Amazing Tales: Three Guns (Dec.10, earlier reported as Dec.11)
Ning Hao’s No Man Land/No Man’s Land (Dec.18)
Other release dates: The Robbers/Tang Dynasty Brothers, Panda Express (Nov.20), Bodyguards and Assassins (Dec.18), Still unconfirmed: Treasure Hunter,14 Blades, Little Big Soldier, Confucius. (cri.cn)
Stephen Chow
Spotted outside a Hong Kong Jockey Club event, Stephen Chow said he will begin shooting a film next year. A noted bicycling enthusiast often seen riding about the city, reporters suggested a Shaolin Bicycle film would be appropriate. Asked if he was taking advantage of the real estate market to make big money, Chow was evasive. (Sina)
Ann Hui has not decided whether a kissing scene between Vivian Chow and Chan Wei-Ting will be necessary. (Sina)
Josie, Aaron, Director Roy Chow, Christine To (writer)
Murderer aka Crime and Punishment promotion in Guangzhou. The ending was changed and the violence toned down in order to play in the Mainland. Josie Ho hoped that her Dream Homes would be accepted for screening with edits from director Pang Ho-Cheung. (Sina) (Xinhua)
CCTV: Remake of the classic “Mulan”
Actress Zhao Wei said, “I have dressed like a man before, but it was all about being funny. This time, I have to actually perform like a man. I’m not sure if the audience will think I’m really manly in this film. Director Ma has been devoted in sculpting my part and Chen Kun’s role. So the movie is going to be very romantic.”
CCTV: Stephen Fung’s Jump
Hong Kong actor, singer, model, writer and film director Stephen Fung’s third directorial effort “Jump” will come out soon to be screened for the year-end season. Fung has recently embarked on an intensive promotional campaign around China in hopes that it will help his movie “Jump” over some fierce box office competition…
THR: ‘Stool Pigeon’ starts filming in HK
‘Beast Stalker’ team returns with police story
[T]he first-ever recipient of the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, is making a comeback with a new indie film called “At the End of Daybreak.”
‘Tuya’s Marriage’ director stands out at four-day market
Film production house now valued over $1.5 bil
Fan Bingbing will turn the table in an adaptation of Three Smiles/Flirting Scholar when she becomes the pursuer instead of the pursued. Guo Degang directs the Lunar New Year comedy.(Sina.com)
Simon Yam makes a pair of shoes for Sandra Ng to promote their new film Echoes of the Rainbow (lit.1969 A Space Odyssey) in which Simon plays a shoemaker. However, he only had time to make one shoe.
Simon Yam
Sandra Ng
Jiang Wenli
Jiang Wenli’s Lan is screening in competition at the Pusan International Film Festival. Jiang wrote, directed and produced the film. (cri.cn)
Bottom Line: Dated drama of growing pains during the Cultural Revolution enhanced by superb elderly role.
Chinese romantic comedy is company’s first China pic
Set during a summer of record-breaking temperatures, “Days” tells six intertwined stories of love.
Screen Daily: ox, STAR, Huayi Brothers line up China rom-com Hot Summer Days
Huayi Brothers president James Wang said: “Huayi Brothers highly values the partnership with Fox. We admire Fox’s courage and decision in going into a mainstream romantic comedy. With a superb story, high production values and star-studded cast from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hot Summer Days will sure become the hottest movie for the Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day period.”
Zhou Xun - The Message
Huang Xiaoming brought his camera on set and acted the paparazzi to help the actors decompress and release suppressed emotions from the tension of the film shoot. Huang, Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Jizhong purchase shares and became majority shareholders in the recent Huayi Brothers IPO. (Sina.com)
Anthony Wong and Michelle Ye in Secrets of Yang Kwai Fai (Sina.com)
According to the company’s prospectus, top director Feng Xiaogang holds about 2.88 million shares, or 2.3 percent of the total current shares. Pop star Huang Xiaoming is also an owner, with 1.8 million shares.
The full interview, translated below, touches on the films that China Film Group has produced, and on the investments that Han Sanping has made, good and bad, including Crazy Stone (疯狂的石头) and Mobile (手机), to the hundred million productions such as Red Cliff (赤壁) and Hero (英雄)…
Beijing Premiere of The Message
Alex Su, Li Bingbing, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming
Li Bingbing
Zhou Xun
(Xinhuanet.com)
The Huang Xiaoming, Li Bingbing nude scene was deleted from the final version of the film. At the premiere, Li Bingbing said that, in fact, Huang Xiaoming wore less than she did in the kinky torture scene. Alec Su who practiced hard studying Kun Opera for the film also had his scenes deleted.
CRI: ‘The Message’ Well Received
Tianjin - “The Message” set for nationwide premiere
Screen Daily: Wang Xiaoshuai starts work on Mosaic (literally, Sunshine in Chongqing)
Starring Wang Xueqi, Fan Bingbing and young actors Qin Hao, Zi Yi and Li Feier, the film revolves around a sailor who returns to his home town and discovers his son’s tragic death. The film will shoot for two months, mostly in the south-western city of Chongqing, and is scheduled for release in mid-2010.
