Reign of Assassins
In 418 CE during the Liu Song Dynasty (劉宋, 420-479 CE), Bodhidharma came to China from India. He was a former Brahman Prince of South India, who became a monk. Bodhidharma earned More »
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame is set just before Wu ZeTian (Carina Lau) formally ascends the throne in 689 CE, when she established the Second Zhou Dynasty (周朝, More »
Tracing Shadow
Tracing Shadow began at the end of the Ming Dynasty (大明), the Empire was in turmoil and chaos reigned. Meanwhile at the northern frontier, the Manchurian were poised to advance upon the More »
Great Wudang Teaser Trailer
Great Wudang (大武当之天地密码) directed by Patrick Leung (梁柏坚) will be released on July 17. The film is collaboration with Corey Yuen (元奎), who handled the action choreography. The action martial art film features Vincent Zhao (赵文卓), Yang Mi (杨幂), Fan Siu Wong (樊少皇), and Xu Jiao (徐娇). Great Wudang is set in the early 20th century, following an American who brings his well-trained daughter to compete at the martial arts tournament at Wudang Mountain to steal the treasures. The treasure is the key of the magnetic field of Wudang, if it’s stolen, Wudang would be devastated. In order to protect Wudang, a group of young heroes rallied to defeat the intruders.
House of the Flying Laptops
Intel recently just released advertisement campaign titled House of the Flying Laptops, which is a part of more than $100 million cinematic television commercials to promote its new Ultrabook brand. The latest of the series features two ladies of martial artists competing for a lone power source for their laptops. The wuxia style advertisement gets its inspiration from Zhang YiMou’s (張藝謀) 2004 House of the Flying Daggers (十面埋伏).
The Four Marshals Trailer Released
The first trailer of the Four Marshals (四大名捕) directed by Gordon Chan (陈嘉) is released during the unveiling of the film promotional at Beijing International Film Festival last Monday. Worldwide release date is set for July 12 this upcoming summer. The Four Marshals features Liu YiFei (刘亦菲), Deng Chao (邓超), Collin Chou (邹兆龙), and Ronald Cheng (郑中基).
Saving General Yang Release Date
Saving General Yang (忠烈杨家将) marks the return of director Ronny Yu (于仁泰) of making period drama wuxia genre film after his 2006 top box office Fearless (霍元甲) starring Jet Li (李連杰). The film will be premiere worldwide this year on October 26th. Saving General Yang’s impressive cast includes screen legend Adam Cheng (鄭少秋), Ekin Cheng (郑伊健), Wu Chun (吴尊), Raymond Lam (林峰), Vic Zhou (周渝民), Li Chen (李晨 ), Yu Bo (于波), Fu XinBo (付辛博), and Xu Fan (徐帆). Joining the male ensemble is the beautiful Ady An (安以轩) as Princess Chai.
Painted Skin 2: Resurrection World Premiere in June
Huayi Brothers’ Painted Skin 2: Resurrection (画皮2) will premiere in Chengdu, Sichuan on June 15th. Worldwide release of the film will be on June 28th. The movie features a love triangle storyline involving the characters portrayed by Chen Kun (陈坤), Zhao Wei (赵薇) and Zhou Xun (周迅), and the main plot focuses upon a war which takes place between an army led by Chen Kun’s character and a country named Sirius. Director Wu Ershan (乌尔善) said he hoped to present a mysterious nation that possesses its own unique cultural and religious beliefs. Actors were required to speak in a new hybrid Sanskrit language created by Wu Ershan.
Michael Huang – A New Dream of An Affectionate Butterflies
A New Dream of An Affectionate Butterflies is the ending theme song of CTS’s 1993 TV serial of Justice Bao (包青天) starring Kenny Ho (何家劲) as Zhan Zhao (展昭) and Jin Chao Qun (金超群) as Bao Qing Tian (包青天). The lyric of the song was based on the a poem titled Chuang Tzu and the Butterfly (莊周夢蝶) by a famous poet Li Bai (李白, 701 – 762 CE) during the Tang Dynasty era (唐朝, 618 CE to 907 CE).
3rd Installment of Ip Man Confirmed
Four years after the box office blockbuster Ip Man (葉問), producer Wong Bak-Ming (黃百鳴) and director Wilson Yip (葉偉信) are set to shoot its third installment at the end of this year. The latest sequel will focus on the master-disciple relationship between Ip Man and kung-fu megastar Bruce Lee (李小龍). It will be filmed in 3D format. Donnie Yen (甄子丹) will once again play as Ip Man. The role of Bruce Lee has yet to be decided.