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 -- City Under Siege --
 As a Mainland cop who is after the malevolent mutants in City Under Siege, life is full of risks and fears for Zhang Jing Chu, who is constantly facing grotesque and gruesome mutants, and she has to keep looking out for her boyfriend Wu Jing, who often neglects or ignores her. She has shattering fights, and a melancholic, heartrending, ponderous relationship. Continue reading "Is Wu Jing Heartless or Caring Towards Zhang Jing Chu in City Under Siege"

Director Jeffrey Lau's hit comedy Just Another Pandora's Box, which made over 100m yuan at the box office in China, is arriving on Blu-ray and and DVD on May 15, 2010. A thoroughly absurd rollicking laugh-out-loud parody on Red Cliff featuring an impressive cast comprising Ronald Cheng, Sun Li, Gigi Leung, Guo De Gang, Eric Tsang, Athena Chu, Yuen Biao, Fan Siu Wong, Wu Jing, Xing Yu, Gillian Chung, Yuen Cheung Yan, Corey Yuen, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Bruce Liang, and many more. Through this film, Ronald Cheng, under Jeffrey Lau's coaching, learns to vary his shades of expression and exaggeration for more subtlety and comic impact as well as oodles of surprises.

 

Qing Ye Se (Ronald Cheng) only knows how to be a thief, but he runs into major trouble when he accidentally steals the heart of Rose (Sun Li), an immortal fairy. During a chaotic chase, Qing Yi Se gets a hold on the Pandora's Box, sending them both back in time to the Three Kingdoms era. Mistaken as a general, Qing is thrown right into the middle of the Battle of Red Cliff. Meanwhile, Rose continues to devise new ways to earn Qing's affection, even if it means having to be someone else.

 

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 Among those martial arts stars/directors in the entertainment industry that are from Guangxi, perhaps the most famous is Xiong Xin Xin. Yet, few know of 谭俏 Tan Qiao, who also hails from Guangxi - or more specifically, Guilin. While the name Tan Qiao may not ring a bell to most people, he ranks alongside the foremost kickers and martial arts choreographers ever to grace the silverscreen. Continue reading "Tan Qiao: Fighting from Guangxi to Hollywood"

 -- Kong Fu Man --
 Kungfu Hero/Kong Fu Man, directed by Ning Ying and Yuen Cheung Yan, starring Tiger Chen, Jiang Meng Jie, Vanessa Branch, Andre McCoy, Tan Qiao, Lin Shen, etc. has wrapped up filming in late January. On his blog, Tiger Chen expresses his gratitude to all those involved for their hard work. He also reiterates that Kungfu Hero and Tai Chi Tiger are two separate and distinct works, though the latter is often mistaken as the previous incarnation of Kungfu Hero. Continue reading "Having A Rollicking Good Time on Kong Fu Man"

-- Just Another Pandora's Box --

Trailer to Just Another Pandora's Box has recently been made available on Youtube

 

Just Another Pandora's Box is director Jeffrey Lau's spoof on Red Cliff, with many characters from numerous other films being brought through time using the Pandora's Box to the Three Kingdoms period and turning everything topsy-turvy. Apart from the main cast Ronald Cheng and Sun Li, it features cameos by over 50 stars, including Yuen Biao, Athena Chu, Ada Choi, Yuen Cheung Yan, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Xing Yu, Wu Jing, Alex Fong, Fan Siu Wong, Gillian Chung, Huang Yi, Lam Tse Chung, and more..

 

Just Another Pandora's Box opens in theatres on March 18, 2010.

Continue reading "Just Another Pandora's Box Trailer"

Press conference for Kungfu Hero was held on October 20 in Beijing, attended by the producers Li Shao Hong, Li Xiao Wan and Zhang Da Xing, directors Ning Ying and Yuen Cheung Yan, and cast members Tiger Chen, Jiang Meng Jie and Lin Shen.

Continue reading "Ning Ying and Yuen Chueng Yan to Direct Kung Fu Hero"

Outtakes trailer: MTime

 

In Once Upon A Chinese Classic (Light-transcending Pandora's Box), Ronald Cheng steals Light-transcending Pandora's Box from Sun Li and travels back and forth through time, bringing with him Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Yuen Cheung Yan from Kungfu Hustle, Athena Chu, Ada Choi from A Chinese Odyssey, and other film characters to Red Cliff, messing up the war between the Three Kingdoms.

 

 

Images: Nanfang Daily, Sina

-- Kungfu Hero --

According to producer Li Xao Wan, the contemporary fashionable martial arts comedy 《功夫侠》Kungfu Hero (tentative), formerly known as Taichi Tiger, is beginning production sometime this month. She says that the film will showcase Chinese kungfu with utmost realism and excitement, and it will add some clashes between modern Chinese and Western cultures, bearing modern comedic elements.

However, in May this year, Tiger Chen expressed frustrations on his blog as this film wasn't making much headway. Perhaps all issues have been resolved by now?

Kungfu Hero is produced by Keanu Reeves, Han San Ping and He Gang, and this is the first Chinese film that Keanu Reeves, who recently starred in global warming reminder film The Day The Earth Stood Still, is serving as an investor on the account of his friendship with Tiger Chen. Tiger Chen will star in and possibly direct Kungfu Hero, or co-direct with his mentor Yuen Wo Ping and/or Yuen Cheung Yan.

Kungfu Hero is a film set against an international backdrop that revolves around the theme of chivalry and exemplifies Chinese cultures. The film tells of a regular guy who happens to be trained in kungfu. In the process of rescuing a Westerner, he keeps challenging himself to the limits, improving his skills, and unleashing his potential.  Chengdu Commerce Daily

-- New Shaolin Temple --

Upon being asked, Jet Li says he's not aware of New Shaolin Temple but reveals his next project (the charity movie?) as one in which he doesn't have any action. Coinciding with a report in early June surrounding Andy Lau, Benny Chan is directing the New Shaolin Temple movie.

 

As director Benny Chan gets interviewed by Sina specifically regarding New Shaolin Temple, he says he is in touch with several actors and some big names would be involved but the cast hasn't been confirmed.

Continue reading "Benny Chan to Direct New Shaolin Temple"

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"

-- True Legend --
You're back to the movies, let's hear about your latest work.
Zhao Wen Zhuo: This film is directed by Yuen Wo Ping; this will be the very first martial arts film to make use of 3D shooting, it looks very 3D.

 

It's considered to be one of the bigger martial arts films in the recent years. We have been filming in Yellow Mountain and Beijing. There are many martial arts scenes, right from the outset to the end.

Continue reading "Zhao Wen Zhuo Tells The True Legend of Beggar Su"

-- Beggar Su --

While no further development was heard of Iron Mask since May, Yuen Wo Ping has actually been furtively working on another project, 《苏乞儿》 Beggar Su (tentative), a remake of Hero Among Heroes in spirit. Beggar Su has already begun production without any fanfare in Beijing suburbs Mi Yun on August 28.

Continue reading "Teaming Up with Director Yuen Wo Ping, Zhao Wen Zhuo Returns to the Silver Screen as Beggar Su"