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News Links - 12/10/08

Postby dleedlee » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:22 pm

Asian films make powerful debut at local box offices
http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7672/1/


Illegal camcording up in Asia
http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7671/1/
Hollywood fears piracy may thrive in economic crisis
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... ENnwOQdYFA

Fighting with Gordon Liu was a tough task: Akshay Kumar
http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14815287

All's Well Ends Well 2009
Sandra Ng and newcomer Shen Li Jun(?) at Beijing press conference
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Directed by Vincent Kok, cast includes Louis Koo, Ronald Cheng, Raymond Wong and Lee Heung Kam
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-12-10/17202289867.shtml

Mei Lanfang poster
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Survey results indicate 40% think film length (2.5 hours) is fine, 20% say too short, 25% say too long
Many thought that the three part film at 90 minutes would have been ideal
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/2008-12-10/00372288518.shtml

Shanghai preview of Ip Man received positively by audience
Wilson Yip, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2008-12/1 ... 480494.htm

With more steamy scenes at the cinema, Korean critics worry
"A Frozen Flower" and "Portrait of a Beauty" cited as current examples
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/ ... id=2898373

Interview with Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng "Storm Riders II"
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Intervie ... 07402.html

Beast Stalker (15)
EEG boss Albert Yeung
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-12-10/06302288839.shtml

All About Women
Kitty Zhang Yuqi, With Kwai Lun-Mei, Zhou Xun
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http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show ... 549/1.html
Zhou Xun performs pole dance in Beijing (18)
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-12-10/02002288579.shtml
Tsui Hark
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Kitty Zhang
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Kitty Zhang, Tsui Hark Kwai Lun-Mei, Zhou Xun
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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-12-09/22422288384.shtml (...more)


Huayi Bros to produce Francis Ng martial arts comedy

Beijing-based Huayi Bros Pictures is producing a martial arts comedy Zhui Ying to be directed by Hong Kong actor Francis Ng. Jaycee Chan (The Sun Also Rises), actor and son of Jackie Chan, will be the leading cast in the film playing a martial arts fighter Xu Sanguan.

Huayi is yet to announce the English title of Zhui Ying, which literally means "chasing the shadows" in Chinese. According to Wang Zhonglei, CEO of Huayi Bros Pictures, the film will pay tribute to martial arts classics of the 1970s such as King Hu's Dragon Inn and Come Drink With Me, Chang Cheh's The One-armed Swordsman, Yuen Chor's Ai Nu and Drunken Fist II by Kar-leung Lau.

The story revolves around a gathering of kung-fu masters from different parts of China at a desert inn to unravel a mystery. Kuang Tinghe, whose credits include Kungfu Hip-hop, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Ultraviolet, will serve as DoP.

Huayi Bros will fully finance the $2.5m film. Shooting will start by the end of the year in Beijing in time for a release in summer 2009.

Meanwhile, Huayi Bros has also confirmed that is has brought forward the release date of Feng Xiaogang's romantic comedy If You Are the One to Dec 18, one week earlier than the original schedule.
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... &Category=


Josephine Siao Fong Fong on crutches presents “Most Dynamic Woman Award 2008" award to Anson Chan
Fong Fong received the award herself in 2004
Recently injured right foot and also more seriously inflammed throat
Confirmed rumors that she is secretly returning to film in a small role but would not reveal details or director.
After convalescing, she hopes to continue filming.
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http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show ... 236/1.html
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show ... 458/1.html
Attending 87th birthday celebration for Stanley Ho
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http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show. ... 242/1.html



Candice Yu, Lee Heung Kam and Connie Chan prepare for their stage show 我愛è
???? Better to light a candle than curse the darkness; Measure twice, cut once.
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