Benny Chan Gears Up for Upcoming Sci-Fi Actioner Entire City on Red Alert

Meanwhile, Wu Jing is in Sichuan, which was hit by a devastating earthquake on May 12 last year, for some charity works, including handing out food/gifts/donations, taking part in fund-raising soccer matches, in games and activities with the kids, comforting them, giving them encouragements to rebuild their homeland.

Wu Jing has also attended the premiere of Touch of the Panda, which shows the pristine pre-Earthquake Sichuan, on May 6 in Beijing. The film is about a little panda getting lost and separated from his mother and being rescued by an orphan, who helps him find its way home, with the two becoming the best of friends.

While plot details are being withheld, Entire City on Red Alert is said to be something that affords plenty of room for imagination, but the story would not be out of this world. Some of the characters are imbued with special abilities - paranormal/psychic/superhuman powers - comparable to Hollywood sci-fi films. But they'll do kungfu, something oriental in flavour, to distinguish it from Hollywood films, and also on the account that martial arts are the strengths of Chinese films. Benny Chan hopes to create a novel sci-fi kungfu action film.

This is a bold new move and experiment for Benny Chan, who is challenging himself, doing something he has never done before. This film is costing an arm and a leg due to the special effects and sets. There'll be a fair bit of special effects, but Benny Chan hopes to find a balance to keep the film from being over-exaggerated. He also has to oversee the constructions of each set-piece, and almost everything in the film could be blown to smithereens. All these are taking quite considerable time and effort in pre-production.