough chores like chopping the wood and fetching water and filming of heartbreaking scenes on Mt North Star.  Actual release date has not been announced, but due to the scale of the film, post-production would take around 1 year or so and True Legend won't be out till at least December.
Michelle Yeoh would possibly be starring alongside Andy Lau in Lady Warriors of Yang Family: Military Order Stands Absolute (tentative) directed by Frankie Chan in December.
Wednesday, June 17. 2009
-- Tracing Shadow -- Trailer for Francis Ng's wacky wuxia comedy Tracing Shadow is now up on QQ. The film opens in China cinemas on July 30, 2009.
Sunday, June 14. 2009
-- Ip Man 2 --
 At 12th Shanghai Film Festival, Raymond Wong announces that Ip Man 2 would begin production in Shanghai this August (video). He says that the script has been completed by his son, Edmond Wong. And he's very happy that his son can write such a great script as Ip Man.
Continue reading "Ip Man 2 Looks Poised to Better the Original"
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Gillian Chung has been hard at work, training in Wing Chun under Sin Kwok Lam for a year, and now has a good grasp of it. Sin Kwok Lam, whose kungfu lineage can be traced to Yip Man, praises Gillian Chung for her talent in martial arts, as well as her positive attitude towards learning.
Continue reading "Gillian Chung Stages Her Comeback"
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