Midnight Taxi Stills, Posters

Jordan Chan

After six days, dark horse thriller Midnight Taxi has reaped RMB$8M at the box office. Production was shot in just 20 days. (cri.cn) (Sina)

Xinhua: 

Midnight Taxi, an aptly named and terrifying thriller, marks the debut of young mainland director Zhang Jiangnan. Adapted from an online novel of the same title, the movie tells the story of a Beijing-based taxi driver's encounter with a mysterious woman and the series of accidents that occur. Scriptwriter Zhang uses all the traditional horror elements, such as darkness, blood and sudden illusions, but also leaves a lot of room for the viewers' imagination. Viewers can find traces of Japanese horror movies, such as the classic The Ring.

The movie star Hong Kong actor Jordan Chan and mainland actress Deng Ziyi in the lead roles. Chan, who is famous for playing the funny nobody in Hong Kong gangster movies, manages to draw the laughs even while acting scared, as when he realizes..[snip]. Newcomer Deng proves she can be more than a beautiful face. Midnight Taxi is the only horror movie of 2009. Despite some logical weaknesses in the script, the movie is still worth watching.

12.28.2009 - News

Two new posters. Movie opens Jan.22.

 (China News)

Producer Jackie Chan launches TV version of The Myth (HunanTV)

Movie season's lesser gems
Midnight Taxi, Poker King, Bright Future

CRI: Xu Jinglei Offers More Office Politics Advice
Xu Jinglei shoots promotional photos for her upcoming film "Du Lala's Promotion" in Beijing on December 26, 2009.

Angry group lashes out at Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi accused of cheating former business partner

English subtitles missing in Hong Kong's 'Avatar'

12.09.2009 - News

New Midnight Taxi poster released

The film stars Jordan Chan and Deng Ziyi and opens Dec. 22  (Sina)

Concept poster for the upcoming Alex Fong, Wang Baoqiang comedy Bright Future

(Sina)

Stephen Fung

Vivian Hsu

Vivian Hsu, Stephen Fung's rumoured girlfriend, joined him at the Taipei premiere of Jump last night

(Xinhua)

CRI: New Release: A Simple Noodle Story
CRI: Zhang Yimou's Next Hero - Hanks, Cruise or Pitt?
13 Women of Jinling (Nanjing)
CRI: Zhang Yimou Wins Case
Director Zhang will receive 450,000 yuan in compensation from Huang Xiaoyang and the Huaxia Publishing House for writing and publishing a book revealing his personal life without his consent.

CRI: The Casual Side of Song Jia
"Red Cliff" star Song Jia enjoys her beach time. The actress is working on a new romantic movie called "Once upon a Time in Tibet"

Loletta Lee

44 year-old Loletta Lee undergoes a face lift procedure for a 7-digit fee

(HunanTV)

Li Bingbing

Li Bingbing promotes green credit cards, cards that are bio-degradable. 2 billion credit cards were issued last year. (HunanTV)

Gillian Chung in Shanghai promoting Hong Kong brand

Photo gallery (Sina)

(Sina)

Baby Lucas eating at Hong Kong Airport with mom is just learning to use chopsticks.

  (Sina)

A wealthy mainland mystery woman is reportedly behind Edison Chen's five new mainland stores. Edison denies the financial backing is other than with his own funds (Xinhua)

Carina Lau turned 44 years young Dec 8.

(Sina)

THR: China closes file-sharing sites in latest crackdown
BTCHINA, VeryCD.com both down in move against piracy

US TV Note: Korean TV Dramas and Film Launch on MHz Worldview in January

The dramas, from YA Entertainment, include: The Grand Chef, I Love You, Someday, Alone In Love, and Freeze. Films include:Lover's Concerto, My Beautiful Days, My Little Bride, Peppermint Candy, Singles and Turning Gate.

The programs, via MHz Worldview, will be available to nearly 27 million households across the country, in over half of the top-20 TV markets in the U.S. via broadcast and/or cable affiliates in: Chicago, IL- WYCC; Philadelphia, PA- MiND TV (WYBE); San Francisco, CA- KCSM; Stanford, CA- Stanford University Cable; Washington, DC- WNVC/MHz Networks; Tacoma-Seattle, WA- KBTC; Cleveland/Akron/Youngstown, PA- WNEO/WEAO; Minneapolis, MN- MPS Cable; St. Paul, MN- St. Paul Neighborhood Network; Miami, FL- WLRN; Denver, CO- KBDI; Orlando, FL- WCEU; Salt Lake City, UT- UEN statewide; Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, MI- WGVU/WGVK; New Orleans, LA- WLAE; Las Vegas, NV- VegasPBS; Richmond, VA- WCVE; Charleston, IL- WEIU; Moline (Quad Cities), IL- WQPT; Lansing, MI- LCC TV; Topeka, KS- KTWU; Flint, MI- WDCQ; Warrensburg, MO- KMOS; Austin-Rochester, MN- KSMQ and Charlottesville, VA- WHTJ. As well as nationally via DirecTV and WorldTV satellite (G-19).

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)

11.03.2009 - Movie News

Horror film, Midnight Taxi poster resembles Saw style. It gets a national release Nov.17.

 (Sina)

Variety: Murderer

Variety: Talentime (Malaysia)

Somewhere between understated and underdeveloped, "Talentime," the swan song of Yasmin Ahmad, who died in July at age 51, reveals a writer-director granted insufficient time to reach her full potential.

Gao Qunshu has relinquished the title 'Four Marshals' to Gordon Chan. His film is now titled 'Fierce West Wind'. Together with his film The Message (lit.Wind Sound or Sound of the Wind) and a film scheduled to start in May that is based on a novel that also has 'Wind' in the title, the three will therefore form his 'Wind Trilogy'. (Xinhua)

Takeshi Kaneshiro considering a career advancement in Hollywood (2)
Screen Daily: EMP adds Stool Pigeon to star-studded AFM slate

Li Xiaolu

Love At Seventh Sight opens Nov. 3. Love is a road romance, Mike He plays a sound engineer from Hong Kong and Li plays a Beijing girl. (Sina)

Mainland theaters ready promotional materials for Storm Warriors, opening Dec.10 Twenty cities nationwide have slotted the film in its prime movie house. Already, female moviegoers are clamoring for the posters featuring Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng. Golden Harvest and Chengtian has been giving out free monthly 'Wind and Cloud' magazines to heighten the anticipation. (Sina)

THR: Polybona plans NYSE listing
Third Chinese film studio readies IPO for late 2010 or 2011

"The capital markets are starting to recognize Chinese movie studios"