THR: Neil Gaiman Journeys East to Pen 'Monkey King' Movies in China
The "Sandman" and "Coraline" scribe signs with producer Zhang Jizhong.
Assessing the challenge of distilling one of the four great epics of Chinese literature for the big screen, Gaiman hesitated: “To the West, there’s nothing inherently not interesting aboutJourney to the West. It has the best bad guys. That’s absolutely universal." (Sina)
My big secret Chinese wedding (Roseanne Liang)
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Qin Lan, Yang Mi
Liu Ye, Stellar Media chairman, Han Sanping (China Film Group chairman), Lu Chuan
Alex Fong Chung-Sun
Newly released photos of Alex Fong from The Lost Bladesman
Michelle Ye, director Calvin Poon
Michelle Ye
Carrie Ng, Michelle Ye
Front: Berlin Chen Bo-Lin, Carrie Ng, Michelle Ye, Pat Ha Man-Jik, Calvin Poon
Calvin Poon and the cast of Hi, Fidelity (lit.Derailed Women) promote the film at a press conference for the HKIFF which will premiere on the 20th. (Sina)
Gao Yuanyuan - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Daniel Wu
Louis Koo
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Huang Yi - Sky Fighters
Gong Li
Fan Bingbing
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I met Neil Gaiman years ago at a comic book convention. He was nice in-person. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big manga/comic fan but I know Neil Gaman is a big name. I hope that he does a good job. I know that Zhang Jizhong's productions for TV are pretty well regarded.
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