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Thursday, July 30. 2009
In May this year, Paco Wong was appointed the chairman of Gold Typhoon, Hong Kong division, and be put mainly in charge of filmmaking, switching from a music producer to a fulltime movie producer. Paco Wing says that it has been his dream to make movies, and with the blooming film industry in Mainland, it's too good a chance to be missed.
"Basically, I'm eying three film genres, first is teen romance, we can produce 2 to 3 films each year; next is traditional Hong Kong comedy, this would depend on whether we have suitable director and script; and finally, martial arts film, but this will be more time consuming, so I intend to produce at least one film per year. These are the areas I'm more comfortable with. My ultimate goal is to produce big-budget films, and hope to achieve that within three years." says Paco Wong.
Paco Wong's first two works as a full-fledged movie producer are the release of teen action film Martial Spirit directed by Kou Zhan Wen and filming of Love Expert by director Patrick Kong, that Shaw Brothers is co-producing, starring Kay Tse, Raymond Lam, Sammy Leung, later this year. Southern Metropolis Daily
Wednesday, July 29. 2009
 Light-Transcending Pandora's Box is currently undergoing production in Guangzhou (video) and, despite some similarities, director Jeffrey Lau clarifies that he won't repeat what he has done previously: Light-Transcending Pandora's Box is a completely different story from Chinese Odyssey.
In fact, it's closer to Eagle Shooting Hero in that it's a laugh-out-loud nonsensical comedy throughout the entire film, with romance being sidelined. Light-Transcending Pandora's Box is a burlesque on Red Cliff, much as what Eagle Shooting Hero is to the original Jin Yong novel.
Continue reading "Light-transcending Pandora's Box: Jeffrey Lau Calls Forth Other Film Characters"
Monday, July 27. 2009
Both Wilson Yip's Ip Man 2 and Wong Kar Wai's The Great Master are slated for production next month. Budgeted at 100m yuan, Ip Man 2 traces Yip Man's life as he arrives in Hong Kong. Raymond Wong reveals that Donnie Yen's pay has doubled since the first film, commanding around 15m to 20m yuan. Ip Man 3 is currently in the process of being written, and it will have bigger focus on Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee casting call is concluding soon, and 12-year old 潘润康 Pan Run Kang (video) from Harbin, who not resembles Bruce Lee but is also trained in martial arts, stands a very good chance of playing the child Bruce Lee.
Huang Xiao Ming will join the film as Sammo Hung's disciple, while, this time around, To Yu Hang returns and takes on another role - Donnie Yen's disciple. The dispute between the disciples of Hung Gar and Wing Chun leads to their masters' eventual confrontation.
According to Yip Chun, production of Wong Kar Wai's The Great Master is expected to begin "on schedule", as Tony Leung's arm fracture won't affect or delay filming.
Young Ip Man/Ip Man the Prequel (unrelated), which explores the early parts of Yip Man's life, is expected to begin production in November, with Herman Yau directing, and tentatively, To Yu Hang would be playing the eponymous kungfu master, while Yip Chun would be making his debut as Leung Bik. Southern Metropolis Daily
Sunday, July 26. 2009
-- True Legend --  A brief video interview of David Carradine (2009-07-19, Legendary Collaboration) showing some of his scenes as a fight promoter in the film has been added to True Legend official site.
And don't forget to check out Yuen Wo Ping's diary (2009-06-21, In Memory of David Carradine), where he pays tribute to the late actor, who passed away last month.
Saturday, July 25. 2009
-- New Shaolin Temple --
On being queried, Sichuan director Fu Hua Yang, disciple of Shaolin abbot Shi Yong Xing and head of Shaolin Cultural Communications, a venture by Shaolin Temple, says that they are teaming up with Emperor Motion Pictures to produce a martial arts film New(est) Shaolin Temple this December.
The film will employ real-life Shaolin warrior monks and showcase various Shaolin martial arts, including those never seen before in films. And Shaolin Temple will be opening its doors to the production to shoot within its premises. New Shaolin Temple, which has been planned since 2005 and could possibly be developed into a franchise if successful, is budgeted at 200m yuan. The director would be someone from Hong Kong and the cast shall be announced at a press conference in mid-August. Hopefully, this Shaolin production won't turn out to be like the idol TV series Shaolin Warriors, with choppily edited action scenes, that they produced. Chengdu Evening News
Saturday, July 25. 2009
-- Journey to the West --
Speaking at a One Foundation press conference, in response to everyone's concerns about his showbiz career, Jet Li, who has just finished filming The Expendables, says that he'd be doing an untitled charity-themed movie later this year, but further details are withheld for now.
Incidentally, producer Zhang Ji Zhong, who's in pre-production of a TV as well as a movie adaptation of Journey to the West, and Jet Li had a secret meeting with each other recently, leading to speculations about Jet Li being invited to play Sun Wu Kong in the movie version, which is being written by Hollywood scriptwriters based on story outline given to them. Zhang Ji Zhong says that it was just a casual meet-up between two old friends, and would neither deny nor confirm the speculations. Sohu, Tianjin Daily
Saturday, July 25. 2009
-- 14 Blades -- Donnie Yen, who's currently filming 14 Blades in Yinchuan, has a scene in which he gets to flaunt his fabulous 6-pack abs, that director Daniel Lee especially arranged for him. For the sake of this scene, Donnie Yen's been on diet and working out since 2 months ago. Donnie Yen says that 14 Blades has the most fights among his recent works and is the most taxing as well. The more he fights, the more thrilled he is. He will be fighting various opponents practically throughout the film, with Ku Huen Chiu providing the choreography. The most anticipated fight scene would probably be his fight against an equally capable martial artist Xu Xiang Dong, providing their blades would ever cross in the first place. People Daily
Friday, July 24. 2009
-- Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg --  Kungfu Cyborg, directed by Jeff Lau, starring Alex Fong, Hu Jun, Sun Li, Wu Jing, Ronald Cheng, Gan Wei, is a comedy exploring the intricate relations between humans and AI robots and the latter's abilities to think independently, opens on August 20.
Final Theatrical trailer: View / Download "Cyborg" teaser: View Making of Tai Chi robot K-88: View / Download
Continue reading "Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg Final Theatrical Trailer"
Tuesday, July 21. 2009
-- Light-transcending Pandora's Box --  Light-transcending Pandora's Box, a 60m yuan budgeted madcap comedy directed by Jeffrey Lau, has been in production since July 1 and is expected to wrap up by end of August. The film is about some fool acquiring Pandaro's Box by chance and ended up, along with an assortment of characters from a few other films, right in the middle of a war of the Three Kingdoms.
 According to Eric Tsang, while Kungfu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction is one times as "lowbrow" as Eagle Shooting Hero, Light-transcending Pandora's Box is three times as "lowbrow" as Kungfu Cyborg. Speaking of which, release date for Kungfu Cyborg has been pushed back by a week to August 20, 2009 to allow more time for post-production as the number of CGI shots has been increased by 100 to 400.
While Law Kar Ying said about being invited to reprise the role of Tripitaka a few months back, he was hesitant as he didn't want to repeat this role unless he could top it, and it had to be significantly different. So far, it remains uncertain if Law Kaw King has joined Pandora's Box, and he's currently filming 14 Blades starring Donnie Yen and Vicki Zhao, playing an evil eunuch.
Ronald Cheng and Sun Li are playing the lead roles in Light-transcending Pandora's Box and they are joined by various Chinese and Hong Kong celebrities including veteran artistes Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng, Kenny Bee, Bruce Liang, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu; a number of indispensable comedian extras Johnny Kong Yeuk Sing, Tin Kai Man, Lam Tze Chung, Lee Kin Yan; from Mainland are Guo De Gang, Yu Rong Guang, Huang Bo, Guo Tao, Wang Xue Bing, Sha Yi; from Hong Kong arrives Alex Fong, Fan Siu Wong, Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Marco Ngai, Patrick Tam, Edmond Leung; and it's being complemented and adorned by female artistes Athena Chu, Gigi Leung, Betty Huang Yi, Ada Choi, Xu Jiao... Xinhua Daily
Tuesday, July 21. 2009
-- Bodyguards and Assassins --  Two teaser trailers, one of which is Cannes promotional footage, and a detailed brochure may be found on Cinema Popular's film listing page.
Bodyguards and Assassins, directed by Teddy Chan, stars Donnie Yen, Hu Jun, Fan Bing Bing, Nicolas Tse, Tong Leung Kar Fai, Xing Yu, Philip Ng, Cung Le, Wang Wen Jie, etc., is about a group of volunteers from all walks of life coming together to protect Sun Yat Sen from assassination when he was in Hong Kong. According to a publicist, Michelle Reis would be making a brief appearance in the film, as someone who plays a pivotal role in the life of the Beggar. Bodyguards and Assassins, which began production in late April, is wrapping up soon and is due for release on December 18, 2009.
Wednesday, July 15. 2009
-- Young Ip Man --
Young Yip Man, produced by Sin Kwok Lam, will be shot on location in Foshan, with Herman Yau directing and Leung Siu Hung as the martial arts choreographer, while Yip Chun would be serving as the consultant. It's not known who would be playing the title role at this point. Production is expected to begin this November.
The film will focus on Yip Man in his salad days, covering his life from the age of 11 to 28, including when the little Yip Man was training under Chan Wah Shun, his encounter with Leung Bik later in Hong Kong, his relations with his fellow disciples such as Ng Chung Sok, and his romance with his future wife Zhang Yong Cheng.
Fan Siu Wong, who's been training in Wing Chun recently and even has a wooden dummy installed in his home, talks a little on his role in Ip Man 2: When Jin Shan Zhao arrives in Hong Kong in search of his granny, he resolves his feuds with Yip Man, becomes friends with him and even starts learning Wing Chun. He also mentions the possibility of Young Yip Man going into production, but he is not allowed to talk about his role. Foshan Daily, The Beijing News
Wednesday, July 15. 2009
-- Martial Spirit -- Martial Spirit trailer has arrived on Beijing Youth Net.
《武动青春》 Martial Spirit (formally 《热血同盟》 Hot-blooded Union), the directorial debut of Kou Zhan Wen, produced by Gold Typhoon, is an aspirational wushu film featuring Owodog Zhuang, Da Zhang Wei, He Zhong Hua (who plays Wong Kei Ying in Young Wong Fei Hung TV series), Zhang Chi, Theresa Fu.
The film is about an orphan Owodog Zhuang who despite little education, grows up reciting plenty of materials on wushu and wushu philosophy, with "Benevolence, Justice, Propriety and Wisdom" as his code of conduct. Under provocation from a rich brat Da Zhang Wei leading to clashes, Owodog's understanding of these philosophies grows, and in turn influences the delinquent Zhang Da Wei. Thus, the two youths from two different distinctly disparate backgrounds come together to espouse the invaluable Chinese Martial Spirit.
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Donnie Yen, who's currently filming 14 Blades in Yinchuan, has a scene in which he gets to flaunt his fabulous 6-pack abs, that director Daniel Lee especially arranged for him. For the sake of this scene, Donnie Yen's been on diet and working out since 2 months ago.
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