Friday, February 25, 2011

Huayi Brothers - Plan H (High Hope) for 2011

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Huayi Brothers held a press conference in Beijing yesterday to announce their film projects for 2011.

CRI: "Plan H" of H.Brothers Sets up
CRI: Tsui Hark Plans 'Detective Dee' Prequel
Highlights:

Stephen Fung will direct the Jet Li, Chen Kuo-Fu film, tentatively titled, Tai Chi. Stephen Chow also has a rival version of Tai Chi in the planning stages. Fung is newly signed into the Huayi Brothers stable of artists. Another 'wind', Feng Xiaogang had been earlier rumoured to be the director. Instead, Feng hinted his next film will be a decade-old project set in the plains of Henan during wartime the Great Famine in 1942.

Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are expected to be returning for the sequel to The Painted Skin directed by Wuershan (The Butcher, The Chef and The Swordsman). Love in Space directed by Wing Shya and Tony Chen had been announced earlier in the week.

Stanley Tong will produce Jackie Chan's Zodiac, Ronny Yu's version of the Yang Family Saga for Raymond Wong anticipates the possibility of a stellar cast of HB actors, the 'Seven Wolves',  that includes Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, Wang Baoqiang, Li Chen and Chen Sicheng.

Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung will be making 'Spoiled Women, Best Life' adapted from an original novel. Monga director Doze Niu is making Love for HB in a coproduction starring Zhou Xun. Tom Lin Shuyu (Winds of September) will shoot a film to be produced by Chen Kuo-Fu.


Tony Chan Kwok-Fai, Wing Shya

Doze Niu

Tom Lin Shuyu, Edmond Pang Ho-Cheung

Wuershan

Tsui Hark

Feng Xiaogang
Stephen Fung (sporting an UnderArmour cap!)

Huayi Brothers President Wang Zhongle, Chairman Wang Zhongjun

Pang Ho-Cheung, Raymond Wong, Doze Niu

8 directors
Group photo

(Sina) 2 (Xinhua)

Huayi Brothers Spring Dinner
Yao Chen (Sina)

Duan Yihong, Liao Fan, Feng Xiaogang 

Zhang Hanyu
Tsui Hark, Yao Chen

Shi Nansun



2.25.2011 - News

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Liu Yonghong's Tangled - indie film rejected by censors



Xinhua: Cast members promote movie "Buddha Mountain" in Beijing
Chen Bo-Lin, Fan Bingbing, director Li Yu
Guests New Seven Little Fortunes
Zhao Ming, in blue

CRI: Tsui Hark Plans 'Detective Dee' Prequel

Peter Chan, Ethan Ruan
Speaking in Taiwan, Peter Chan said that the first cut of Wu Xia has been completed and runs 137 minutes. In April, Flying Guillotines will begin shooting, action director Yuen Bun will begin training the actors in March behind closed doors in Beijing. Besides their muscles, Chan said they have to be trained in the use of the flying guillotines because the props are dangerous to use, so the preparation must be good. (Sina)

WSJ: In China, Gaga Has Nothing on Gigi
Lady Gaga may rule the Twittersphere with 8,398,412 fans world-wide. But in China, where Twitter is banned, it is Gigi who is the established star in Chinese cyberspace.

To further illustrate, a recent HK TV program featuring Gigi, even after enlisting Valen Hsu and Charlie Young as guests, had received terrible ratings.
Valen Hsu, Gigi Leung, Charlie Young

But in a mainland English textbook, Gigi is the model incarnation of elegance. 

FBA: HKIFF has Heart for popularity, hub role
Mainland Chinese cinema is represented Chen Kaige's Sacrifice, indie animation Piercing I and Wang Bing's  The Ditch and Man With No Name.

The Union Film Enterprise Ltd (Union Film) is one of the most important companies in Hong Kong's filmmaking history
HKFA's new publication "One for All: The Union Film Spirit" with an English edition in CD-ROM will be released in late March, featuring essays contributed by renowned writers and scholars looking at Union Film and its works from various perspectives, by turns historical, aesthetic, and cultural.

Chinese movie fans have grown accustomed to seeing films of similar style that present different versions of the same story—and that will be intensified in 2011. 

Thursday, February 24, 2011

2.24.2011 - News

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Poster for March 1 Beijing University screening of Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Wai Ka-Fai and Johnnie To will meet students and answer questions.
Gao Yuanyuan - Don't Go Breaking My Heart




First-time producer Li Yapeng talks about the challenges of product placement in his new movie, “Eternal Moment,” Faye Wong and their “Six One” clique

CNNGo: Huayi Brothers annouces East Asia's largest film and TV studio

Lu Liping and Sun Haiying are a rare mainland couple

Underdog Knight 2 - Liu Ye, Liu Hailong

Vincent Chiao

Steve Yoo Seung-Jun
Underdog Knight 2 opens April 1 (Sina)

Seediq Bale poster 
Director Wei Te-Sheng (dayoo)
Seediq Bale director Wei Te-Sheng has secured additional funding from investors to complete his epic film. Part 1 is scheduled to be released on September 9 with part 2 to be released on September 30.. (Sina)
The first part, scheduled to be shown on Sept. 9, will center on the portrayal of the major characters and the atmosphere of the distinctive era. The second part, to be released on Sept. 30, would revolve around the uprising of the Seediq tribe and its suppression by the Japanese army. (Taipei Times)

Posters for The Law of Attraction (lit. Gravity or Gravitation)
Starring Karen Mok, Leon Dai, Zhang Jingchu and Guo Tao, the film is a series of interlocking love stories.
Guo Tao, Zhang Jingchu



Ann Hui, Andy Lau and Deanie Ip - Miss Peach (Peach Sister)
Bona Pictures boss Don Yu Dong flew to Hong Kong to visit the set and lend support
CRI: Andy Lau and Deanie Yip Rejoin in 'Tao Jie'


CRI: First Stills from 'Mr. and Mrs. Single'
CRI: Liu Yifei Cites 'Up' as Her Influence for New Film

MSN: Kelly Lin rumoured to wed on Mar 20
MSN: Selina Jen’s injuries take a turn for the worse
The helpless singer ended her entry with the sentence, "Can I be a girl who is not brave and cries a lot tonight?" S.H.E's Selina Jen laments fresh blisters on injured legs

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Hong Kong Film Critics Society - Awards Presented

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Gallants: Low-budget Hong Kong action-comedy becomes critics', cult favourite 2
At the critics prize ceremony on Tuesday, Teddy Robin, who played the loud and flirtatious kung fu master who rises from a coma, received loud cheers as he picked up his best actor trophy.
FBA: Local heroes rewarded by HK critics

The 17th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Presentation Ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Film Archives Tuesday. Johnnie To assisted in the presentations. Most of the photos from the weibosphere.

Teddy Robin

Gallants crew Gordon Lam, Teddy Kwan, Bruce Leung, Derek Kwok, JJ Jia, Clement Cheng

In other awards presented on Tuesday, best director went to Taiwanese filmmaker Su Chao-pin, who directed former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh in the kung fu thriller "Reign of Assassins." Best actress went to Miriam Yeung for the romantic comedy "Perfect Wedding." Best screenwriter went to Ivy Ho for "Crossing Hennessy," which she also directed.
Best Actress, Miriam Yeung and Best Actor, Teddy Robin
Miriam Yeung

Best Director, Derek Kwok

Presenter/producer Andy Lau, Derek Kwok, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung

Johnnie To, Su Chao-Bin

Miriam Yeung