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More Actions From NEW POLICE "Jackie Chan" STORY (Oriental Daily / Sina.com) |
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October 31, 2003 |
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Here are more shots from the Jaciie-Chan-getting-close-to-be-hit-by-a-flipped-over-cop-car sequence: (left) Jackie and Wang Chieh, who cameos as a wrong-place-wrong-time cop (mid) Daniel Wu as the bad buy (right) The cop car Photos: Oriental Daily, Sina.com |
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NEW POLICE "Jackie Chan" STORY - This Time He's Not Drunk (The Sun) |
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October 30, 2003 |
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Jackie Chan lives in a dangerous life, even when he is behind the camera. This sequence shown on the left is: a bad guy, played by Daniel Wu, shot at a cop car, the car then exploded, flipped over and slid toward Jackie Chan who was operating the camera (the last part was not suppose to happen).
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October 30, 2003 |
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(Left) interior of East Wind Hotel (Mid) street lights under a bridge (Right) a bus stop sign
More: Cinematographer Christopher Doyle: A B
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Leung Chiu-Wai Appointed For A BARBER'S MUSIC BOX / LI FA SHI (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 29, 2003 |
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According to Chengdu Economic Daily, Leung Chiu-Wai has been chosen as the new leading man of A BARBER'S MUSIC BOX / Li Fa Shi (literal: The Barber). In December, Jiang Wen, the original lead, walked away from the set after a major clash with writer director Chen Yifei. The production has been in halt ever since. According to the paper, Chen Yifei said the script has been under a major rewritten and the shooting should start early next year. However, Leung Chiu-Wai has yet signed up for the project though he is reportedly very interested in the project. The original story (not sure whether it has been changed or not) is about a barber. He picked up arm to defense the country when the Japanese invades and eventually became a general. And when peace came, he picked up his scissors again.
Related Story: Chen Yifei Halts MUSIC BOX For Leung Chiu-Wai (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) May 4, 2003 |
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October 28, 2003 |
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According to Beijing based paper Youth Times, filming of Kung Fu / Kung Fu Hustle has officially ended tonight in Shanghai. There was nothing special about it, except a dinner and a bottle of champagne. Written and directed by Stephen Chow, Kung Fu is co-produced by Beijing Based HTF and Columbia Pictures' Asian branch. Stephen Chow's manager has promised a news conference for the film in the future though no specific date has been given. The production has been following a no-contact policy against the media ever since the shooting started this summer.
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PAYCHECK Full Trailer (Paramount Pictures / ComingSoon.Net) |
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October 27, 2003 |
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Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, whose other works have been made to films like Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report, directed by master of action John Woo, starring Ben Affleck (if you care) and Uma Thurman, will be released on the coming Christmas Day... And now, the trailer, looks like a bootleg to me, is online: Click here (QuickTime, 7.5MB)
Teaser (QuickTime) Official site (not launched)
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52 Year Old Liu Xiaoqing Will Play Her Role From 20s To 50's In THE SWORD SEARCHERS (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 26, 2003 |
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Hong Kong Writer producer Wong Pak-Ming said actress Liu Xiaoqing will play her role from a 20 year old pregnant girl to a clan leader in her 50s. It would not be the first time Liu Xiaoqing, a veteran of Chinese film industry, to take on the challenge of age. In 1994, she played Wu Zetian, China's only woman monarch, from the age of 16 to 81, in a TV documentary of her. Liu Xiaoqing has only starred in only one martial-art film before, Shen Mi De Da Fo (literal: Mystic Buddha Statue), released in 1980. She has started training for her role.
Based on the comic series by Wong Yuk-Long and his King Comics, Shen Bing (Divine Weapons / English title: The Sword Searchers) is a story about two divine weapons, the objects various clans are fighting for. Nicolas Tse will play the lead character Weng Wentian, the stepson of Liu Xiaoqing's character. He is searching for the "good" weapon to stop the "evil" weapon from destroying the world. Jackie Chan has agreed to cameo as Nan Gongyuan, father of Weng Wentian.
Budgeted at over US$10 million, the project go into production in Shanghai March next year. Siu-Tung Ching will helm it and act as the action director. |
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Director Huang Jianzhong Will Do MARTIAL MONK, "China's THE LORD OF THE RINGS" (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 25, 2003 |
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Chinese director Huang Jiangzhong said he would do Wu Seng (literal title: Martial Monk) fall next year, according to Beijing Times. He said it would be "China's The Lord Of The Rings". The story is "several American and Chinese young men from the 21st Century searching for the 'Sacred Bull" left by master Damo and the 'Sacred Bull' is related to a Chinese martial monk in the 18th Century." Damo was a 6th Century Buddhist monk, who traveled from India to China and spent his final years at the Shaolin Monetary. According the legend, Damo is the creator of Shaolin martial-art. Huang said an "American friend" watched watched a clip of Xiao Ao Jiang Hu, a martial-art TV series he directed, and said he liked the way it was made and asked Huang to do Wu Seng. Xiao Ao Jiang Hu is the only martial-art piece Huang made and has harshly criticized by fans of the original novel it was based on but reviews from non-fans of the novel are more positive. |
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Traffic Accident Killed One And Wounded Five While Returning From KEKEXILI Location (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 24, 2003 |
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According to Chinese media, the car they were taking collided with a truck park on a highway in the Northwestern province of Qinghai. Ge Lu Ming (translation), a representative from Columbia Pictures was killed. Three occupants of the vehicle were seriously wounded and the other two occupants, including director He Ping, suffers from minor injury. Directed by Lu Chuang, Kekexili, previously known as Xu Shan, is produced by Beijing based studio HTF with partnership from Columbia Picture. Inspired by real life story, Kekexili tells a tale of a group of rangers fighting armed gangs poaching chirus (Tibetan antelopes).
Related Story: Columbia Eyes On XUN SHAN (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) June 1, 2003 |
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Horror Master Ronny Yu Adapting Manga BLOOD, THE LAST VAMPIRE And Eyes On YANG MEN NÜ JIANG Remake (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 24, 2003 |
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While promoting his new movie Freddy Vs. Jason in Hong Kong, director Ronny Yu told Oriental Daily that he was working on the live-action adaptation of Japanese manga Blood, The Last Vampire and was eagerly to do another remake of Yang Men Nü Jiang (The Women Warriors Of Yang Family). Yu said he would do it with a French Studio and the shooting will take place in Yokohama of Japan and the States. Set in the 10th Century during the Northern Song Dynasty, Yang Men Nü Jiang is a legend about the women of Yang family taking commend of the army against invading nomadic Qidan, after all the men were lost during the war.
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John Lone Arrived In Shanghai For ZI YU ZI LE (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 24, 2003 |
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According to Chinese media, Hollywood star John Lone has arrived in Shanghai to star in Zi Yu Zi Le. (Click her for John Lone at the Shanghai's Pudong Airport) According to Chinese paper, Yu Xia and Hong Tao has joined the cast.
Related Story: John Lone Committed To ZI YU ZI LE (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) October 6, 2003 |
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A Look At THE SPY DAD, A Hong Kong Spoof Of Everything (Mov3.com / Sina.com) |
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October 23, 2003 |
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James Bond, The Matrix trilogy, Bruce Lee, Black Mask 2, X-Men...
Written and directories by Wong Jing, it tells a story about a guy, an on-screen James Bond and off-screen coward, bumped into a game between the Interpol agents and the most dangerous master-minds...
Trailer (QuickTime) Making of (Windows Media)
Starring Leung Kar-Fai, Jordan Chan, Gillian Chung |
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Some Details Of 2046's Filming In Shanghai (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 22, 2003 |
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According to Beijing based newspaper Youth Times, Wong Kar-Wai is making 2046 at two locations in Shanghai - East Wind Hotel, and an abandoned aircraft factory house, now known as Qiusuo Studio. East Wind Hotel, built in 1910 and was modeled after the palaces of British royalty, is used for a "futuristic hotel". Some scenes with Kimura Takuya and Wong Faye, playing a pair of robot lovers, are shot inside the aircraft factory house. A futuristic train along with a track have been built on the set. These two robots "met on the train" and Wong Faye "repeatedly jumped on and off the train", according to the paper. Part of the set will be created digitally by French effect house BUF during the process of post-production. |
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Michelle Yeoh Promises To Start Making HUA MU LAN Next Fall, With Chow Yun-Fat (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 21, 2003 |
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According to Chinese media, Michelle Yeoh has planned to start shooting Hua Mu Lan in September or October next year and she would not give up on getting Chow Yun-Fat onboard. During a news conference held in Beijing, Michelle Yeoh announced her signing up with HTA, a Beijing based acting agency. Michelle Yeoh said she wanted take a bet on comedy and would like to work with director Feng Xiaogang.
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What Will The Pair Of Robot Lovers Look Like In 2046? (Oriental Daily) |
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October 21, 2003 |
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A photograph of Kimura Takuya (left) and Wong Faye (right) praying for successful completion of the film at a ceremony in Shanghai, has been distributed to the media. They were not wearing the costumes they should wear to play the "robot lovers", but their hairs give away something. According to Hong Kong newspapers, Kimura Takuya, barely recovers from a hand wound, spent a whole night for a "fight scene".
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Two "Unrelated" Shots Of 2046 (Scout Gallery / Information Times) |
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October 20, 2003 |
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The first one is posted on the official site of UK art gallery Scout, which is running an exhibition of Christopher Doyle's photographs. (Thanks to Dan)
The second one is Kimura Takuya walking out the set in Shanghai.
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Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (The Official Site) |
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Jackie Chan's NEW "Drunken" POLICE STORY Continues In Hong Kong (Sing Pao, etc) |
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October 19, 2003 |
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Jackie Chan and his team were making New Police Story yesterday at a commercial complex and posing for cameras in between takes.
(From left to right): Boy'z, Charlene Choi, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, director Benny Chan, and Yu Rongguang.
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Andy Lau Trained Hard For SHI MIAN MAI FU (Sing Pao) |
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October 19, 2003 |
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Hong Kong paper Sing Pao just posted a photo of Andy Lau practicing blade skill under direction from a real martial art master. He has been training for his role for several months. The everyday training usually started with the master stretching his waist and legs until he cried out. At Hong Kong Internal Airport, Andy Lau told local reporters he would only be involved in one fight scene this time, but would be a very tough battle. Andy Lau has already arrived in Ukraine to join Zhang ZIyi and Jin Chengwu / Takeshi Kaneshiro. For the trip, he brought along night pieces of luggage, two cases of foods and herbal medicines, lots of clothes, plus barbecue pork and goose give by the fans. |
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2046 Production Continues In Shanghai (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 18, 2003 |
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According to Hong Kong paper Oriental Daily, French effect house BUF is doing the special effect for the film. Pierre Buffin, CEO of BUF, told the paper a team has been visiting Shanghai three times and they have spent US$ 1.5 million just for creating a futurist Shanghai. Founded in 1985, BUF has been making effects for various feature films, like Batman & Robin, Fight Club, The Cell, One Hour Photo, Simone, Panic Room and The Matrix sequels.
Yesterday Kimura Takuya has returned to Shanghai to join Leung Chiu-Wai and Wong Faye.
Photo: Wong Kar-Wai and the team from BUF. Leung Chiu-Wai and Wong Faye arriving in Shanghai on Wednesday.
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October 18, 2003 |
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According to Nanfang Daily, production of Shi Mian Mai Fu in Ukraine has been extended for another half month due to an unexpected one-week rain, but it will wrap up pretty soon. 80% of the film is done in Ukraine, which is a certain boosting to the local economy. The rest of it will be made in the "Tea Mountain - Bamboo Sea" of Youngchuan and Beijing, which will only be used for indoor scenes. About production will take place in "Bamboo Sea", the Production Manager Zhang Zhenyan said, "there are lots of bamboo forests (in Yongchuan). We picked the place because it gives a feeling of spaciousness." Zhang Yimou will definitely do something different from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which also features a bamboo forest fight. According to Hong Kong papers, Andy Lau has rejoined the production team in Ukraine today. Wang Bin, Zhang Yimou's writing partner, told Nanfang Daily, Shi Mai Mai Fu weighted more on storytelling, unlike Hero. He said, "this time scale of fight scenes should be something new. We wrote several such scenes, the kind of group fight". |
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KUNG FU Snapshots From Shanghai (Jiefang Daily / The Sun) |
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October 17, 2003 |
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Shooting of Kung Fu / Kung Fu Hustle continues in Shanghai. Reportedly, Stephen Chow, the leading star plus director, lost his temper when an extra did not show enough of his butt in front of his "girlfriend". Production of the film is about to wrap up soon, according to local paper Jiefang Daily.
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INFERNAL AFFAIRS III Wrapped Up In Hong Kong (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 16, 2003 |
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According to sina.com, Shooting of Infernal Affairs III wrapped up last night after completing the last scene, in which Andy Lau and Kelly Chen got a car accident while on the way to the police station. Infernal Affairs III - End Inferno (literal) is mixed with stories right after and right before the first Infernal.
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Leung Chiu-Wai And Wong Faye Arrived In Shanghai For 2046 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 16, 2003 |
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Leung Chiu-Wai and Wong Faye walked out Shanghai's Pudong International Airport and were immediately "ambushed" by reporters. Leung Chiu-Wai actually came for another project called Subway (literal) and he will wait for Wong Kar-Wai's call. |
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October 15, 2003 |
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A report from Tianjin Daily has claimed uncovering the plot of of 2046: Spoilers alert! Highlight to read According to an article by the reporter, 2046's story picks up right by the end of In The Mood For Love: after Su Lizhen (Maggie Cheung) leaves, Zhou Muyun (Leung Chiu-Wai) becomes a very lonely writer. He meets a prostitute (Zhang Ziyi) and spends a night with her at room 2046, the very same room he had an affair with Su Lizhen. Then he starts writing a novel called 2046, in which he reunites with Su Lizhen. Chang Chen and Lau Kar-Ling plays a couple of lover; Wong Yaye and Kimura Takuya plays a pair of robot lovers. They are all characters in the book, and they are all from the future... Alert ends. |
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Jackie Chan In NEW "Drunken" POLICE STORY (Oriental Daily / Sing Tao Daily) |
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October 15, 2003 |
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Here are two snapshots of Jackie Chan playing a drunken cop in the street of Hong Kong. According to the script, dozens of police officers are murdered by the bad guys and Jackie Chan's character finds relief from alcohol. According to Hong Kong paper Oriental Daily, Nicolas Tse, mainland Chinese martial-art star Yu Rongguang and Ken Lo, a member of Jackie Chan's team, participated in the shooting of the scene.
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2046 Production "Continues" As Kimura Takuya Departs Shanghai (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 14, 2003 |
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Kimura Takuya (right) has returns to Japan due to an arm injury (not from the set of 2046) and a high fever. According to Hong Kong paper Sing Pao, his co-star Wong Faye will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow.
Picture on the right shows East Wind Hotel which has been used for a hotel in the future, the year of 2046, maybe. Formerly known as Shanghai Club, It was built by the British in 1910. |
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GOODBYE DRAGON INN Awarded At Chicago Film International Film Festival (The Official Site) |
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October 14, 2003 |
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Taiwanese film Bu San (Goodbye Dragon Inn) has been awarded with a Gold Plague for "its Highly distinctive vision", according to The official site of Chicago International Film Festival. Directed by Tsai Ming-liang, it tells a story of a group of movie fans attending the very last screening of Dragon Inn at an old theater about to be torn down. And stories off the screen are equally interesting. |
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Dramatic Turn For 2046 Restarting Soon (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 13, 2003 |
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Japanese TV star Kimura Takuya (left) made an surprising appearance at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport yesterday and was spotted by reporters from various newspapers. Director Wong Kar-Wai and cinematographer Christopher Doyle have already arrived in Shanghai. Shooting will take place at an abandoned hotel, which has been painted white by the crew. According to local paper Jiefang Daily, Maggie Cheung and Wong Yaye will rejoin the team soon. Leung Chiu-Wai will also come after finishing Infernal Affairs III. Shi Mian Mai Fu's production will wrap up this month in Ukraine and Zhang Ziyi may have a few free days before the filming could restart. 2046 has been in production for four years and Wong Kar-Wai is trying to make it available by spring next year. But, who knows. |
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October 12, 2003 |
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Filming of 2046 will not restart until, at least, next year. someone from Shanghai Film Studio told Chinese paper Shenyang Today a few days ago. Last part of the film, the climax, will be shot in Shanghai with assistance from the studio. However, stars of the huge cast and crew do not share the same schedule and gathering them together at one place to do one thing is somewhat impossible, at least for the rest of the year. Wong Kar-Wai is currently in Shanghai working on the post-production of his one third of Eros and the pre-production of Subway (literal) he produced. Leung Chiu-Wai has committed to Infernal Affairs III and Subway; Zhang Ziyi is doing Shi Mian Mai Fu in Ukraine; and Lau Kar-ling is connected to Seven Years Itch...
Born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong at five, Wong Kar-Wai planned to place the story of In The Mood For Love in his birthplace. But failing to get the permission to shoot in the city forced he to move both the story setting and the location to Hong Kong. We still know nothing about the plot of 2046. However, it is closely associated to In The Mood For Love. 2046 is in fact the number of the room at which the two lovers meet in In The Mood For Love.
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Jackie Chan Shows Some Action NEW POLICE STORY Production Continues (Star Daily) |
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October 11, 2003 |
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Jackie Chan is showing Nicolas Tse how to catch two robbers, played by BOYZ, a local boy band. |
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Hundreds Flowers Film Awards Of China (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 10, 2003 |
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Chinese magazine Popular Films has announced the winners of the 26th Hundreds Flowers Awards, which were voted by readers of the magazine.
Best Pictures: Hero, Charging Out Amazon, Deng Xiaoping Best Actor: Lu Qi (Deng Xiaoping) Best Actress: Xu Jinglei (Spring Subway) Best Supporting Actor: Wang Zhiwen (Together) Best Actress: Yuan Quan (Pretty Big Feet) |
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Teaser Poster Of Jackie Chan's TIME BREAKER (Media Asia Group) |
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October 10, 2003 |
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Hong Kong's Media Asia has put the teaser poster of Time Break on its official site. It shows a warrior, fully armored, holding a sword and wearing a watch. It is supposed to be Jackie Chan. Lower part of the poster is the skyline of Shanghai, though not a newest skyline. Does this mean anything? The original idea is something like Jackie Chan's character, a Chinese warrior, chasing a Japanese samurai from ancient time to our time. But now the plot has been changed to a guy from present day traveling back to ancient time. Title of the project has also been changed from Titanium Rain to the current one. Also changed, The production is currently in halt and no one is cast except Jackie Chan, but director Stanley Tong has been working on the pre-production for a while. Reportedly, Jackie Chan has learned something from The Medallion - he asked for a rework on the script to get more real action and less computer enhancement. |
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Stars Line Up On The Set Of INFERNAL AFFAIRS III (Sina.com) |
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October 9, 2003 |
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Reporters have been invited to visit the set of Infernal Affairs 3, the office of Hong Kong Police.
From left to right: (front row) Chen Daoming, Wong Chau-Sang (Anthony); (second row) Leon Lai, Lau Tak-Wa (Andy); (back row) Tsang Chi-Wai (Eric), Leung Chiu Wai (Tony), Lam Ka-Tung , director Lau Wai-Keung, director Mak Siu-Fai.
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Jackie Chan In The Street - NEW POLICE STORY Under Production In Hong Kong (QianLong.com / Oriental Daily) |
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October 8, 2003 |
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Jackie Chan has been shooting a gun battle scene for several days. Dozens extras were hired to play cops, by-standers and reporters.
(Left) Is Jackie Chan the action director? (Mid) Jackie Chan with two cast members - Timmy Hung (Sammo Hung's son) and Ng Ho-Hong. (Right) A snack break. |
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October 8, 2003 |
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The incomplete cast and crew of Kung Fu / Kung Fu Hustle have shown up during a promotional event (not related to the film) in Shanghai. Can you tell who is who?
Jiefang Daily
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Wong Kar-Wai Seals 3-Pic Deal With Fox Searchlight (Various) |
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October 7, 2003 |
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According to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, director / screenwriter Wong Kai-Wai's Block 2 Films and Fox Searchlight have reached an agreement of developing at least three English language films. Fox Searchlight will co-finance and co-distribute these films and Wong Kar-Wai will "select director and actors as well as supervise the screenwriters on each project." According to The Hollywood Reporter, the films are expected to take place in Asian setting and they may well include Western actors in their casts. Wong told Hong Kong paper Oriental Daily, that the first film, which is expected entering production next year, will be an action with Chang Chen and he is hoping more stars like Leung Chiu-Wai to join the project as well. Wong Kar-Wai's current project is 2046, which he has been directing for over three years.
Related stories: Searchlight, Wong team up for 3-pic deal (The Hollywood Reporter) Fox's Hong Kong king (Variety) |
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John Lone Committed To ZI YU ZI LE (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 6, 2003 |
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John Lone will soon returns to China to start working on Zi Yu Zi Le (literal title: Self-Entertainment). In the story set in modern day China, John Lone will play an officer of a small cultural center in the countryside of a big city. One day he picks up a digital camera and decides to make a martial-art movie. Inspired by a real life story, it has been packaged as a "kung-fu comedy", which will "borrow" moments from various films, including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hero and Huang Fei Hong. Director Lee Xin said it was just like "your neighboring grandma, holding a camera and a textbook on film, says she is making a movie." According to Lee Xin, it will be a story within a story - story of making a movie and a story of the movie. Production should start in June but because of SARS, it has been halted ever since. Played the lead character in The Last Emperor, John Lone recently appeared in Jackie Chan's Rush Hour 2 as a gang leader. Lee Xin is one of the Sixth Generation Directors of China, who was a TV commercial director and started making feature films in 1995. His latest completed work is Dazzling (Hua Yan), a romantic fantasy about a pair of angels coming to earth to find out what is true love. |
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October 5, 2003 |
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These images were grabbed from the June issue of Chinese magazine Film Stories. The first three shots show Zhang Ziyi playing single mother Hua in the 1930's Shanghai. The fourth one shows director Hou Yong. They were taken at the backlot of Shanghai Film Studio in May. Production has already wrapped up in June and the film will be released in China the coming winter, probably.
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John Woo Eyes On Action-Musical TALE OF CHRIS DAMON (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 4, 2003 |
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According to an unknown source, director John Woo is planning to make his first musical called Tale Of Chris Damon (?). He said the story is about a guy called Chris Damon in the 1930's America. He was a pocket-picker with a dream of being a member of the crime family. He had to take care of his big brother who was suffering from pneumonia. He was in love with a dance teacher and had an affair with the mistress of a crime boss. Woo said he was not confidence about handling musicals before, but after Dancer In The Dark, Moulin Rouge! and Chicago, Warner Brothers was finally ready to give me money to make one. It will have singing, dancing and action with a blend of love, romance and gang violence. He said if he was making a Chinese language film, Chow Yun-Fat would be the first choice. But because it was a Hollywood production, they were still doing the casting. Woo said musicals were his favorite since childhood. When he was a young boy, he once sneaked into a movie theater to watch a musical and was discovered by the staff. He was slapped, rolled downstairs and broke his head. He cried and finished the movie by hiding behind a door. In middle school, Woo even taught dance to other students. He was once troubled with stammer and used dance to express his thoughts. A teacher told him he was talented for dance. "People often say my movies blend dance into violence," said Woo himself. |
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Jet Li Pix In DANNY THE DOG (Europa Corp) |
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October 3, 2003 |
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The official site of Europa Corp has been updated with a batch of new stills from Danny The Dog.
Here is how to get there: www.europacorp.com > "NORMALE" or "HAUT DÉBIT" > "EN PRODUCTION".
More still are available on The Jet Lee (Ji) Homepage (JL2H)
Thanks to Stanley, Joshua Pettigrew and ?
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A Look At SHI MIAN MAI FU's Location In Yongchuan (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 2, 2003 |
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According to Chengdu Daily, the crew has started building the set on location in Youngchuan, near Chongqing city of southwestern China. The set will be built at the Tea Mountain and Bamboo Sea Scenery Park and construction of the huge set will last about one month. After wrapping up in Ukraine, production will be moved to Beijing and then Yongchuan in November. Also according to the paper, Zhang Yimou has scraped the plan of shooting at Hengdian Film and TV City, where Hero was shot. |
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| MonkeyPeaches' Monthly Recap - Movies Released In September (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) | |||
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October 1, 2003 |
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Tian Di Ying Xiong (Warriors of Heaven and Earth) A Chinese warrior, formerly an army lieutenant, now a wanted man exiles in the western desert. A Japanese warrior sent by the Chinese emperor to kill the man. They formed a band to escort a secret Buddhist relic to the capital, but a bandit master and the Turkish army are blocking their way...
Shot on exotic locations of western China, this film shows fast-cutting actions and close-to-real fights. Wrote almost two decades ago by director He Ping and shot two years ago, the film was co-financed by Columbia Pictures' Asian branch. It is also China's official entrance for the Best Foreign Language Film of the coming Oscar.
Directed by He Ping; starring Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Wang Xueqi, Zhao Wei. Official site: US URL Chinese URL |
Other Releases: La Cible (France) The Classic (South Korea) Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong) Johnny English (UK) K19: The Widowmaker (USA) Running On Karma (Hong Kong) SARS (Hong Kong) Tian Luo Di Wang (Hong Kong) X2 (USA) |
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Fei Chang Lang Man (lit.: Very Romantic) (Double Dating) A romantic comedy involving two men, two women and an advertising agency...
Directed by A Gan; starring Tong Dawei, Song Jia, Ni Hongjie, Porshe Suen. |
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38 °C One of the first two Sars related movies being released, it is a romantic comedy set in Shanghai. A graduate student accidentally entered a building under quarantine for Sars and is forced to stay with a female flight attendant...
Starring Huang Lei, Tao Hong. |
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Yin Yang Pan Guan (lit.: Yin Yang Judge) Based on one episode of classic novel collection Liao Zhai Zhi Yi. A judge from the underworld comes to the living world to help the innocent and punish the guilty...
Directed by Yu Liping; starring Wu Ma, Chen Jinhong, Yuan Qiongdan, Zhang Xin, Zhang Jing, Dan Jiang, Li Zeming, Li Hui. |
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Da Zhi Lao (lit.: Big Man) Da Kuai Tou You Da Zhi Hui (lit.: Big Man Has Great Intelligence) (Running On Karma) A muscular man helps a policewoman to catch criminals and he senses her death is inevitable...
Andy Lau put on fat suit for the second time to play a muscular man. Blended with action, comedy and horror, this is the newest from director Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai.
Directed by Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai; starring Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung. |
Other Releases: 11'09"01 - September 11 (Multinational) Blind Shaft (China) Freaky Friday (USA) The Italian Job (USA) Jeepers Creepers 2 (USA) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (USA) Love Collage (Japan) Narc (USA) Red Snow (China) S.W.A.T. (USA) Swimming Pool (France / UK) They (USA) 2 Fast 2 Furious (USA) View From The Top (USA) Unknown Pleasure (China) Wrong Turn (USA) |
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Fei Dian Ren Sheng (lit.: Sars Life) (SARS) Another one of the two Sars related films being released, this is a typical Hong Kong comedy with a doctor, a nurse, a businessman, two Sars patients...
Directed by Wong Bak-Ming; starring Eric Tsang, Lam Siu-Fung, Patrick Tam, Yang Kung-Ru. Trailer (QuickTime) |
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Fu Bo An independent production, it is about a man worked at a necropsy room, his wife lives as a prostitute, a killer doing the cleanup job, a prison priest who also cooks the last meal for the death row inmates...
Directed by Wong Jing-Fu, Lei Gung-Lok; starring Liu Kai-Ji, Lei Si-Jit, Sun Gai-Gwan, Ma Git-Hak, Ng Doi-Yung. Trailer (QuickTime) |
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Xiang Zuo Zou Xiang You Zou (Turn Left Turn Right) A depressed violinist and a lonely horror novel translator. They live in the same building but never have chance to know each other, because one is always turning left and the other is always turning right...
Based on the same name picture book by Taiwanese novelist Ji Mi, this is the another film by director Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai.
Directed by Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai; starring Jin Chengwu / Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung. |
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Da Zhang Fu (lit.: Real Men) (Men Suddenly In Black) On a steamy summer day, four men put on black suits to get "dates" but their operation is getting seriously wrong again and again. Someone is playing a game with them. Their wives?... Typical Hong Kong comedy.
Directed by Ping Ho-Cheung; starring Eric Tsang, Jordan Chan, To Man-Chat, Ga Jung-Chiu. |
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Yi Qie Cong Ling Kai Shi (lit.: Everything Starts from Zero) (Zero) A real estates agent's business is in serious trouble and tries to kidnap someone for ransom... A small Hong Kong production.
Directed by Cheung Pui-Si; starring Hung Ji-Git, Je Hoi-Yung, Wong Ji-On, Yiu Ying-Ying, Yam Gong-Sau. Trailer (QuickTime) |
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Xiao (To My Dearest Father) A young man is not happy about staying at his father's tombstone workshop. He is setup by someone and lost a great deal of money. His father cannot take it and falls seriously ill. The young man rushes to the hospital to see his dying father and is stopped by a one-night-stand love, who is blacking mailing him... A small Hong Kong production.
Directed by Lam Wai-Yin; starring Gou Hung, Dang Yat-Gwan, Chan Wing-Yin, Lam Syut. Trailer (QuickTime) |
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Xin Han (Shiver) Wife of a lead detector just recovered from gun shot. She starts to see illusions of murders, which are all real. The she discovered an unspeakable secret of her husband...
Directed Jung Siu-Hung; starring Francis Ng, Ju Yan, Cheung Kar-Wai, Lei Lung-Yi. Trailer (QuickTime) |
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Xiang Zuo Zou Xiang You Zou (Turn Left Turn Right) A depressed violinist and a lonely horror novel translator. They live in the same building but never have chance to know each other, because one is always turning left and the other is always turning right...
Based on the same name picture book by Taiwanese novelist Ji Mi, this is the another film by director Johnny To and Wai Ka-Fai.
Directed by Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai; starring Jin Chengwu / Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung. |
Other Releases: Buena Vista Social Club (Germany) Choori (Iran) Dirty Pretty Things (UK) Down With Love (USA) Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (USA) A Gentleman's Game (USA) Heroic Duo (Hong Kong) The Italian Job (USA) A Man Apart (USA) My Teacher, Mr. Kim (South Korea) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (USA) Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (Multinational) The Tenth Summer (Germany) The Medallion (Hong Kong) Seabiscuit (USA) Underworld (USA) |
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Quentin Tarantino Wants To Remake THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN With Shaw Brothers (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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According to Hong Kong paper Oriental Daily, Quentin Tarantino is thinking about doing a remake of The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, one of his favorite Shaw Brothers' classics. He even hired its leading man Liu Chia-Hui to play two characters in Kill Bill Vol.1/2 - Chinese kung-fu Master Pai Mei (White Eyebrows) and the head of Japanese yakuza "Crazy 88" fighter. According to the paper, Shaw Brothers has asked Quentin to do the remake and he has agreed. But it would not be possible until 2006 according to his schedule. In an interview Quentin did over a year ago in Beijing, he said he would like to do a Chinese kung-fu film. He said, "I have that thought all the time, but not this one (Kill Bill). I think I will make one in the future. Certainly will be shot in China but in American way and with Chinese American as the leads. That’s because it’s impossible to blend Hong Kong actors and (mainland) Chinese actors into the whole movie. Chinese Americans are still Americans. By this way, all characters will speak the same language with the same accent. I want to shoot something of my own."
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