3.13.2010 - News

Children of Invention (USA)
That American Dream: Scheme and Scramble (NYTimes)
Restraint proves a virtue of — and a shrewd if necessary choice for —“Children of Invention,” a modestly scaled, quietly effective independent movie about a struggling single mother and her two children.

Children of Invention (PopMatters)

We can’t live like this, hand to mouth, minute to minute, second to second.” The first words spoken in Children of Inventionare at once a lament and an exhortation.

Rumors rife over Stephen Chan for weeks

Hands-on operator is a natural on either side of the camera

General manager Stephen Chan often takes center stage at TVB.

Held producer cooked up `too steamy' show

One of the TVB executives arrested yesterday had been the producer of the now defunct Beautiful Cooking show.
Former executive producer Wilson Chin Kwok-wai's show drew heavy flak soon after it launched in 2006.
Chin was also the producer of popular game show Super Trio Supreme, hosted by Eric Tsang.

Captivating Ip Man 2
The sequel to the martial arts movie promises a richer story and better fight scenes

Wong Jing, Samantha Ko - Beauty on Duty

Charlene Choi

Wong Jing's Beauty on Duty will be competing against his own Future X-Cops starring Andy Lau. (ent21cn)

Lurk

Sun Honglei, Yao Chen

Photoshop rendition

Mainland director Gao Xixi announced plans to engage Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Shu Qi for the movie version of "Lurk" the wildly popular 2009 TV series starring Sun Honglei and Yao Chen.  (Sina)

CRI: Tony Leung to Lead Movie Version "Lurk" Earlier report

Intriguing: Chow Yun-Fat, Jiang Wen - Let the Bullets Fly

(ent21cn)

Leon Lai and Richie Jen

Stills from Dante Lam's Fire of Conscience opening April.

(Sina) (HunanTV)

Sandrine Pinna (Zhang Rong-Rong)

Asian Film Awards Best Actress Nominee for Yang Yang (Taiwan)

(HunanTV)

Steven Ma Chun-Wai, Carrie Ng

Carrie Ng made a rare public appearance when she guested on Steven Ma's TVB cooking program "Apprentice Chef".

(Source)

Shanghai - Karen Mok promoting Canon

(Xinhua) (HD Sina)

Andy Lau was named Goodwill Amabassador for the Shanghai World Expo

(Sina)

Twins on Stephen Chan's Be My Guest

Despite TVB GM and host Stephen Chan's troubles with ICAC, a previously taped program with the Twins was broadcast last night.

(Sina)

11.09.2009 - Movie News

New Midnight Taxi poster released

(HunanTV)

Mulan's world premiere has been announced in Beijing for Nov.16. at the Worker's Stadium.

Zhejiang Satellite TV has acquired the hotly contested live broadcast rights to the event. Beginning on the 7th Zhejiang will begin a massive publicity campaign. (Xinhua) (HunanTV)

CRI: Mulan's Release Date Set for November 27 (Sina)

[Update]

(cri.cn)

Huang Yi, To Yuhang - Ip Man Prequel

To Yuhang, Huang Yi

Cast for Herman Yau's Ip Man Prequel at Hong Kong press conference. The prequel covers Ip Man's adolescence and studies in Hong Kong, his return to Foshan and how he met his wife played by Huang Yi. To Yuhang will play the lead. It's scheduled for a May release ahead of Wilson Yip's Ip Man 2.

(Sina)

Xu Jiao will play Ip Man's younger sister (ifeng)

(Sina)

CRI: First Look at Sun Honglei in Treasure Hunt Movie [Welcome to Shamatown]

Another treasure hunt comedy starring popular actors Sun Honglei and Lin Chi-ling is now filming in the vast desert of northwestern China's Gansu province.
"My Fair Gentleman" star Son Honglei goes cowboy style for the new film "Jue Zhan Cha Ma Zhen," or literally, "Fight in Chama Town," leading a protection contingent to fight a group of international gangsters who are pursuing treasures in the remote western Chinese town.  (HD version - Sina)

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Sleeper?

Sun Honglei (Sina)

Lurk/Sleeper (Sina)

Yao Chen

Yao Chen, Shen Aojun

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Shu Qi are reportedly interested and in the running for the movie remake of a recent popular TV series 'Sleeper'. Sun Honglei and Yao Chen played the originals in the story of a Communist sleeper agent in the KMT's top intelligence agency after Japan surrendered in 1945. While his wife joins the Communist Party, he takes on a temporary wife. Sun Honglei is also open to the possibility of returning to reprise his role. (HunanTV)

Wang Baoqiang

Jia Zhangke

Wang Baoqiang will star in a Jia Zhangke produced film, 'Hello, Mr Tree' to be directed by Han Jie. (Sina)