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Cast from The Destiny of White Snake attend promo event
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Leo Wu Lei, Carina Lau Kar-ling lead fantasy film Asura
(China Plus) Chinese fantasy adventure film "Asura," which features Oscar-winning costume and set designers, will hit theatres on Friday.
Up-and-coming Chinese actor Leo Wu Lei plays one of the lead roles.
At the premiere in Beijing, he recalled the hardships he encountered shooting a scene with actress Zhang Yishang, who plays his love interest.
"In one scene, we had to chase and battle against each other between narrow cliffs. We had done a lot of preparations for that. Between the cliffs is just a narrow space, which confined us to move in a nimble way. For that scene, parkour masters were brought in to design our movements and also gave us a lot of training."
Hong Kong veterans Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, along with Wu Lei – together play the same role as the titular three-headed demi-god.
American actor Matthew Knowles also plays a role in the new film.
Based on Buddhist mythology, "Asura" is believed to be the most expensive production ever in China at a cost of around 100 million US dollars.
The directorial debut of Chinese filmmaker Zhang Peng, who began working as a Hollywood stunt coordinator, the film features an international cast and a veteran Hollywood production team, despite being a Chinese-language film.
Source: China Plus by Xu Fei
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Model Xiao Wenju poses for fashion magazine
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Guli Nazha covers fashion magazine
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Zhang Yimou gets back to basics in shooting his new film
China's leading director Zhang Yimou appears to be going back to what he is good at – making a realistic drama based on a solid story.
The working title of the project is "One Second," with Zhang as director and as co-writer with Zou Jingzhi. Zhang and Zou previously collaborated on two films, "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" (2005) and "Coming Home" (2014).
Zhang rolled the cameras on Tuesday in Dunhuang, an iconic northwestern city in Gansu province that stands at the crossroads of two trading routes on the ancient Silk Road. He shot the films "Hero" and "The Great Wall" at the same location, and this time has called back many old colleagues experienced in the era of motion picture film. "This project has been a long-term concept for many years and is a memory of cine film."
Set in the mid-1970s in northwestern China, "One Second" tells the story of a movie fan in remote farmland and a homeless female vagabond. Actor Zhang Yi will play the leading role, while the leading actress is still being kept under wraps.
Huanxi Media, which recently entered a deal with Zhang, will produce the film.
Despite his enormous fame and reach within China's film industry, director Zhang's vision has not always played well with the public. He suffered both box office and critical failure for his Hollywood monster fantasy movie "The Great Wall" in 2016. But he may win back some hearts with his latest film "Shadow," a historical epic set in the Three Kingdoms era (220-280), which is due to hit Chinese theaters later this year.
Source: china.org by zhang rui
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Warner Bros.' Shark Movie 'The Meg' Gets China Release Date
(THR) Warner Bros' forthcoming action flick The Meg, in which Jason Statham battles a giant prehistoric shark, has landed a release date in China.
The film will open in the Middle Kingdom on Aug. 10, the same day it rolls out in North America, the U.K. and other major international markets. Warner Bros. may have been helped in scoring the advantageous day-and-date release by the fact that the film has considerable Chinese involvement.
The Meg co-stars Chinese actress Li Bingbing and it was co-financed and co-produced by Gravity Pictures, the film studio of entertainment conglomerate China Media Capital. Warners is a co-producer on the project via its Beijing- and Hong Kong-based joint venture film label Flagship Entertainment, in which CMC is also a majority shareholder.
Directed by Jon Turteltaub (While You Were Sleeping, National Treasure), The Meg follows the story of navy captain Jonas Taylor (Statham) as he tries to put his life back together following an escape from a deadly shipwreck that he claims was caused by an attack of a 70-foot prehistoric shark. After losing his credibility and nearly everything, Jonas is forced to confront his fears by venturing back into the deep to save the passengers aboard a sunken submarine — including his ex-wife, played by Li. Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Sophia Shuya Cai and Masi Oka also star.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter by
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Liu Yifei poses for photo shoot
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Jin Chen poses for photo shoot
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Fashion star Ni Ni releases fashion photos
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Director's posthumous movie to open first film fest
Young director and writer Hu Bo's posthumous film, "An Elephant Sitting Still," will be the opening movie at the 12th FIRST International Film Festival Xining in late July.
Festival organizers announced on Tuesday that the film will have its domestic premiere on July 21 at the festival. Lead actor Zhang Yu and cinematographer Fan Chao are set to speak to the audience after the showing.
The four-hour film is the first and the last feature directed by Hu, who committed suicide in October 2017, reportedly due to depression and work-related pressure. He was 29. The Beijing Film Academy graduate previously directed two award-winning short films and published two collections of short stories before he took his own life.
"An Elephant Sitting Still" tells the story of a single suspenseful day from dawn to dusk in China. The film follows four characters struggling with their daily lives of financial hardship and social malaise who decide to escape to the city of Manzhouli, where they say an elephant simply sits and ignores the world.
The indie film was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in February this year, and was granted a Special Mention by the jury of the GWFF Best First Feature Award in addition to winning the FIPRESCI Prize of the International Forum of New Cinema by the International Federation of Film Critics in Berlin.
Funded by the Xining municipal government of Qinghai province as well as the China Film Critics Society, the FIRST International Film Festival Xining "aims to discover and exhibit emerging films all across the globe." From July 21-30, A total of 38 films - including "An Elephant Sitting Still" - will enter the competition section, while another 16 films will have public screenings.
Source: china.org by zhang rui
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Stills of Li Bingbing in The Meg
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Zhong Chuxi poses for photo shoot
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Eddie Peng poses for fashion magazine
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Dong Jie poses for photo shoot
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Remake of Hit Taiwanese TV Series ‘Meteor Garden’ to Premiere on Netflix
(CFI) The 2018 remake of Taiwanese television series Meteor Garden, produced in 2001, will premiere exclusively on Netflix on July 13. The first six episodes of the series will be available on that date, and six new episodes will be released every Friday from then on. There are 48 episodes in the series.
“Meteor Garden debuted in 17 countries and was well received across Asia in 2001,” says Chai of the original series, which she adapted from the Japanese manga series Boys Over Flowers.
“It was a drama series loved by many, including teenagers and young adults,” she adds. “The new rendition is re-adapted for the millennial generation – from the story, the script, to an on-demand viewing platform so that a new generation of viewers [can] enjoy this classic love story. Netflix is top-of-mind for me as the platform to present this classic remake, because it will showcase the unique charisma of Asian idol dramas to a global audience. The new Meteor Garden also sets a new high for Mandarin idol drama.”
After all, who can resist the story of a girl (Shancai, played by Shen Yue) from a poor family who upsets the richest and most arrogant boy (Daoming Si, played by Dylan Wang) at university, only to have him fall in love with her later?
Meteor Garden 2018 introduces a new generation of the four richest and most popular boys at university – known collectively as Flower Four, or F4 – played by Dylan Wang (Daoming Si), Darren Chen (Huazelei), Leon Leong (Meizuo) and Caesar Wu (Ximen). In addition to the star Shen Yue, female characters include Dee Hsu (Daoming Zhuang), with special appearances from Amber Kuo and Harlem Yu.
Source: China Film Insider
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Stills from The Wandering Earth
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Song Yan poses for fashion magazine
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Liu Yifei releases new photos
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Wang Ziwen covers fashion magazine
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Sea-faring thriller set to storm Chinese cinemas
(China Daily) Based on a true story about a woman surviving hurricane at sea, the film Adrift has recently hit the North American theaters and is scheduled to be imported to Chinese mainland.
With Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur as the director, Adrift co-stars California-born actress Shailene Woodley and English actor Sam Claflin.
In 1983, engaged couple Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp, played by Woodley and Claflin, respectively, set off from Tahiti to sail a yacht to San Diego. Despite both being experienced sailors, they are hit by a record-breaking hurricane out at sea that devastates their boat.
Adapted from the book Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea, the movie documents Oldham's journey after she wakes up to find Sharp seriously injured and how, with scant food and a crippled craft, she battles for survival.
To create a visual feast which not only features the catastrophic storm, but stunning ocean vistas, the movie has been photographed by the three-time Oscar winner and frequent Quentin Tarantino cinematographer, Robert Richardson.
The film is jointly produced by Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Media Corp along with American companies STX Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment, and London-based Ingenious Media.
Source: China Daily
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