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Monday, February 8. 2010
-- 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"
Monday, December 28. 2009
Sina has released yet another bunch of stills from True Legend, this time containing a few images of Gordon Liu. Gordon Liu plays the role of Whitebeard, a mischievous elderly who is a doyen of martial arts. Seeing through Zhao Wen Zhuo's heart, he helps him gain deeper understanding of the essence of martial arts, pushing him to new heights. 
Continue reading "Gordon Liu in True Legend and Legend of Shaolin Kungfu 3"
Wednesday, November 11. 2009
-- Legend of Shaolin Kungfu 3 -- As with the first, Legend of Shaolin Kungfu 3 is divided into a few story arcs. In each arc, director Du Xiao is taking great pains in casting, hiring such top veteran martial arts stars as Yuen Wah, Yuen Biao, Gordon Liu from Hong Kong, "I want to let the 8 monks keep fighting from beginning to the end, and their opponents will be these martial arts exponents."
Continue reading "Yuen Wah Goes Against The Monks in Legend of Shaolin Kungfu 3"
Friday, November 6. 2009
Whether it is fuelled by the success Wilson Yip's Ip Man or not, Wing Chun is fast becoming a popular kungfu onscreen, with many Wing Chun-themed movies being produced.
Continue reading "Wing Chun Extends Its Wings Across Chinese Cinema"
Friday, October 30. 2009
Yuen Wah is playing Little Zhuge, one who is highly skilled, and also a very humorous person. Yuen Wah says that he has a sunny disposition, and he doesn't let anything unhappy affects him. As such, he hopes to cheers up the audience with this character. Yuen Wah describes his character as a minor villain, one who often overrates himself and does many foolish things.
Continue reading "Meeting Yuen Wah and Ji Chun Hua On Legend of Shaolin Kungfu 3: Heroes of the Great Desert"
Tuesday, October 20. 2009
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
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"
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
Friday, July 10. 2009
-- Light-Transcending Pandora's Box -- Jeffrey Lau has quietly began production on his newest comedy 《越光宝盒》Light-Transcending Pandora's Box (tentative) in Guangzhou for a week. It's a twist, a parody on Six Dynasties, set against the backdrop of Red Cliff battle, as he told John Woo apologetically when they met at Shanghai Film Festival.
Someone with this Pandora's Box enters the Three Kingdoms era from another time zone, bringing along with him a bunch of people/demons/deities from Chinese Odyssey, Landlord and Landlady from Kungfu Hustle, and some people/beings from CJ7. There are around 60 cameo roles in Light-Transcending Pandora's Box and the cast includes Ronald Cheng, Sun Li, Athena Chu, Gigi Leung, Ada Choi, Yuen Wah, Alex Fong Lik Sun, Fan Siu Wong, Eric Tsang, Guo Tao, Huang Bo, Betty Huang Yi, Charlene Choi, Ken Wong, Sandra Ng, Lee Kin Yan, Marco Ngai, Wang Xue Bing, etc... The martial arts choreographer could possibly be Yuen Wo Ping or his brother.
Jeffrey Lau also and he has made a 135-minute director's cut of Chinese Odyssey that include 8 scenes weren't in theatrical release. However, he doesn't hold the rights, and hopes that the audience would get to see this version eventually when the issue is resolved. Sina
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?"
Sunday, March 18. 2007
-- Twins Mission DVD -- Twins Mission DVD will be out on April 3. Twins Mission, starring Wu Jing, Sammo Hung, Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Zhang Qian, Yuen Wah, is about the attempt at recovery of a stolen Tibetan artifact - dzi bead. Featuring sophisticated fight scenes, a deftly crafted scene of pilfering, lots of real life twins, humour, heartwarming moments, it's a delightful New Year movie that grossed over HK$6m at Hong Kong box office.
Available for pre-order at YesAsia.
Friday, November 24. 2006
-- Twins Mission Trailer -- The trailer to Kong Tao Hoi Twins Mission, starring Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Wu Jing, Sammo Hung, Yuen Wah, which opens in Feb 2007, is now up at EMG website.
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