Tuesday, August 16, 2011

8.16.2011 - News

FBA: I Love Hong Kong review
Enjoyable Chinese New Year comedy, packed with well-known faces and plenty of retro nostalgia.

CF: "1911" Chosen as Opening Film of Tokyo International Film Festival

CF: Film 'The Sorcerer and the White Snake' Launches Official Website

THR: Qiu Xiaolong's 'Chief Inspector Chen' Books to be Adapted into Seven Feature Films
Films will be made as Australian-Chinese co-productions
Titles include Red Mandarin Dress, Death of a Red Heroine and When Red is Black.


Daniel Wu
... When I was watching that scene, I thought: ‘Holy fuck! Daniel Wu has even managed to get girls giggling in a Chinese communist propaganda movie!’
My second sister [Greta Wu] got her MBA but ended up becoming a novelist. And then my older sister [Gloria Wu] got her marketing degree and ended up being a TV host.

Alan Mak and Felix Chong

"Nicholas is unhappy with what Cecilia did and does not want his son to enter showbiz at such an early age. He did not like how Cecilia was using Lucas to make money. Nicholas was already upset when she brought Lucas along during the promotions of Stephen Chow's CJ7: The Cartoon," he wrote.

Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun



(21cn)

In other related news, Zhou Xun was rumoured to star in Taiwanese director Doze Niu's upcoming movie Love. However, she rejected the role after learning that Vicki would be in the movie too. Her role was subsequently awarded to Shu Qi.

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3 comments:

  1. ewaffleAugust 16, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    The chair kicking cartoons of Zhao Wei and Zhou Xun are great. Different type of coverage from the U.S. entertainment/gossip press where everyone is always so happy to work with everyone else.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 17, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    That Daniel Wu is such a nice young man. Glad to see that he's staying grounded despite his success.

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  3. dleedleeAugust 17, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    Official denials today over the Zhao-Zhou incident.

    Daniel Wu, everything Edison Chen isn't.

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