Donnie Yen took a flight to New York very recently because he was invited to attend the yearly New York Asian Film Festival as a special guest for special showings of the 1993 kung fu action classic Iron Monkey as well as his recent hits SPL (aka Kill Zone), The Lost Bladesman and Wu Xia [...]
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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 [...]
Notes from The Funds Book – Hong Kong vs. South Korean Government Funding
onHere are some interesting bits taken from The Funds Book from the Cannes Film Market. It outlines all the major government-provided film funds, budgets, and basic criteria. I compared Hong Kong and South Korea, not based on market share (since that would be an unfair comparison), but based on their criteria. Check out Hong Kong [...]
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 [...]
Motorway – New trailer
onNot too long ago, a trailer for the upcoming car chasing film Motorway was released. It created quite a buzz in the action film community for its' incredible car chases and vehicle stunts. Now, another new trailer have been released showing new intense footage of what we can expect! Motorway is produced by Johnnie To; [...]
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 [...]
US remake of John Woo classic is on the way
onA remake of John Woo's The Killer has been in talks for as long as 21 years. But news hit yesterday that it has been green-lit. Earlier reports (http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/killer-gets-green-light-for-3-d-remake) indicated the remake was going to be shot in 3D as well as have Korean director Jung Woo-sung helming the film and Chow Yun-Fat reprising his role as [...]
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.