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Opening
This Week: June 23 - 29
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The
Longest Night
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Hooked
on You |
Road
to Dawn |
The Secret of
the Magic Gourd |
Warrior |
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(Images:
Produced by Avex Entertainment, Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc., Shanghai
Film Studios, Yahoo! Japan., Buena Vista International, Centro Digital
Pictures Ltd., China Film Group, Walt Disney Studios.,
Shanghai Animation Film
Studio.Milky Way Image Company, Beijing Silver Dream, China Film
Media Asia, Media Asia Films Ltd.) |
Many movies have been made available this week.
The Longest Night in Shanghai,
a China-Japan co-production about a romantic story of a Japanese
hairstylist and a Shanghai cab driver, has been released in the
mainland China.
Hooked on You,
about another romantic story of a young woman and a young man, who
sell fish in a Hong Kong food market, are
now shown in theaters of Hong Kong and the other side of China.
Three other films
have been released in the Chinese mainland theaters.
Road to Down,
tells about Dr. Sun Yet-Sen, the founding father of the Chinese
Republic, exiled in Malaysia.
The Secret of the Magic Gourd,
the Disney co-produced kid movie, tells a little boy's adventure
after becoming the master of a magic gourd.
Warrior, a more
old-fashion animation, is about a young Mongolian warrior, who is
looking for his father's killer while falls in love with a girl.
Click here for detail
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THE FORBIDDEN
KINGDOM Spy Photos and Video
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These spy photos and video, taken at a mountain location of Zhejiang
Province of China, are exclusively available on Sina.com. The
scene is pretty simple - four lead characters galloping through the
wilderness on horseback. Three of them, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Liu
Yifei are shown in the photos, but Michael Angarano is missed out.
Either the spy took no pictures of him or Sina got no interest of
showing them.
Click here for more photos.
The main villain, The White Hair Demoness,
played by Li Bingbing.
Click here for the video.
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Conference
(...)
June 14, 2007
FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos
(Sohu.com)
June 13, 2007
Another THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM
Photo - Liu Yifei
(Oriental Morning Post)
May 22, 2007
THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos
(Sohu.com)
May 9, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Called THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Now
(...)
April 11, 2007
Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing have
officially onboard of the Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
April 5, 2007
Zhang Ziyi Is Interested in the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 30, 2007
The Kid for Jackie Chan /
Jet Li Project Is Found
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 25, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 3
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 17, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 2
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 13, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Titled KING OF KUNG FU?
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 6, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Will Happen This Month
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
March 2, 2007 |
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INVISIBLE
TARGET Poster and Stills
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June 27, 2007 |
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The poster shows three cops on the left - Jaycee Chan, Nicholas Tse,
Shawn Yue, and the main villain - Wu Jing.
Click here for a few new production photos.
Related stories:
Nicholas Tse Dose His Own Stunt
in INVISIBLE TARGET
(Sina.com)
June 17, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Official Site
(...)
June 13, 2007
New INVISIBLE TARGET Poster and
Poster Shots
(163.com)
June 8, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Trailer
(...) May 9, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Stills
(Sina.com)
March 22, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Poster
(Twitch)
April 4, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Stills
(Sina.com)
March 22, 2007 |
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NANKING! NANKING! Teaser Posters
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Nanking! Nanking! , by
director Lu Chuan (Kekexili: The Mountain Patrol,
The Missing Gun), will set
the story during the massacre the Japanese carried out after taking
Nanking (now translated as: Nanjing), the old capital city of China,
in December of 1937. These posters shows two photos, taken probably
by Japanese reporters after the fall of the city. The red marking
reads "Not Allowed." Many photographs showing war crimes by Japanese
soldiers were censored by the Japanese authority and stamped with
the same marking. Shooting of this historical film will start in
August. The US$10 million budget is shared by
China Film
Group Corp., Beijing-based Stellar MegaMedia Group, Hong Kong's
Media Asia Films and Nanjing-based Jiangsu Broadcasting Group.
Another Nanking Massacre
project
The Rape of Nanking, based on the
same title book by late
author Iris Chang,
is also in pre-production. Jointly produced by Nanjing-based Jiangsu
Cultural Industry Group and US studio Viridian Entertainment, with
US$40 million. The script is written by
William J. MacDonald
(Rome
the TV series) and the director is
Simon West (Con
Air,
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,
When a Stranger Calls).
In addition, Hong Kong director
Stanley Tong ( The
Myth,
Police Story 4: First Strike,
Rumble i the Bronx)
is planning to take on the subject with
The Diary
(literal) and
Yim Ho
(A West Lake Moment,
Pavilion of Women,
The King of Chess)
is thinking about doing
Christmas, 1937, Nanking
(literal).
Related stories:
There Is another Nanjing/Nanking
Massacre Project CHRISTMAS, 1937, NANKING
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 13, 2007
Cast Choice for Lu Chuan's NANJING!
NANJING!
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
February 15, 2007
Three Nanjing Massacre Projects
Running in Parallel
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
December 14, 2006
Stanley Tong Wants to Tell His
Nanjing Massacre Story with THE DIARY
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 21, 2006 |
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Ning Hao's
SILVER MEDAL CYCLIST Will Keep the Spirit of CRAZY STONE in a Much
Bigger Scale
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June 25, 2007 |
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Ning Hao
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Last summer, young Chinese director
Ning Hao's
low-budget comedy
Crazy Stone
became the most talked about and highest praised domestic made movie
in China last year. Shot with cheap digital camera, the fast-paced
and multi-storylined movie tells how different gangs of thieves are
trying to steal a piece of precious jade from the hand of a
dedicated security chief. Some have concluded that the comedy was a
mimic of Guy Ritchie’s
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
or Snatch. In
fact, Crazy Stone
tells a very original story, by Ning Hao, alone with Zhang Cheng and
Yue Xiaojun, which features many major social problems of today’s
China in a very hilarious and enjoyable way. The movie is so
influential that, reportedly, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, booked
a private screening to get to know a little better about the life of
the country's low-end working/non-working class people. Budgeted at
about US$400,000, much thanks to Andy Lau’s wallet, this movie has
collected more than ten times of that.
According to
several Chinese newspaper, Ning Hao’s second comedy
Yin Pai Che Shou
(literal title: "The Silver Medal Cycler"), previous under the
working title “Crazy Racer,” will go into production next
month in Xiamen City of southeastern China. This time, the
state-owned China Film Group Corp. and
Warner China
Film HG Corp. are backing the project with much bigger budget and a
much shining cast. Structure of the story will be same as that of
Crazy Stone,
in much bigger scale. Ning and six others wrote five parallel
stories involving six groups of people. The center of the story is a
used-to-be professional bicycler, lost the national championship for
just 0.01 second at his most glorious moment, dreams about returning
to the racing track one day. Huang Bo, who played a straight-minded
thief in
Crazy Stone,
will play the bicycler. Anthony Wong will play his mentor, Andy Lau,
possibly, will take a cameo role, Thai martial-art star Tony Jaa
will portray an international drag cartel who knows countless ways
of disguising himself, Taiwanese actor Lee Lichun will play a
businessman who makes his money by conning everyone and another
Taiwanese actor Rong Hsiang will be a local drag dealer.
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The 10th
Shanghai International Film Festival Winners
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Exclusive) |
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June 24, 2007 |
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Best Film |
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN (Germany)
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Grad Jury Prize |
THE NEW MAN (Sweden / Finland)
- director: Klaus HARO |
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Special Festival Award |
HAN
Sanping, YIN Li and Albert YEUNG -
THE KNOT (China) |
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Best Director |
TIAN Zhuangzhuang
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THE GO MASTER (China) |
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Best Actor |
Juan José BALLESTA -
DOGHEAD (Spain) |
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Best Actress(es) |
Corinna HARFOUCH, Dagmar MANZEL, Kirsten BLOCK
and Christine SCHORN -
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN
(Germany) |
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Best Screenplay |
Shemi ZARHIN -
AVIVA MY LOVE (Israel) |
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Best Cinematography |
WANG Yu -
THE GO MASTER (China) |
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Best Music |
Isao TOMITA -
LOVE AND HONOR (Japan) |
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Asian New Talent |
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Best Film |
SHENG Zhiming - BLISS (China) |
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Best Director |
Golam Rabbany BIPLOB - On The Wings of Dreams
(Bangladesh) |
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Choice by University Students |
WANG Fen - THE CASE (China)
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Related stories:
The pofficial website of the festival.
Shanghai International Film
Festival Line-Up
(SIFF.com)
June 1, 2007 |
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Chen Kaige's MEI LANFANG Biopic in Production Next
Month
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June 23, 2007 |
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Chen Kaige |
Leon Lai |
Zhang Ziyi |
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Director Chen Kaige's upcoming biopic of Peking
(Beijing) opera master Mei Lanfang (1894 - 1961) will go into
production by mid July, according to Han Sanping, president of the
Chinese state-owned China Film Group Corp. Leon Lai will play Mei,
who portrayed many women's roles on stage and Zhang Ziyi will play
Meng Xiaodong, another Peking opera actor who had a short-lived
marriage with Mei. The cast will also include Sun Honglei,
Wang Xueqi, Chen Hong, Feng Yuanzheng, Ying Da, Chen Daoming and
Masanobu Ando.
The script, based on a biography by Mei's second son Mei Shaowu, was
written by Chen Kaige and woman writer Yan Geling ( Xiu
Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl,
Shao Nu Xiao Yu).
ChenKaige's Farewell My Concubine (1993) was based on a novel,
loosely inspired by Mei's career.
Related stories:
Zhang Ziyi's Involvement in Chen
Kaige's MEI LANFANG Biopic Confirmed?
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 19, 2007
MEI LANFANG Biopic Cast List
Partially Revealed
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 13, 2007
Zhang Ziyi Wants to Be a Cowgirl in
LAUNDRY WARRIOR and Wife of MEI LANFANG?
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 2, 2007
Leung Chiu-Wai, Leon Lai Are
Frontrunner to For Chen Kaige's MEI LANFANG Biopic
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 2, 2007
Chen Kaige Gets to Direct Mei Lanfang
Biopic
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 6, 2006
Leung Chiu-Wai Might Portray Peking
Opera Legend Mei Lanfang in Director Stanley Kwan's Next (MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
January 19, 2006
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Opening This Week: June 16
- 22
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June 22, 2007 |
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Eye in the
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This Thursday, two Hong Kong made movies have been released on the
native soil.
Eye in the Sky,
starring Leung Ka-Fai and Simon Yam, follows breathtaking cat and
mouse game played by a surveillance team of the HKPD and a gang of
thieves. The thriller is the directorial debut of
Yau Nai-Hoi, who wrote screenplays for many Johnnie To's movies.
Simply Actors
tells how a young cop with "acting talent", picked as a future
undercover officer, is sent to an acting school to learn how to act
and got a surprise enlightenment from a
stage
janitor. Also in this week, Hong Kong movie
Mr. Cinema, about the
history of Hong Kong of the past four decades through the eyes of a
cinema projectionist and his family, has become available at
theaters of the mainland side; and
The Matrimony, a horror
flick made in the Chinese mainland has hit the screens in Taiwan.
Click here for detail
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THE SECRET OF
THE MAGIC GOURD's After-Credit Bloopers
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June 21, 2007 |
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Sina.com has a few second of bloopers,
which will be shown at the end of the film and after the end credit.
Such after-credit bloopers are common in animations done by Pixar,
and are inspired by real bloopers shown during the end credits of
many Jackie Chan's movies. Interesting enough,
The Secret of the Magic Gourd
is Disney's first movie made specifically for the Chinese kids.
Neither Pixar nor any other Disney's animation department is
involved in the production of the movie. The CG work is done by
Hong Kong-based
Centro Digital Pictures Ltd., with credits include
Curse of the Golden Flower,
Kung Fu Hustle,
Shaolin Soccer,
Kill Bill,
The Emperor and the Assassin
and
The Storm Riders.
The story, based on a same title novel by Zhang Tianyi, tells a boy
finds a magic gourd (CG), who makes all his wishes come true and
some of his wishes backfire heavily out of control. The film will be
released next Friday in China.
Blooper 1
Blooper 2 (More
bloopers are coming.)
A clip from the film
Related stories:
More Stuffs from THE SECRET OF
THE MAGIC GOURD
(...)
May 26, 2007
THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC GOURD
Full Trailer
(Sina.com)
May 17, 2007
THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC GOURD
Official Website
(MagicGourd.cn)
May 9, 2007
Trailer: THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC
GOURD
(Sina.com)
April 28, 2007 |
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RED CLIFF
Production Photos and Video, by a Paparazzo
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These photos and video, acquired by Sina.com,
were believed taken during the production of John Woo’s Red Cliff
a few days ago. It shows soldiers of warlord Cao Cao being mobilized
inside their own camps. A miniature chopper was used to make aerial
shots and after a day of filming, the chopper crashed to the crowd.
There is no word on whether anyone was hurt during the incident.
A few boats covered by straw men were spotted on
the location, a reservoir doubling for the Long River (Yangtze
River). In classic historical novel “Roman of the Three Kingdoms”,
Commander Zhou Yu, lord Sun Quan’s man, ordered Zhu Geliang, the
chief advisor to Liu Bei, to manufacture one hundred thousand of
arrows in three days. These two lords are allies against Cao Cao.
Zhuge Liang then ordered to make hundreds of straw men, put them on
about twenty boats and launched a phony attack on Cao Cao fleet in a
foggy morning. Cao suspected the attack might be a trap and ordered
archers to fire at the enemy. Many of the arrows got embedded in the
straw men. By the end of the “battle”, Zhu Geliang collected arrows
more than he was asked to make. This story is based on a real
historical event, occurred about five years after the Battle of Red
Cliff. (Thanks to "xiaoyouxi's " contribution.)
Click here for more spy photos.
Click here for a spy video.
More about Red Cliff.
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HY. Brothers
Launches Official Site with Trailers for ASSEMBLY, BLOOD BROTHERS...
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June 19, 2007 |
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Beijing-based HY. Brothers has finally got an official site
for exhibiting its works directly. Until now, promotional materials
were usually released through such websites as Sina.com and Sohu.com.
Not any more. Now we can watch trailers with relatively good
quality and enjoy movie stills without scar-like logos.
The site has a better version of the
Assembly
trailer released a few days ago (click
here); two full trailers of
Blood Brothers (one of them is brand new.
Click here), and
an
official site of
The Matrimony,
a supernatural thriller has been released in several regions in
Asia.
It seems the top executives have been struggling on how to call the
studio in English for many years. As the most productive
private-owned movie studio of China, it had multiple English names
in the past decades. It was originally called Hua Yi Brothers Taihe,
then it known as to Huayi Brothers, later shown as The H. Brothers
and finally changed to HY. Brothers.
Click here for the official site.
More about
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CHILDREN OF
HUANG SHI's Another Press Conference Plus Another Behind-the-Scene
Video
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June 19, 2007 |
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A second press conference for
Children of Huang Shi
was held yesterday during the Shanghai International Film
Festival. Based on a true story,
Children of Huang Shi tells British journalist, George
Hogg, who is caught in the middle of Japanese invasion of China in
1973, leads sixty war orphanages crossing a thousand miles of
deserts and snowy mountains to safety. During the journey, Hogg
learns the true meaning of courage and sacrifice. Jonathan Rhys
Meyers plays George Hogg, Chow Yun-Fat plays Chen, an officer of the
communist-led New 4th Army, Radha Mitchell plays Lee, a nurse Hogg
has fallen in love with, and Michelle Yeoh plays Mrs. Wang, a
wealthy widow has supported Hogg. The script was written by Jane
Hawksley and James MacManus. The director was Roger Spottiswoode (The
6th Day,
Tomorrow Never Dies,
Hiroshima). This China-Australia-Germany co-production
costs US$40 million. Sony Pictures Classics will release this
film in North America.
Click here for a video of the press conference
plus a behind-the-scene clip.
Related Stories:
CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI Promotional
Photos from Sony
(Sony Pictures
Classics)
May 11, 2007
Video: CHILDRE OF HUANGSHI Press
Conference Plus a Behind-the-Scene Clip
(CCTV / Sina.com)
January 23, 2007
CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI Production
Update
(...) December 17, 2006
More Pictures from THE CHILDREN OF
HUANG SHI
(Sina.com.cn / TungStar)
November 29, 2006
A Few Singapore Kids for THE BITTER
SEA (MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive) August 1, 2005
Brendan Fraser to Rescue CHILDREN OF
GUANGXI in the War-Torn China
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) June 19, 2005 |
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Posters - THE WARLORDS, THE ASSEMBLY, BLOOD
BROTHERS
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The Warlords |
The Assembly |
Blood Brothers |
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The Warlords
poster (left) is posted on Singapore-based movieXclusive.com.
It looks like a screen capture of the
official website.
Zhang Wenxiang (Takeshi Kaneshiro), holding a man's head, stands in
the middle of a horrific battle fought between the imperial army and
the Taiping rebels.
The Assembly
poster (middle), from Sina.com, shows what "the assembly"
really means - a bugle call. It shows Gu Zidi (Zhang Hayu), who led
47 men to block the enemy's advance and in the end became the sole
survivor of a bloody fight. The lower part actually shows scenes of
two wars - the Chinese Civil War (1946 - 1949) and Korea War (1950 -
1953). The
Blood Brothers
poster (right), also from Sina.com, shows seven leads - (left
to right) Tony Yang, Li Xiaolu, Liu Ye, Sun Honglei, Daniel Wu, Shu
Qi and Chang Chen.
(Thanks to Jet Liang for
The Warlords
poster.)
Related Stories:
More about
Assembly
More about
The Warlords
BLOOD BROTHERS Poster
(Sina.com)
June 7, 2007
Newer, Bigger and QuickTimer
Trailer of BLOOD BROTHERS
(Twitch)
May 30, 2007
Newer, Bigger and QuickTimer
Trailer of BLOOD BROTHERS
(Twitch)
May 30, 2007
BLOOD BROTHERS Stills
(...)
May 24, 2007
Fortissimo to Sell BLOOD BROTHERS
outside of Asia
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 2, 2007
Fortissimo bonds with 'Blood
Brothers'
(Variety)
February 1, 2007
John Woo Produced BLOOD, BROTHERS
Meets the Press
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 13, 2006
BLOOD BROTHERS Poster
(Twitch)
November 15, 2006
John Returns Home to Produce GATE TO
HEAVEN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 24, 2006 |
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Opening This Week: June 9 -
15
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June 15, 2007 |
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Mr. Cinema |
Kidnap |
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Two made-in-Hong Kong movies have been released this Thursday in the
city.
Mr. Cinema
retells the history of Hong Kong and Hong Kong cinema through the
eyes of a cinema projectionist and his family.
Kidnap, inspired
by a real story, tells how two women, a senior cop and a dance
instructor, are unwilling caught up in three kidnapping cases and
try to find a way out.
Click here for detail
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FORBIDDEN
KINGDOM Press Conference
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June 14, 2007 |
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A press conference for
Forbidden Kingdom
was held today at Hengdian World Studios of eastern China. You can
see everyone was wearing a t-shirt of Jet Li's
One Foundation. Jackie Chan
actually said in
his blog that he had not had so
much fun from fighting with someone since he fought for 15/16 years.
He had such satisfaction while fighting with Sammo Hung and Yuen
Biao many years ago. In this Hollywood production, Jackie Chan and
Jet Li got fight with each other for the first time. Jackie said
there fighting moves were so quick that director Rob Minkoff and
cinematographer Peter Pau decided to slow down the camera speed
(They are using a digital camera this time). Jet Li's face was
smashed by Jackie Chan's backpack during a take. For your
information, Colin Chou has been cast to play the Monkey King.
Click here.
The press conference:
Video clip 1
Video clip 2
Snapshots
Photo opps:
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Interview - Jackie Chan / Liu Yifei:
Video clip
snapshots
Interview - Jet Li / Li Bingbing:
Video clip
Snapshots
Interview - Rob Minkoff (dir.) / Michael Angarao:
Video clip
snapshots
Interview - Peter Pau (cin.) / Colin Chou:
Video clip
Snapshots
A sketch of Li Bingbing's character
Spy photos
(Thanks to Jet Liang for the links.)
Related Stories:
Another THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Photo - Liu
Yifei
(Oriental Morning Post)
May 22, 2007
THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos
(Sohu.com)
May 9, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Called THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Now
(...)
April 11, 2007
Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing have
officially onboard of the Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
April 5, 2007
Zhang Ziyi Is Interested in the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 30, 2007
The Kid for Jackie Chan /
Jet Li Project Is Found
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 25, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 3
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 17, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 2
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 13, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Titled KING OF KUNG FU?
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 6, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Will Happen This Month
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
March 2, 2007 |
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THE WARLORDS Behind-the-Scene Clip - Part 1
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JetLicn.com has posted a clip,
which offers the first look at how the war scene we have seen in the
trailer was made. Looks pretty cool.
Click here.
(Thanks to Jet Liang.)
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FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos
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These pictures were taken by
several anonymous crew members of the movie, acquired by Chinese
tabloid Total Entertainment and made online by Sohu.com
(NASDAQ: SOHU). They show the four leads in full costume - (L to R)
Michael Angarano, Jet Li, Liu Yifei and Jackie Chan. The story tells
an American kid accidentally travels back to the Ancient China by a
magic and he has to team up with three masters to rescue the Monkey
King. John Fusco wrote the script, which was loosely loosely based
on Classic Chinese fantasy novel "Journey to the West." Rob
Minkoff, who did
The Lion King
and
Stuart Little, is
the director. Production is under way at various locations in China.
Click here for more spy photos.
(Thanks to
Jet Liang.)
Related Stories:
Another THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Photo - Liu
Yifei
(Oriental Morning Post)
May 22, 2007
THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos
(Sohu.com)
May 9, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Called THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Now
(...)
April 11, 2007
Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing have
officially onboard of the Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
April 5, 2007
Zhang Ziyi Is Interested in the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 30, 2007
The Kid for Jackie Chan /
Jet Li Project Is Found
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 25, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 3
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 17, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 2
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 13, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Titled KING OF KUNG FU?
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 6, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Will Happen This Month
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
March 2, 2007 |
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EYE IN THE SKY Got Things on the Web
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Written by first-time director Yau Nai-Hoi and Au Kin-Yee,
Eye in the Sky
follows a cat and mouse game played by a HKPD surveillance team, led
by Simon Yam, and a gang of thieves, headed by Leung Ka-Fai. Has
been exhibited at festivals in Berlin, Hong Kong and Udine (Far East
Film Festival), Eye in the Sky is scheduled to hit theaters in Hong
Kong and mainland China by next week. Most Johnnie To's movies
were written by Yau Nai-Hoi and Au Kin-Yee.
Official site:
Videos: Trailer / Clip from Berlin / Director Yau
Nai-Hoi / Johnnie To, Simon Yam
Photos: Stills
Download: Wallpapers / Posters
Related Stories:
EYE IN THE SKY Stills
(Sina.com)
April 5, 2007
Nine Month Long Production of EYE IN
THE SKY Comes to an End
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
September 2, 2006
The Latest from HK - EYE IN THE SKY,
LOVE UNDERCOVER 3, LOVE@FIRST NOTE, WUSHU
(hkfilmart.com)
August 5, 2006 |
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Opening
This Week: May 12 - 18 - Update
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Teeth of Love |
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A housewife shares her stories with a young dentist she befriends - she
met three men in her life and now, what she remembers the most is
nothing but pain...
The feature film debut of Chinese director Zhuang Yuxin, who has been
working as a writer and producer of TV soaps and an instructor at
Beijing Film Academy after graduated from the Academy in 1994.
This film won the Best Directorial Debut at this years University
Students Film Festival April in Beijing and had been released in
Guangdong Province of China on May 16.
Click here for detail
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THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE DRAGON Cannes Teaser
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Loosely-inspired by a small part of classic Chinese historical novel
“Roman of the Three Kingdoms”, a dramatized chronicle of the Three
Kingdom era of China (2nd – 3rd Century), story of the film tells
Zhao Yun (Andy Lau), an aging general of Shu Kingdom, making a last
stand against the invading army of the Wei Kingdom. His life
throughout the rise and fall of Shu is recounted with a series of
flashbacks. The cast also include Maggie Q, Sammo Hung, Andy On,
Carl Ng and Pu Cunxin. Directed by Daniel Lee, this US$20 million
project is jointly produced by Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. (Hong
Kong), PolyBona Film Distrubution Co. Ltd. (Beijing), China Film
Group Corp. (Beijing), Taewon Entertainment (South Korea) and
Visualizer Film Productions Ltd. (Hong Kong). Rights of over 40
countries have been sold. (Click
here for the list of distributors.)
Click here for the trailer hosted by Sina.com.
(crapy quality).
Related stories:
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE DRAGON:
Teaser International Poster and a Few Stills
(Sina.com) May 21, 2007
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF
THE DRAGON Location Photos
(Sina.com)
May 10, 2007
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE
DRAGON Has Gone into Production
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 14, 2007
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE
DRAGON Pre-Production Photos
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
April 1, 2007
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE
DRAGON: Teaser Post and Character Design Sketches
(Xiao Pang's Blog)
February 7, 2007
Plot Update on Andy Lau's THREE
KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE DRAGON
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
October 18, 2006
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF
THE DRAGON in Pre-Production
(...)
October 15, 2006
Andy Lau to Star in Two Period
Films - STRATEGE and ZHAO ZILONG
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
July 2, 2005
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New INVISIBLE TARGET Poster and
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Directed by
Benny Chan (Bob-B-Hood, New Police
Story), the story of
Invisible Target
(Chinese literal
title: "True Color of Men")
tells how the life of three cops
goes to hell after they decide to capture a gang of pros, headed by
a violent and intelligent man. The three cops are played by Nicholas
Tse, Shawn Yue and Jacyee Chan. The man is played by Wu Jing
(Sha Po Lang),
who is missing from the poster.
Related Stories:
INVISIBLE TARGET Trailer
(...) May 9, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Stills
(Sina.com)
March 22, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Poster
(Twitch)
April 4, 2007
INVISIBLE TARGET Stills
(Sina.com)
March 22, 2007 |
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Opening This Week: June 2 -
8
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Hanoi, Hanoi, a
China-Vietnam co-production, has been released in the Chinese
mainland this week. It tells
a young Chinese woman travels to Vietnam alone to search for someone
her grandmother met many years ago.
Kidnap, produced by Hong
Kong's FilmKo,
follows a woman detective's every move while she is trying to solve
a kidnapping case with the another woman, whose little bother was
kidnapped three years ago. Scheduled to be released next week in
Hong Kong, it has hit theaters on the mainland side of China
yesterday.
Click here for detail
Related Stories:
KIDNAP Poster
(...)
May 1, 2007
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BLOOD BROTHERS Poster
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June 7, 2007 |
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Though
the film is called " Blood Brothers"
international, the original Chinese title literally means
"Doorstep to Heaven" or "Gate to Heaven".
Set in the 1930s Shanghai and mainly shot inside Shanghai Film
Studios, the story tells three best friends arriving at the city of
opportunity. While making fortune with the local gangs, they choose
to go different ways, and turn against each other in the end. This
movie is the result of a collaborations of multiple studios from the
Greater China Region – the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The cast includes Liu Ye, Daniel Wu, Tony Yang, Shu Qi, Chang Chen,
Li Xiaolu and Sun Honglei. Fortissimo Films is responsible for the
international sales outside of Asia. Release in the
Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan has been aimed at August this
summer. The poster will be distributed to theaters in the mainland
China and the design will probably only be used in the mainland
China. Like most movie poster designs come out of the country, this
one sucks.
Related Stories:
Newer, Bigger and QuickTimer Trailer of BLOOD
BROTHERS
(Twitch)
May 30, 2007
BLOOD BROTHERS Stills
(...) May 24, 2007
Fortissimo to Sell BLOOD BROTHERS
outside of Asia
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 2, 2007
Fortissimo bonds with 'Blood
Brothers'
(Variety) February 1, 2007
John Woo Produced BLOOD, BROTHERS
Meets the Press
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 13, 2006
BLOOD BROTHERS Poster
(Twitch)
November 15, 2006
John Returns Home to Produce GATE TO
HEAVEN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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Stuffs of Jay Chow's KUNG FU DUNK (Formerly Known
as SLAM DUNK)
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Shooting of the basketball-related project has wrapped up last week.
Kung Fu Dunk is the new English title and the the Chinese title still
means
Slam Dunk. Produced by
Taiwan's Chang-Hong Channel Film & Video Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Film
Group Corp.,
Kung Fu Dunk
(not related to the same name Japanese manga series) is
about an orphan, who grew up at Kung-Fu University (no kidding!),
becomes a talented basketball player. Taiwan-born singer actor Jay Chou
(Curse of the Golden Flower,
Initial D) is playing the orphan. The cat also include
Charlene Choi, Jacky Wu, Eric Tsang, Ng Man-Tat and Chen Bo-Lin. . The
director is
Chu Yin-Ping and the art director is
Yee Chung-Man (Curse of the
Golden Flower).
Click here for some snapshots from a press
conference last month in Taiwan.
Related stories:
Teaser Poster of SLAM DUNK with
Jay Chou
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 11, 2007
Jay Chou to Do a SLAM DUNK with Yao
Ming
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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More Trailers for Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
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June 5, 2007 |
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Click here.
(Thanks to
Twitch.)
Related Stories:
Cannes Update: Reviews Are in for
Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS...
(...)
May 16, 2007
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Trailer
(...)
May 15, 2007
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Cannes Poster
(Twitch)
May 14, 2007
In and not in the Cannes Line-Up,
the 60th
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 19, 2007
Memphis Location Repot on Wong
Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
(AICN)
August 18, 2006
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Production Update
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
July 25, 2006
Shots from MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS' NYC
Location
(Sina.com)
June 25, 2006
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Filming Update
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
June 24, 2006
Clip: Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY
NIGHTS in Production
(Sina.com)
June 23, 2006
Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey May Join
Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
June 5, 2006
Billboard of Wong Kar-Wai's MY
BLUEBERRY Nights on Display In Cannes
(Hollywood Elsewhere)
May 22, 2006
Wong Kar-Wai Gives Update on MY
BLUEBERRY NIGHT
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 22, 2006 |
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New TRIANGLE Trailer
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June 4, 2007 |
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This one looks like a
trailer made for teasing international buyers.
Click here.
(Thanks to
Twitch.)
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Yuen Wo-Pin and Andy Lau to Make THE IRON MASK?
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June 3, 2007 |
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Not sure how
much this one will go. According to an identified Hong Kong
newspaper, a movie project literally titled "The Iron Mask"
was put for pre-sales during the Cannes Film Festival. Marketed as a
"romantic actioner", this project got Yuen Wo-Ping attached as the
director and Andy Lau attached as the male lead. The paper claims
that the cast would include several South Korean actresses,
including Jeon Do-yeon, the latest Cannes Best Actress award winner,
Song Hye-gyo and Lim Soo-jun. However, the same paper also reports
Yuen said during an phone interview that they were only thinking
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RED CLIFF Set Visit Photos
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Who visited the set? The top executives of China Film group, one of
the major financier of the historical war drama, and a deputy of the
Chinese Film Bureau, which is in charge of movie censorship. The
title image shows a cuju game held at warlord Cao Cao's camp. Cuju
is a ancient Chinese similar to modern soccer /
football. The set was built on the shore of reservoir in Hebei
Province's Yi County (southwest of Beijing).
More photos.
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Shanghai International Film
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June 1, 2007 |
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The line-ups for Jin Jue Award and Asian New Talent
Award have been announced. As usually, the line-up for Jin Jue
Awards includes Chinese films have already been released in China -
The Knot and Shanghai Red. It would not be fair
for these two movie to compete with other titles, since some members
of the jury are Chinese and likely, they have seen these two movies
prior to the festival. In addition, the local audiences would be
less interested in watching movies, which have already been released
in local theaters and on video, would bring the total turnout of the
festival down.
The poorly designed and ill-functioned official site of the
festival.
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Mercedes FARRIOLS |
OLGA, VICTORIA OLGA
TIME WITHOUT TIME (Argentina) |
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Santi AMODEO |
DOGHEAD (Spain) |
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Shemi ZARHIN |
AVIVA MY LOVE (Israel) |
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Sebastian BIENIEK |
THE GAMBLERS (Germany) |
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YIN Li |
THE KNOT (China) |
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Franziska MELETZKY |
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN
(Germany) |
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Robert QUINN |
GRAVEYARD CLAY (Ireland) |
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Ines PARIS |
MIGUEL & WILLIAM (Spain
/ British Virgin Islands) |
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YAU Nai-Hoi |
EYE IN THE SKY (Hong
Kong) |
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LEE Joon-ik |
RADIO STAR (South
Korea) |
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Joshua SINCLAIR |
JUMP! THE PHILIP
HALSMAN STORY (Austria) |
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Klaus HARO |
THE NEW MAN (Sweden
/ Finland) |
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Yoji YAMADA |
LOVE AND HONOR (Japan) |
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Isshin INUDOU |
BIZAN (Japan) |
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TIAN Zhuangzhuang |
THE GO MASTER (China) |
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Oscar Luis COSTO |
SHANGHAI RED
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