News Archives
May 2005
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May 2005 |
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Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA Will Go to the Mountains (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 31, 2005 |
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According to Sina.com, the production of Jet Li's Huo Yuanjia biopic will soon move to the mountains in Xiaju County of Zhejiang Province, south of Shanghai. An unknown number of houses, waterwheel and paths have been built and the production team will soon arrive at Xiaju, which literally means "residence of the immortal". ( Click here for some pictures.) The movie is currently in production at Shanghai Studios.
Related Stories: Plot Description of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) May 1, 2005
Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA Got a Major
Script Overhaul by HERO Writer
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April
30, 2005
Another Round of Spy Photos
from the Set of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA
(The Beijing News) April
26, 2005
Even More Spy
Photos from the Set of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA
(JetLiang.com) April
24, 2005
Two More Spy
Photos from the Set of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA
(Sina.com / BigStar)
April
23, 2005
Spy Photos from the Set of
Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA
(The Beijing Morning Post) April 21,
2005
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May 30, 2005 |
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According to Variety, Chris Tucker just rejected the script penned by Jeff Nathanson, who also wrote the second Rush Hour. Jackie Chan has already said he did not like the series but he would do it again for his fans. If both leads are not happy about the project, just let it end now.
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1421: The Year China Discovered the World Is Adopted to a Film (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 30, 2005 |
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Gavin Menzies, former submarine commander in the British Royal Navy, said he would adopted his controversial book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World into a feature film during a book signing event in China last week. According to Beijing Morning Post, the project is budgeted at US$50 million and will go into production in March next year. In his book, Gavin Menzies claims it was Zheng He, a Ming Dynasty Chinese admiral, discovered America and circumnavigated the world first, and many European explorers, including Columbus, actually made their discoveries with maps charted by Zheng He and his crew. However, most historians believe Zheng He's fleet sailed seven times to the west and only reached the east coast of Africa. |
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May 29, 2005 |
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Photos taken during the the production in Shanghai - a tribute to producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005). As the last film he produced, The White Countess tells a blind former American diplomat's relationship with an exiled Russian countess in the pre-WWII Shanghai.
More Photos: Related Stories:
James Ivory's THE
WHITE COUNTESS Wrapped Up Shanghai Production
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive) December 11, 2004
Sony Pictures Classics
Acquired THE WHITE COUNTESS
(Sony Pictures Classics)
November 13, 2004
First Look At James Ivory
THE WHITE COUNTESS Filming In Shanghai
(Sina.com)
October 17, 2004
THE WHITE COUNTESS
Holds Press Conference In Shanghai
(Various)
October 8, 2004
Camera Starts Rolling For James Ivory's
THE WHITE COUNTESS In Shanghai
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
October 2, 2004
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Michelle Yeoh Wanted for Both M:I3 and LAMB Prequel (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 28, 2005 |
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According to Hong Kong's Oriental Daily and its sister newspaper The Sun, Michelle Yeoh said she had been contacted for playing roles in both Mission: Impossible 3 and The Lecter Variation, the planned The Silence of the Lamb prequel. Yeoh said she was getting somewhat close to seal the deal with M:I3 and was unexpectedly contacted by the production of The Lecter Variation when she was in Cannes last week. She said it was really hard to choose between these to projects and would leave it to the producers. According to an earlier report, Gong Li was offered a role in The Lecter Variation but Yeoh said the producers would decide whom to cast after they did their test shots. Gong has already joined the film adaptation of Miami Vice.
Update: According to an article by Taiwanese paper UDN, which was very likely the source for Hong Kong's Oriental Daily and The Sun's stories, Michelle Yoeh and Gong Li are offered with two different roles in The Lecter Variation and there has never been any competition between them. Yoeh is asked to take the female lead and Gong is attached to a supporting role, a Japanese woman who "teaches cultural sophistication to a young Hannibal Lecter." (Thanks to "Jane" of Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre.)
Related Story:Gong Li Offered a Role In THE LECTOR VARIATION, A LAMBS Prequel (?) February 24, 2005
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May 27, 2005 |
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Three stories centered around a pair of vases, a horror flick at a villa and a documentary about the fishermen of Nao-Fang-Ao of the northeastern of Taiwan Island.
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May 26, 2005 |
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2046 will be released in New York and Los Angeles on August 5, 2005.
Official site by Sony Pictures Classics (coming soon)
(Thanks to Alexis Moore of Sony Pictures Classics.)
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Woman Director Xu Jinglei Tells Tale of China's Only Female Emperor with DAYS WITHIN THE PALACE (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 26, 2005 |
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Beijing born actress/director Xu Jinglei has picked the subject of Tang Dynasty empress Wu Zetian for her next project, according to Beijing Youth Daily. Gong Li De Ri Zi (literal title: Days within the Palace) is produced by writer Liu Zhenyun and penned by novelist Wang Shuo. Xu said she would not simply chronicle how an innocent girl becoming a ruthless empress. She would tell a story of a woman, her passion and her relationship with people around her. Produced by Beijing based Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment Co., Ltd., the film will begin production in October. Xu said should the film do well in the box-office, a sequel would follow.
Born in 624, Wu Zetian was brought into the imperial palace to serve Emperor Tai Zong when she was only 14. Later she became the favorite concubine of Emperor Gao Zong and gradually climbed to the seat of Empress. In 690, seven years after the death of her husband, 66 year old Wu Zetian removed her third son from the throne and proclaimed herself as the new emperor. in 705 she was forced to pass the power to her second son and die in the same year.
Born in 1974, Xu Jinglei has starred in 11 titles since 1998. She has written and directed two of her movies, My Father and I and Letters from an Unknown Woman.
Related Story: Woman Director Xu Jinglei Received Silver Shell For Her LETTERS FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN At San Sebastian International Film Festival (Official Festival Site) September 26, 2004
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INITIAL D Official Site, Redesigned with a New Trailer (Media Asia) |
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May 25, 2005 |
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Related stories:
INITIAL D Behind-the-Scene
Photos (Sina.com)
May 5,
2005
INITIAL D Official Site, with a Trailer
(Media Asia Films) April 15,
2005
INITIAL D Promotional Stills
(Sina.com)
March 10, 2005
INITIAL D Making-Of Video
(Moviehole.net)
March 4, 2005
Stills: INITIAL D
(Mov.3)
November 21, 2004
The Making Of INITIAL D Clip
(?)
October 23, 2004
INITIAL D Promotional
Stills
(The New Express) October 4, 2004
INITIAL D Initialized,
Finally
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
July 2, 2004
INITIAL D's Film Version Set
To Begin
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 16, 2004
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May 24, 2005 |
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On May 16, director Tsui Hark attended a signing ceremony granting Sina.com the exclusive sponsorship of Seven Swords. The event was broadcasted live through the Internet and a short behind-the-scene clip about filming at the icy Mount Heaven was shown.
Video record of the signing ceremony: A B C ("A" contains he behind-the-scene clip: 05:43 - 08:45)(Thanks to "Matthew" for the tip.)
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Tribeca Winner STOLEN LIFE Not Banned in China (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 24, 2005 |
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According to The Beijing News, director Li Shaohong has dismissed the report claiming her TV film Stolen Life (literal title: Life and Death Plunder) is banned in China. She told the American media that the film had not got a a permit for domestic release from the Chinese authority because she was short on time and she did get a permit for overseas release. Then her words were miss-interpreted as that her film was banned in China. Telling a true story of a teenage girl's deceived life, the film was named the Best Narrative Feature at the 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival on April 30 in New York. Stolen Life is a part of a 10 episode TV project Absolute Privacy, based on woman writer An Dun's Absolute Privacy - an Oral Account of Contemporary Chinese Love Life, a best selling book series documented dozens of shocking and unspoken stories in today's China. The TV series has been scheduled to première on June 10 at Shanghai based Dragon TV and a theatrical release of Stolen Life has also been planned.
Related Story: Chinese TV Movie STOLEN LIFE Wins at Tribeca Film Festival (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) May 2, 2005
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May 23, 2005 |
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Mission: Impossible 3 might be filmed in China in July, according to a report by Chinese paper The Beijing News. Li Xiaowan told the paper that her company, Beijing Rosat Film & TV Production Co, Ltd., helped a pre-production team to scout locations in Beijing and Shanghai recently. Li said an assistant director in charge of scouting locations arrived in China first on April 2, followed by two members of the art department and a producer five days later, and then over a dozen crew members, including director J.J. Abrams (?), several second unit director and several members of the cinematography unit and lighting unit, arrived on April 28. Part of the film's story will be set in Asia and the production team went to Japan first. Then someone from Paramount told John Woo and Terence Chang who jointly made M:I2. Woo and Chang immediately recommended China as an alternative to Japan and let the Paramount get contacted with Beijing Rosat, which co-produced John Woo's short film Sang Sang and a Kitten (literal), part of UNICEF project Take 7. Li said members of the scouting team were shocked by the degree of modernization of the two cities and Paramount had decided to choose China as a new location. It would be much cheaper to shoot in China than doing it in Japan but to get a shooting permit, the story of M:I3 must get the Chinese authority's approval.
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Video: Jackie Chan's THE MYTH Press Conference in Cannes Plus the Second Trailer (Sina.com) |
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May 22, 2005 |
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Chinese Film QING HONG / SHANGHAI DREAMS Awarded with Prix du Jury at Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) |
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May 21, 2005 |
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Qing Hong (English title: Shanghai Dreams), written and directed by mainland Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, has been awarded with Prix du Jury. Partially based on his own experience in the 1980's, Wang tells a story of a 19 year old girl's taste of forbidden love and her father's desperate attempt to bring his family back to Shanghai after being relocated to a remote land two decades ago. Among eight films Wang made in the past 12 years, Qing Hong is the first one officially approved by the Chinese authority and it had to go through the censorship twice to get the final approval. Once titled I Am 19, Qing Hong is considered as a follow-up to Wang Xiaoshuai's The 17 Year Old Bicycle (English title: Beijing Bicycle). Gao Yuanyuan and Li Bin, two stars from Beijing Bicycle, returned and played two completely different characters in Qing Hong. This film will be released in the mainland China on August 18 and hopefully the prize from Cannes will boost the box-office revenue at home. Other Asian films failed to make impression to the festival jury.
Click here for the complete winners' list
Related Stories: Belgian film 'The Child' wins Cannes's coveted Palme d'Or, AFP via Yahoo! News 'The Child' takes top honors at Cannes, AP via MSNBC
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CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Producer Abandons Prequel Option (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 21, 2005 |
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According to a report by Beijing Youth Daily, producer Bill Kong has already given up the idea of making a prequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Kong spent the past few months talking to several Hollywood studios, including Sony Pictures the co-financer of the original film, and failed to bring any one of them into the prequel project. The prequel would tell the story of the early years of Li Mu Bai and Yui Hsui Lien, played by Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Zhang Ziyi's character would not be in the prequel and this was probably the major factor kept Hollywood studios away from the project.
Related Stories: About That CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Prequel Rumor (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 21, 2005 Rumors: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Prequel to Be Made This Summer and Jackie Chan Might Play Genghis Khan in TEMUJIN: BATTLE OF THE SEVEN WINGS (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) March 17, 2005
More about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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May 20, 2005 |
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Six teenage boys and girls spend their best days together, a paparazzo discovers the photos he took are linked to a murder and his long-lost ex-girlfriend, a young man starts a journey to find his father, a martial-art master, and a group of aging farmers enjoy their happiness in rice field...
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Cannes Contender: THREE TIMES by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 20, 2005 |
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Zui Hao De Shi Guang / Three Times / literal: Best of Time
What is the best of time ? It is a bliss of not
having it again. We remember it not because it was wonderful moment, on
contrary, because we lost it forever, we can only recall it with our
memory, that is why it is wonderful.
Written and directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien Starring Shu Qi, Chang Chen.
Special page from Cannes Film Festival official site
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May 19, 2005 |
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DOA, the big-screen version of the hand to hand combat game series Dead or Alive is currently filmed at a park called Yuzi Paradise in southwestern China. This US$30 million project is helmed by Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen, who is best known for his choreography in many Jet Li's movies. Production team is scheduled to stay at the park for four weeks before moving to Hengdian World Studios and Shanghai.
Related Story: Aoki and Valance in Yuen's D.O.A, Moviehole.net
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Cannes Contender: ELECTION - Film Clip and Director Johnnie To Interview (Sina.com) |
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May 19, 2005 |
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Cannes Contender: SHANGHAI DREAMS Reviews & Reports (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 18, 2005 |
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Review, by Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter Review, by Derek Elley, Variety
Teen angst, authoritarianism mix in Chinese film at Cannes, AFT via Yahoo! News Gritty film shows China opening up, director says, by Mike Collett-White, Reuters via Yahoo! News
Snapshots from the Cannes première
Special page from Cannes Film Festival official site
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Tsui Hark Confirms The SEVEN SWORDS Septilogy (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 17, 2005 |
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Director Tsui Hark just restated his ambitious plan of making Seven Swords a seven-party series during an interview with Beijing-based Sina.com. The movie tilled Seven Swords, which will get a pan-Asian release starting July 29, was only based on the first chapter of the original book, Seven Swordsmen Leave Heaven Mountains, by wuxia novelist Liang Yu-Sheng. Tsui said the story of the book was so rich that one or two movies were not enough.
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Cannes Contender: SHANGHAI DREAMS by Wang Xiaoshuai (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 17, 2005 |
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Qing Hong / Shanghai Dreams / literal: Blue-Red (the name of the heroine)
In the 1960s, encouraged by the government, a large number of families left Chinese cities to settle in the poorer regions of the country in order to develop local industry. Now is the 1980s. The film's heroine is nineteen and lives in Guizhou province with her parents and her brother. That's where she has grown up, where her friends are, where she first experiences love. But her father believes that their future lies in Shanghai. How can they live together when they don't share the same dreams?
Among eight films director Wang Xiaoshuai made in the past 12 years, Qing Hong is the first one officially approved by the Chinese authority and it had to go through the censorship twice to get the approval. Once titled I Am 19, Qing Hong is a follow-up to Wang Xiaoshuai's The 17 Year Old Bicycle (English title: Beijing Bicycle). Gao Yuanyuan and Li Bin, two stars from Wang Xiaoshuai's Beijing Bicycle, returned and played two completely different characters in Qing Hong.
Written and directed by Wang Xiaoshuai Starring Gao Yuanyuan, Li Bin, Qin Hao, Yan Anlian, Wang Xueyang.
Special page from Cannes Film Festival official site
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Video: WU JI / THE PROMISE's Cocktail Party in Cannes (Sina.com) |
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May 16, 2005 |
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The cocktail party was held last Thursday at Chateau La Napoule in Cannes. Over 300 guests and a small number of reporters were invited to the first screening of a 11 minute trailer. Among the guests - Marco Müller, director of Venice International Film Festival, who wanted the film for his festival and the Weinstein brothers, who have acquired the North American, English, Australian and South African rights to the film along with IDG New Media Fund.
Title photo: (L to R) Liu Ye, director Chen Kaige, producer/actress Chen Hong, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-Kun.
Click here for shots from the cocktail party
Related Stories: Weinstein Co., IDG Keeping 'Promise', by Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter (Thanks to "Paul".) Farewell my Concubine director gets a 'gift from God', by Yong Shu Chiang, Channel NewsAsia 'Promise' Takes Korea's Jang Dong-kun to the World, The Chosun Ilbo
More about Wu Ji / The Promise
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Cannes Contender: ELECTION by Johnnie To (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 15, 2005 |
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Election / Hei She Hui / Hak Seh Wui / literal: The Dark Society
The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong's oldest gang, The Wo Shing Society (The Five Tigers Society), to elect a new chairman. Fierce rivalries emerge between the two eligible candidates. Lok, respected by the Uncles is the favorite to win. But his rival Big D will stop at nothing to change this, including going against hundreds of years of tradition and influencing the vote with money and violence. When Wo Shing's ancient symbol of leadership, the Dragon's Head Baton, goes missing, a ruthless struggle for power erupts and the race to retrieve the Baton threatens to tear Wo Shing in two. Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood ways with the cut-throat modern world of 21st century business?
Tagline: Three hundred years ago, they would be called martyrs...
Written and directed by Johnnie To Starring Leung Ka-Fai, Simon Yam, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Cherrie Ying, Suet Lam, Wong Tin-Lam, Andy On.
Originally length is about 3 hours (two-part) and a 101 minute cut was made for the festival.
Special page from Cannes Film Festival official site (Thanks to Rodolphe PILET (ludaofu) for the reminder.)
Review, by Derek Elley, Variety (Thanks to "Henry".) Review, by Ray Bennet, The Hollywood Reporter Review, by "Celia", AICN
Related Stories:
Three Chinese Language Films Picked
by Cannes
(Cannes
Film Festival)
April 19,
2005
Six Chinese Language Films Bidding
for Cannes
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 17,
2005
Johnnie To Touched The Gang Subject With
HEI SHE HUI
(TungStar)
November 17, 2004
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Jackie Chan's NEW POLICE STORY Goes to America, Eventually (Screen Daily) |
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May 14, 2005 |
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According Screen Daily, Arclight Films, previously owns the North rights to News Police Story, just sold the rights to a combination of MiramAxe, The Weinstein Company (Weinstein brothers' post-MiramAxe company after Sept. 30) and Lions Gate for an undisclosed sum.
Jackie Chan said last year that the movie was not tailored for the US audiences like all his movies in recent years and he would not sell the rights to any US distributor, because, presumably, he was afraid that his movie would not be treated properly. Eventually, the rights were sold without his involvement.
New Police Story has been dubbed as Jackie Chan's best in almost a decade, but since it was not made for the Americans, I would guess the possibility of a straight-to-video treat, after going through a butcher's shop, is very high.
(Thanks to "Paul" for tip.)
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From Cannes: More WU JI / THE PROMISE Posters (Sina.com / Sohu.com) |
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May 14, 2005 |
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Quick note: the film's rights to various regions of world are basically sold with Fox as the major buyer.
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Photos from Cannes: WU JI / THE PROMISE Booklet and Cocktail Party (Sina.com) |
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May 13, 2005 |
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Click here for more of the booklet
Click here for shots from the cocktail party at Chateau La Napoule
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May 13, 2005 |
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A housewife from a wealthy family starts an affair with a young silversmith, a cab driver's relationship with a 17 year old girl dragged him into a series of mysterious incidents, and a Taiwanese musician's love story with two dancers in the 1940s Shanghai.
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May 12, 2005 |
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May 11, 2005 |
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(Thanks to Thiago Menezes (Brazil))
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May 10, 2005 |
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Production Weekly reports Chow Yun-Fat will soon star in director James Fargo's Deadly Deception, about a highly skilled Hong Kong cop who travels to Los Angeles to solve his sister's murder and uncovered a conspiracy much larger than he expected.
Click here for the original report.
Related Stories: Chow Yun-Fat to Hunt Zombies In THE WRETCHED (Sheer Films) February 22, 2005
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According to Shanghai Morning Post, the film's production companies will hold a promotional event at Chateau La Napoule during the Cannes Film Festival. Six stills, made by Japanese manga artist Masago Kimiya, a 11 minute clip, edited by Sylvie Landra (The Fifth Element, Léon), and tons of costumes and props from the film will be shown for the first time. Wu Ji (literally title: Infinity, English title: The Promise) is a Chinese-South Korean joint-production, featuring a love story between a royal concubine and a slave.
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Jet Li Explains his Odd of Working with Jackie Chan (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 9, 2005 |
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According to Hong Kong media, Jet Li is still eagerly anticipate a chance to star in a movie along with Jackie Chan. He said they had discussed several times over this matter. However, two separate agents representing them could not agree on many details such as how to divide the profit.
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Chinese Director Su Li Passed Away (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 8, 2005 |
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Mainland Chinese director Su Li died last Monday at the age of 86. From early 1950 to early 1980, Su Li directed / co-directed 16 films, which are little known outside of the mainland China. His best works include Ping Yuan You Ji Dui (Guerilla of the Plain), about a guerilla force fighting the invading Japanese; Hong Hai Er (Red Kids), about a group of young communist fighters during the 1930s; and the best of all - Liu San Jie (Third Sister Liu), a musical about a young girl won a singing challenge to stop a local lord's plan of robbing the villagers' tea mountain.
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SHI MIAN MAI FU / HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS Gets MTV Nomination (MTV.com) |
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May 7, 2005 |
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MTV 2005 Movie Awards: Best Fight - Zhang Ziyi vs. The Emperor's Guards
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Opening This Week: April 30 - May 6, 2005 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 6, 2005 |
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A young mother and her daughter move into an apartment, where they meet another young mother and her daughter, died seven years ago...
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May 6, 2005 |
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According to Variety, Jackie Chan's co-star Chris Tucker will sign a two-picture deal, which will finalized his appearance in Rush Hour 3. Jackie Chan has already said he was not happy with the franchise but he would do another one of it, just for his fans. Shooting of this US$100 million project will begin in late fall for a scheduled 2006 release.
Related Story: Tucker Ready to "Rush", by Charlie Amter, E! Online
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May 5, 2005 |
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Related stories:
INITIAL D Official Site, with a Trailer
(Media Asia Films) April 15,
2005
INITIAL D Promotional Stills
(Sina.com)
March 10, 2005 INITIAL D Making-Of Video (Moviehole.net) March 4, 2005 Stills: INITIAL D (Mov.3) November 21, 2004 The Making Of INITIAL D Clip (?) October 23, 2004 INITIAL D Promotional Stills (The New Express) October 4, 2004 INITIAL D Initialized, Finally (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) July 2, 2004 INITIAL D's Film Version Set To Begin (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) April 16, 2004
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UNLEASHED / DANNY THE DOG DVD News (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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Unleashed / Danny the Dog has been official released on DVD in the mainland China on April 30. Under the Chinese title "The Tiger is Out of the Cage" (It is very impolite to call someone a dog in Chinese culture), the movie's original track was replaced with a Chinese track, poorly dubbed. Being release on DVD means the chance that the movie getting a theatrical release in Jet Li's home country has been greatly diminished. The French DVD is set to release on August 3.
Related: The official UK Site
(Thanks to "jetliang" of JetLiang.com and Judy J. C. Shaver.)
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May 4, 2005 |
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Set to open in NY and LA on May 27, Saving Face, by first time writer/director Alice Wu, is about a young Chinese American woman’s complicated life and her pursuit of love amid the chaos.
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Additional production stills by Yahoo! Movies
(Thanks to Alexis Moore of Sony Pictures Classics.)
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Stills: Tsui Hark's SEVEN SWORDS (Seven Swords Official Site) |
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More stills: go to Seven Swords Official Site, click the third last link at the left column.
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Chinese TV Movie STOLEN LIFE Wins at Tribeca Film Festival (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 2, 2005 |
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Chinese TV movie Stolen Life (literal title: Life and Death Plunder) is named the Best Narrative Feature at the 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. As a part of a 10 episode TV project Absolute Privacy, Stolen Life tells a real story of a teenage girl's deceived life. Absolute Privacy was based on woman writer An Dun's Absolute Privacy - an Oral Account of Contemporary Chinese Love Life, a best selling book series documented dozens of shocking and unspoken stories in today's China. The TV project was produced and helmed by woman director Li Shaohong.
Related: Tribeca Film Festival Official Site , by Christopher Michaud, Reuters
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Plot Description of Jet Li's HUO YUANJIA (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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May 1, 2005 |
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The biopic is only loosely based on the life of Huo Yuanjia (1868-1910). The time is set at the first decade of the 20th Century, when China was suffering from corruption and foreign invasion. The story starts with young Huo Yuanjia accidentally killed his opponent, son of a local tyrant, during a match. The local tyrant then revenged on the Huo family and Huo Yuanjia run away. He then spent three years at a small village in Thailand. During which, a half-blind girl named Yue Ci, became his spiritual guard and developed a specially bond with him. In the end, Huo Yuanjia defeated a foreign boxer in Shanghai and became a national hero.
A complete biography can be found here.
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