News Links - 8/4/06

[dleedlee]

Zhang Jingchu

Derek Yee's "Protégé" Premieres on Valentine's Day
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/3086/2006/0 ... 122887.htm
Andy Lau plays real-life Hong Kong drug lord in new film
http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=17680
Movie stars mum on drug use when promoting film about Hong Kong dealer
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00 ... 031818.htm

Xu Jinglei, Rain to Help "Angel" with Incurable Disease to the Screens
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/3086/2006/0 ... 122937.htm

Actors left puzzled on Jigsaw set
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=1

Jackie Chan serenades Manila for charity
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... HAN-DC.XML

Online movie site YouTube spurs budding Asian filmmakers
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 61/1/.html

The Gong show
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/67188.html

Cecilia Cheung in love
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/ ... 656469.htm

China's most expensive animated film to be released
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006 ... 656694.htm

Jay Chow's New Album Released in September
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/3086/2006/0 ... 122708.htm

HK singer seeks 10m yuan after accident destroys career
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/0 ... career.htm

Chinglish Signs to Be Corrected
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2946/2006/0 ... 122579.htm

Bear paws seized in Guangdong
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006 ... 656323.htm

[Brian Thibodeau]

From the article on Protege at antara.com (http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=17680)

One of the film's investors, Andre Morgan -- co-producer of the
Oscar-winning "Million Dollar Baby", said the script has passed China's censors and he hopes the entire film will be approved.

All movies shown in mainland China must pass strict censorship. In the
past, some Hong Kong films were forced to shoot a seperate ending or cut sensitive scenes.

Morgan said only one version of "Protege" has been shot and there is no
alternative ending.

I hope Morgan is right about there only being "one version" of Yee's film, but I'm reminded once again of the ridiculous mainland version of SHA PO LANG, which was simply edited after-the-fact by hands other than those of the filmmakers (at least that's what I've heard). Who needs to shoot alternative endings when the censors can simply snip together a new one from the existing footage? I guess the "don't do drugs" message might save PROTEGE from the same fate of films like SPL and INFERNAL AFFAIRS.

[bkasten]

The Gong show
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/67188.html

Interesting note in this review about Michael Mann trying to get Gong Li cast in the film Heat. Never heard THAT one before...wow...

And on another note:
"Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung has admitted the rumored relationship with actor Nicholas Tse recently. "