Having just been released in China yesterday (January 8th), The Grandmaster, which is based on wing chun master Yip Man - portrayed by Donnie Yen in the Ip Man movies and with a third installment ready to be shot in March this year - and starring top-class actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Bullet in the [...]
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Hong Kong produces two upcoming action crime films
onContemporary action/crime films in Hong Kong seems to be making a big comeback. Evident is the release of two anticipated films this year. First up is Sunny Lok and Longmond Leung's bud-budgeted Cold War featuring a cast of huge stars. It includes Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Aaron Kwok, Charlie Yeung and Gordon Lam. Next up is [...]
Donnie Yen’s next goal: making more contemporary action films
onAfter working on eleven period action films in a time period of just five years, Donnie Yen is ready to go back to what he does best and made his name: modern action films. Donnie - who is currently in New York to attend special showings of his films Iron Monkey, SPL, The Lost Bladesman [...]
Jet Li in upcoming action comedy
onJet Li - who recently appeared in Tsui Hark's 3D feast Flying Swords of Dragon Gate - will next star in a new action comedy directed by Wang Zi Ming, written by Charcoal Tan (Once Upon a Time in China 2 and 3), and produced by Chui Bo-Chu (Kung Fu Hustle, Fearless). Apart from Li, the [...]
Vincent Zhao reveals he won’t exclude collaboration with Donnie Yen
onVincent Zhao - who is currently busy promoting his new martial arts actioner Wu Dang co-starring Yang Mi, Fan-Siu-Wong (Ip Man), Dennis To (Ip Man 2, Legend Is Born - Ip Man) and Xu Jiao (CJ7) - was recently present at a press conference for the film and went as far as saying that he [...]
Special Identity – New BTS stills
onMtime has released new BTS stills of the film. There's no release date yet but it's estimated to be out during late fall or early winter this year. http://news.mtime.com/2012/05/28/1489263.html
Special Identity – Update on the Yen/Zhao scandal
onThings looks to have been neutralized as both Donnie Yen and Vincent Zhao are very busy doing promotion and shooting their respective projects - Donnie currently shooting a romance film titled Together starring Bosco Lam and Michelle Chan and Vincent promoting the upcoming kung fu drama Wu Dang. Last that happened was that Mainland director [...]
Jackie Chan clarifies news reports of his retirement from action films
onWhat seems to be words from news reports actually turns out to be a total misunderstanding. This is what Jackie had to say on his Facebook page when he heard about the news: Hello all my friends and fans, Yesterday in my press conference in Cannes for Chinese 12 Zodiac I said that this movie [...]
Chinese Zodiac (CZ12) – New trailer
onHere's a new trailer to Jackie Chan's final action film, which was produced in preparation for the Cannes Film Festival.