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April 2005

 

 

Opening This Week: April 23 - 29, 2005 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

April 29, 2005

 

 

(Universe, Sil-Metropole Organization)

Three men are searching for their own answers; A poor boy and a rich girl is in love but to their parents, they should never be together...

 

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Production Stills from Zhang Yimou's QIAN LI ZOU DAN JI (BigStar)

 

 

April 28, 2005

 

Qian Li Zou Dan Ji

 

Beijing based tabloid BigStar has posted three official production stills from  director Zhang Yimou's Qian Li Zou Dan Ji:

Takakura Ken (L) and Jiang Wen

Takakura Ken

Jiang Wen

 

More about Qian Li Zou Dan Ji

 

 

 

Jackie Chan Will Do Something in Cambodia Soon (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

April 27, 2005

 

(?)

Jackie Chan just announced a new untitled project in Cambodia a few days during a charity tour. At least part of the movie will be made in the country. He said, "the movie will contain four elements - a story, some action, some explosion and some educational meaning. I think it won't be just an an action movie but a movie with some impact." He said he had already come out a storyline and his next task would be writing and casting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Round of Spy Photos from the Set of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA (The Beijing News)

 

 

April 26, 2005

 

(The Beijing News)

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UNLEASHED / DANNY THE DOG Hong Kong Trailer and Poster (Mov3.com / Golden Scene)

 

 

April 25, 2005

 

(Golden Scene)

Click here for the trailer.

(Warning: the clip contains strong violence.)

 

(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com)

 

The film will be released in Hong Kong May 12 under the Chinese title - The Immortal Dog.

 

 

 

 

 

Even More Spy Photos from the Set of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA (JetLiang.com)

 

 

April 24, 2005

 

Huo Yuanjia

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(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com)

 

 

 

 

Two More Spy Photos from the Set of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA (Sina.com / BigStar)

 

 

April 23, 2005

 

Huo Yuanjia

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(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com)

 

 

 

 

Opening This Week: April 16 - 22, 2005 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

April 22, 2005

 

Opening

This Week

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Spy Photos From HUO YUANJIA Set (Beijing Morning Post)

 

 

April 21, 2005

 

(Beijing Morning Post)

A reporter form the Beijing Morning Post snuck into the set at Shanghai Film Studios' production facility in the town of Chedun. He entered the set of Huo family compound and an arena where the young Huo Yuanjia had a match with someone.

Top-left: The tent
Top-right: A statement signed by Huo Yuan Jia before the match, showing his understanding of the risks involved
Lower-left: An arena inside the tent
Lower-right: Antique furniture borrowed for the production

 

(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com)

 

 

 

 

WU JI / THE PROMISE Plot Description (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

April 20, 2005

 

(Century Hero)

According to Beijing Youth Daily, a spoiling plot description for director Chen Kaige's fantasy epic  Wu Ji  (literally title: Infinity, English title: The Promise) was printed on a catalogue distributed by China Film Group:

 

Spoiler Alert! Highlight to read:

 

Favored by the Goddess of Fortune a young woman became the most beautiful royal concubine (Cecilia Cheung) in the world. Spoiled by The King, she lived a life of extreme luxury. But fate cursed her never to enjoy true love until the time flows backwards and the dead come back to life. Then a slave (Jang Dong-kun), sincerely in love with her, determined to lift the curse with his own life as the price. He used his extraordinary close to light speed run broke the shackle fate put on her. She returned to the beginning of her life and obtained the right to choose again.

 

 

 

 

Second UNLEASHED / DANNY THE DOG US Trailer - "Broken" (Yahoo! Movies)

 

 

April 20, 2005

 

(Rogue Pictures)

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(Warning: the clip contains strong violence.)

 

(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Chinese Language Films Picked by Cannes (Cannes Film Festival)

 

 

April 19, 2005

 

Best of Times

Shanghai Dreams by Wang Xiaoshuai Election by Johnnie To Best of Times by Hsiao Hsien HOU
(China Film Group, Milkyway Image)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chen Kaige Makes His WU JI / THE PROMISE To an Online Game with Ubisoft (Sina.com)

 

 

April 19, 2005

 

Sixe character designs of the online game. (?)

Director Chen Kaige just announced yesterday that an online game based on his upcoming fantasy epic Wu Ji  (literally title: Infinity, English title: The Promise) would be jointly developed with Ubisoft.

 

Video: press conference for Wu Ji / The Promise's Online Game

 

More about Wu Ji / The Promise

 

 

 

 

 

DRAGON SQUAD Shooting in Hong Kong Street (Sina.com)

 

 

April 18, 2005

 

(Mandarin Films)

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Six Chinese Language Films Bidding for Cannes (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

April 17, 2005

 

Best of Times
Shanghai Dreams by Wang Xiaoshuai Could Be Beautiful by Zhang Yuan Sunflower by Zhang Yang Song of Eternal Sorrow by Stanley Kwan Election by Johnnie To Best of Times by Hsiao Hsien HOU
(China Film Group, Milkyway Image)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEVEN SWORDS Official Site Browsing Guide (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

April 16, 2005

 

(Mandarin Films)

The English version of the official site has yet opened and a guide might be helpful for fans do not read Chinese:

 

Click here for the guide

 

More about Seven Swords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INITIAL D Official Site, with a Trailer (Media Asia)

 

 

April 15, 2005

 

(Media Asia)

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Opening This Week: April 9 - 15, 2005 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

 

April 15, 2005

 

(Shanghai Film Studios, Wong Jing's Workshop)

A photographer is having hallucinated vision of killing his wife; a young girl is eager to lead an all-woman dragon dance team in her own way but the coach, her fiancé, insists on following the old rules; a comedy about a touring tricycle taxi, his adopted son, and three women he has dated...

 

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Trailer: DIVERGENCE (Mov3.com / Sina.com)

 

 

April 14, 2005

 

(Universe)

Cantonese version

Mandarin version

 

A killer wants to know who hired him to kill a witness, a lawyer working for a money launder struggles with his guilt, and a cop discovers the lawyer's wife who looks exactly like his girlfriend who has been missing for ten years. In the darkness, three men are searching for their own answers...

 

Written by Ivy Ho; directed by Benny Chan; starring Daniel Wu, Ekin Cheng, Aaron Kwok, Lo Ka-Leung, Angelica Lee, Ning Jing.

 

 

 

Who Are Wanted for THE 8TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD? (EW)

 

 

April 13, 2005

 

The 8th Voyage of Sinbad

Director Rob Cohen: Keanu Reeves as Sinbad, Zhang Ziyi as Chinese empress (Wu Zetian), and he has already talked with the likes of Jet Li, Djimon Hounsou and Hayden Christensen.

 

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Hayao Miyazaki to Adapt Chinese Children's Book I LOST MY LITTLE BOY (EMP)

 

 

April 12, 2005

 

(EMP)

According to Chinese media, master animator Hayao Miyazaki will make a film version of children's story I Lost My Little Boy by 21 year old Chinese writer Yi Shu. The story is about a young boy named Mimi, who was born with heart defect. One day he walks into a restaurant called The Orchid, where he meets the the Grandpa who owns the restaurant and a fairy girl. As a fan of Hayao Miyazaki, Yi Shu admitted that his story was somewhat influenced by the master director's works and while writing the story he even fantasized what it would be if it was a Hayao Miyazaki's movie. Yi Shu said he was contacted by Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli last October and the pre-production would take a year to complete. He also denied the rumor suggesting Hayao Miyazaki would retire after this project.

 

 

 

 

THE MYTH Teasers (EMP)

 

 

April 11, 2005

 

(EMP)

Teaser trailer (Thanks to Gary.Logue)

 

Left: teaser poster showing "Qin", the name of the kingdom unified China over tow thousand years ago. It was written in an ancient Chinese calligraphic style called "Xiao Zhuan",