10.21.2009 - Movie News

14 Blades poster

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Terri Kwan, Oceane Zhu Xuan

Cheng Pei-Pei, Karena Lam, George Lam, Daniel Wu, Kenneth Tsang and wife
Prince of Tears Hong Kong premiere - slide show (28) (Sina.com)

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THR: Chow Yun-Fat to star in Jiang's 'Bullets'
CRI: Chow Yun-Fat Joins "Bullets" Cast
... there were no less than ten options for the ending of the movie. The director and Chow came up with the final version when they were drinking and chatting...
The 11 major male roles will go towards assembling a Chinese "Ocean's Eleven", according to earlier reports.
Investment in the movie has hit 150 million Hong Kong dollars, or about 20 million US dollars.

Michelle Yeoh goes back to gongfu
In Jianyu Jianghu, loosely translated as Rain Of Swords In The Martial Arts World, she will play an assassin.
Co-directed by acclaimed Chinese director John Woo (Face/Off) and Taiwanese film-maker Su Chao-pin (Silk), filming for the movie will start in China next week.

Emi Wada: A many-hued Oscar
The world knows Emi Wada for her Academy Award-winning costumes for Akira Kurosawa's Ran, but most Chinese know her as the brains behind the techni-colored wardrobe of Zhang Yimou's 2002 Hero (Yingxiong).

Astro Boy's Huge Comeback

Deng Chao's Astro Boy haircut

Deng Chao as Astro Boy

THR: Golden Harvest promises rebirth
New managers vow to resurrect storied HK studio Golden Harvest

Panda Express

Liu Hua

Set in ancient China, Panda Express (Xiongmao Daxia) is a comedy about a stupid cop who escorts a panda on a journey to see a general, for whom the panda will perform a banquet.(China Daily) (Sina.com) 

Hong Kong premiere of The Founding of a Republic

Huang Jianxin, director (Sina.com)

Pansy Ho, daughter of Stanley Ho (Sina.com)

Zhang Guoli, Han Sanping, Albert Yeung, Huang Jianxin (Sina.com)

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Andy Lau, described as looking stiff and gaunt, at the charity premiere (Sina.com)

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Peter Chan, Sandra Ng (Sina.com)

Johnnie To (Sina.com)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang More photos (Sina.com)

Tian Zhuangzhuang and Wada Emi, costume designer attend the Beijing premiere of The Warrior and The Wolf (Sina.com)

Maggie Q

Joe Odagiri

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'Wolf' Hits Beijing (CRI)

Fan Bingbing - Wheat

Huang Jue

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Screen Daily: Taipei Golden Horse reveals 25 projects for third Film and TV Film Production Promotion

The project market aims to promote Chinese-language film projects regardless of the nationality of filmmakers. This year’s selection includes Kinsbruner’s Mama, Huhu, a careful observation of the lives of Chinese immigrants in Israel, and Recio’s In The Shadow Man, which uses Taiwan as the backdrop for his fantasy about a man gradually turning into a shadow.

The line-up also includes several projects utilising 3D or other new technology: Taiwanese filmmakers Yao Hung–I and Liang Ching-sheng’s drama Illumination will be shot in 3D; Singaporean director Jack Neo’s Granny Neo will be a 3D animation feature...
Hollywood Reporter: Cheng, Tian to open Golden Horse fest
Discarding its “Mandarin-language only” rule, FTPP will also showcase English-language project “Best Friend” by Chinese director Zheng Wai and Korean producer Seong Jun; “Ma Ma, Hu Hu,” from Israeli director Micha Kinsbruner; and “The Shadow Man," French helmer Lorenzo Recio’s fanasty set in Taiwan.