HKMDB Daily News

November 2, 2009

November 2, 2009

Mulan opens November 27

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)

Aaron Kwok

Josie Ho

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

September 18, 2009

September 18, 2009

New poster of The Warrior and the Wolf reveals Maggie Q (Sina.com)

The Warrior and the Wolf Debuts at Toronto Film Festival

FFWD: Short take

The Warrior and the Wolf (dir. Tian Zhuang Zhuang)A disclaimer on this one: mid-TIFF exhaustion was setting in, and I was drifting a bit, but I also know for a fact that I wasn’t the only one who thought this Chinese period piece was tough to follow. The attrition rate was far higher than any other movie I’ve seen at TIFF, and even interstitial title cards couldn’t spell out exactly what was going on. A great warrior (maybe) is reluctant to kill people in battle, leading to his army’s defeat (I think). He hides out in a desert for a bit, sleeping with a female outcast he meets, and after a really strange sandstorm, they both turn into wolves. For some reason. It’s well shot, but that’s about all I can really say for it.

Lin Chi-Ling (!)

Treasure Hunter poster was released yesterday. The Jay Chou, Lin Chi-Ling movie is set to be released in December. (Sina.com)

‘Treasure Hunter’ Gears up for Release

The official poster and the first trailer for “The Treasure Hunter”, starring Jay Chou and Lin Chi-Ling, were released Thursday.

Spy vs Spy

This autumn, “The Message” (”Feng Sheng”) will join the growing list of flicks about the shadowy lives of secret agents.

The Message stills

Danwei: What do stars having a meeting look like? On Founding of a Republic and Ye Daying’s Tian’anmen

Tian’anmen tries to face the behemoth of The Founding of a Republic

All-star Epic Presents a New Face for China

All-Star Movie Gives Nation’s History

Screen Daily: Founding Of A Republic has record-breaking opening day

The film was originally scheduled to open on Sept 17, but was pushed ahead to 2pm on Sept 16. Its nationwide gross reached $1.9m (RMB14m) up until midnight of Sep 16, which is the best half-day sales record in Chinese film history.

Hollywood Reporter

Jackie Chan, journalist

Telegraph: Epic film The Founding of a Republic marks 60 years of Chinese Communism

Screen Daily: Media Asia scores deals on Venice title Accident

Hollywood Reporter: Tian’s ‘Warrior’ to open HKAFF

Two-week event highlights Asian directors for HK audience

The latest work from upcoming directors, including Singaporean Ho Tzu-nyen’s “Here,” Indian Laxmikant Shetgaonkar’s “The Man Beyond the Bridge,” Hong Kong director Risky Liu’s “Pastry” and Hong Kong film critic turned indie filmmaker Bono Lee’s “Beijing is Coming,” which is making its world premiere at the festival, will compete for this year’s New Talent Awards, which commend newcomers making their debut or sophomore efforts.

Yakkity Yek: Blood Ties a good start

Blood Ties features Cheng Pei Pei and Kenneth Tsang in Singapore film

It has that under-lit urban mystery look, especially in scenes featuring cops in a tense station, which seem as though they could have come from Infernal Affairs or a Johnnie To expose into a seedy underbelly of some kind.

Time Out: Film about illegal Chinese immigrant claustrophobic, in a good way

In Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou’s film, “Take Out,” the audience follows an illegal Chinese immigrant, Ming Ding (Charles Jang). He has one day to pay back a debt or the debt doubles.

A kind of road movie to nowhere that literally goes around in circles and plays out in the course of a single day…

Taipei Times: 02′20″ review

With its sports theme and a physically challenged character in a pivotal role, this melodrama seems ready to capitalize on the Taipei Deaflympics and the Kaohsiung World Games. But it deserves no medal — if anything, the script should have been disqualified

They could be Heroes

Chinese ‘Hero’ for NBC’s Hit Drama: Report

NBC is currently approaching Hong Kong-based stars Daniel Wu, Allen Ting and Stephen Fung for the role, according to the report. Daniel Wu and Stephen Fung share an American upbringing.


Anna May Wong documentary featured at weekend film festival

The first annual festival, sponsored by the San Francisco Chinatown Merchants Association, will screen Elaine Mae Woo’s acclaimed 2007 documentary on Anna May Wong along with two highly regarded documentaries by Jeff Adachi, The Slanted Screen from 2006, and the recently released You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story.


Taipei Times: Pop Stop

March 11, 2009

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LA Examiner: Top 10 Foreign fight scenes

“Dragonball” Premieres in Tokyo
Heroic pairs in Dragonball: Evolution
A spunky cast brings to life cult manga characters in the comic book adventure Dragonball: Evolution

Beijing-based Dadi Century Film has confirmed that Chow Yun-fat will star in its upcoming biopic Confucius, in which he will portray the great Chinese philosopher and sage.
Dadi Media, the mother company of Dadi Century Films, is also investing in the $14m China-UK co-produced musical The Sacrifice Of Yang Guifei.

John Woo eyes film on Hard-Boiled game
Lion Rock Productions is in talks with Hong Kong director Stephen Fung

Jackie Chan starts shooting historical epic - Big Soldier, Small General

Shooting of Hua Mulan was shut down when local villagers disrupted the filming. According to the report, years ago in another film, a production company fell behind on paying the local villagers hired to participate. With this in mind, they were very unhappy and used all sorts of methods to interrupt filming. Public security officials had to be called in. This shutdown has cost hundreds of thousand of yuan and impacted the schedule of Chen Kun and Zhao Wei. Hu Jun and Jaycee Chan are scheduled to arrive shortly for their part of the filming.
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-03-11/09352412239.shtml

In February, Sun Honglei was invited to join the cast of Jay Chou’s Ci Ling by director Chu Yen-ping. When Sun learned that Lin Chi-Ling was in the cast, he reportedly ridciculed her as, “the vase”, and declined. Both parties have denied this and Sun says his schedule for appearing in ‘Confucius’ was the reason for his declining.
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-03-11/09102412222.shtml

The Asian Conundrum
Are all Asians female?

Reasons for Suicide of Actress Remain a Mystery
Depression Probably Not The Reason Behind Jang Ja Yun’s Death

Jackie Chan cheated of $600,000


Gillian Chung - more

With fans

Hong Kong press conference
Gillian Chung restarts, grateful to Charlene Choi
Gillian Chung’s secret romance
Her Twins singing partner, Charlene Choi, had warned her that he was a bad guy but she did not listen, she said
Joey Yung’s point of view
“It’s beneath me to have anything to do with him. I have never been a fan of his.”

Press conference excerpt, subtitled (SCMP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1B0hABqMd4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12GGjmr67w&feature=related (Part 1, skip to 6:00 for Gillian’s appearance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJrLa_qlRLU&feature=related (Part 2, more product flogging)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLWFX6z3WBw&feature=related (Part 3, press conference)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrXn0HVBRTg&feature=related (Part 4, press conference ends with Mani Fok taking Gillian off stage)

Undisclosed Pics of Twins (update in English)

Hong Kong’s Celestial strikes Canadian licensing deal

Michael Tse sentenced to 6 weeks jailtime for drunk driving

At age 19, Jennifer Tse smoked marijuana without parents knowing,

K-Pop Fan-turned YouTube Star Visits Korea

February 21, 2009

Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing rivals in love in Perfect Life


http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2009-02/21/content_10860187.htm

 Six Flavors of Hong Kong
The six shorts from The One Days: HK are deliberately short and indefinite, enough to intrigue but never time to stop and explain.
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090220/article.asp?parentID=104914
DVD available here (thanks, to David Wells):
http://areyouaniceguy.com/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=27

APA Top Ten: Female martial artists in Asian film
http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090220/article.asp?parentID=104939

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