Showing posts with label Once Upon a Chinese Classic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Once Upon a Chinese Classic. Show all posts

Friday, March 19, 2010

Just Another Pandora's Box - Guangzhou Press Conference

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On the heels of news that he and Charlene Choi had split up, Ronald Cheng naturally became the center of attention at the Guangzhou press conference for Just Another Pandora's Box (Once Upon A Chinese Classic). Asked by a reporter whether it was just a publicity stunt, since Charlene also has a new movie, Ronald only smiled. Or is there a Journey to West Curse? 16 years ago Stephen Chow and Athena Chu broke up after A Chinese Odyssey, then Nicholas Tse (Chinese Odyssey 2002) and Faye Wong broke up following A Chinese Tall Story (2005).

Ronald Cheng

Gigi Leung

Betty Sun Li, Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung

Jeff Lau, Alex Fong Lik-Sun


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Just Another Pandora's Box - Beijing Press Conference

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Jeff Lau
Eric Tsang

Athena Chu Yan

Betty Sun Li

Gigi Leung

Guo Tao

Huang Bo

Ronald Cheng

Patrick Tam



(Xinhua)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Just Another Pandora's Box - Gillian Chung Removed From Poster

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Jeff Lau and cast were caught off guard when they attended the premiere for Just Another Pandora's Box (Once Upon a Chinese Classic) and discovered that Gillian Chung and Sandra Ng's images had been removed from the poster. The explanation for Sandra's removal was due to her small role. There was no information available for Gillian's removal as the film had been previously approved for mainland distribution by SARFT. Later, Emperor explained that it asked for Gillian's image to be removed because her role was solely as a guest performance and their agreement did not allow her image to be used for advertising.

Gigi Leung

Jeff Lau, Ronald Cheng

Stephy Tang
Alex Fong Lik-Sun, Stephy Tang

Stephy Tang, Gigi Leung

Wong Cho-Lam

(Sina)

Jeff Lau in front of new poster (Sina)
Ronald Cheng, Gigi Leung standing before new version of poster

Old versions of poster



Friday, March 12, 2010

3.12.2010 - News

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Stephen Chan, 51, allegedly controlled the shell company which accepted production contracts from TVB and then outsourced the work to other production houses, according to a source.
This allegedly allowed the shell company to accumulate as much as HK$10 million over the years. Some of TVB's top artists such as Bernice Liu, Moses Chan Ho, Raymond Lam Fung, Bosco Wong Chung-Chak, Tavia Yeung Yi and Charmaine Sheh Sze-man had been forced to perform in major shows and other functions, and even ribbon-cutting ceremonies, for free or at very low pay. [Chan was the host of Be My Guest that interviewed the teary Gillian Chung last year, you may recall.]

HK Magazine: There Goes the Neighborhood
The filmmakers of “Echoes of the Rainbow,” which is set in 1960s Hong Kong, found themselves in trouble when they initially couldn’t find the right location for their film. Alex Law Kai-yui and Mabel Cheung originally went to Sham Shui Po to scout for locations, only to find that most of the streets in even this old neighborhood have changed quite a bit, with no street having all the tong laus intact. In the end, they found Wing Lee Street. “If this street is torn down too, Hong Kong will lose yet another street full of characters,” producer Mabel Cheung says after returning to Hong Kong from Berlin. “This is the only street retaining the 1960’s Hong Kong.”
Cheung also mentions that, before finding Wing Lee Street, they considered shooting the film in Malaysia or Guangzhou instead. “It’d be preposterous to shoot a film about Hong Kong in another city,” Cheung says.

CRI: Du Lala's Bikini Scene
Lead actress Xu Jinlei dons a bikini for a scene in her directorial production "Go Lala Go!", formerly called "Du Lala's Promotion", an urban romance film co-starring Stanley Huang, Karen Mok, Li Ai and Pace Wu.
South Korean actress Kim Hee-sun will star in Warring States (tentative title), a war epic set in China more than 2,000 years ago. It will also have mainland actor Sun Honglei.

Just Another Pandora's Box (Once Upon a Chinese Classic)

The movie boasts 58 stars and premieres in Beijing Mar.15 with a staggered roll out across the Mainland, 16th in Shanghai. 17th in Chengdu, 18th in Guangzhou, 19th in Shenyang. (Sina)

Vivian Hsu - The Musician

Vivian Hsu has created her own season this spring with four movies: Hot Summer Love, Fire of Conscience, The Musician (April release),  Seediq Bale (in production) and a new album. (Sina)

Crossing Hennessy - Jacky Cheung has a one-night stand with Maggie Cheung Ho-Yi





Lu Chuan
Lu Chuan's Feast at Hongmen is being delayed due to need for additional financing. In addition, potential cast members Ge You and Feng Xiaogang are still working on Jiang Wen's Let the Bullets Fly. To fill his time, Lu Chuan will shoot a short film about the "hidden rules" of the business based on Tang Wei's banning incident.

Takeshi Kaneshiro rumoured to be trying for baby in Japan
Widely speculated for hiding his marriage - a la a certain Andy Lau - after a blog claimed that the Asian superstar secretly got hitched, another blogger has quoted reliable sources saying Takeshi, who is currently based in Japan, is trying for a baby.
A celebrity blogger exposed the actor for marrying a Japanese woman last December, a piece of news which was denied by his management. On Tuesday, another blogger alleged that the Japanese-Taiwanese actor and his wife are currently located in Japan as part of their plans to have kids.

Ti Lung

Li Yapeng (Faye Wong's husband)
Ti Lung, Li Yapeng and other cast members help launch an upcoming CCTV series. (Xinhua)




Donnie Yen will soon be enshrined in wax at the Hong Kong Madame Tussauds


(Sina)

Taipei Times: Pop Stop
Jay Chou's Batmobile, Ethan Ruan's 'long-haired hottie' and more

The next time you think you have a tough commute: (China Hush)

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

3.9.2010 - News

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Gigi Leung and Ronald Cheng - Just Another Pandora's Box
(aka Once Upon A Chinese Classic)

Ronald Cheng had to endure heat and discomfort to film the scene.

Huang Bo
The upcoming film to be released on March 18 has attracted many pop stars from both Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. It centers on an idiot who embarks on an adventurous journey with the help of a magic box during the period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China.

Gillian Chung

Eric Tsang


Zhang Jingchu - The Double Life (A Side, B Side)

Zhang Jingchu's first attempt at comedy, she plays a glamorous model suffering from depression. The crew jokingly dubbed her 'NG Queen' due to her numerous NGs, i.e., bad takes.

Hong Kong acting veterans Cheng Pei-pei and Kenneth Tsang joined the cast of New Zealand romantic comedy “Girl Meets Boy," the feature debut of director Roseanne Liang for South Pacific Pictures.
First-time director Roseanne Liang’s coming-of-age story is about a New Zealand-born Chinese overachiever who defies her parents’ wishes and falls for a European New Zealander.
Martial arts legend [Cheng] Pei Pei plays the girl’s mother and Tsang her strict father, whose traditional values make it hard for him to accept that his youngest daughter would choose film school over medical school and want to marry a European.
A young cast of New Zealand actors includes Michelle Ang as the headstrong protagonist, Matthew Whelan as her love interest, and Katlyn Wong and Celeste Wong.

CRI: Go Lala Go! (formerly Du Lala's Promotion)
The film stars director Xu Jinglei herself as Du Lala, as well as Stanley Huang, Karen Mok, Li Ai, and Pace Wu.


Dante Lam - Beijing

Richie Jen, Leon Lai in Beijing promoting Fire of Conscience

Eason Chan cover shoot for new album


Fan Bingbing - Paris


Fan Bingbing attending the Jean Paul Gaultier Paris fashion show (Mar.6)
Louisa So Yuk-Wa and Wu Fung at a recent promotion activity