Chow Yun-Fat is Confucius in new biopic!

Confucius

Confucius

It can have escaped very few Hong Kong movie fans' notice that Chow Yun-Fat is all set to star as Confucius in a major new production backed by the Chinese government.

Since the announcement yesterday, the news was picked up by all the major news and entertainment websites, as a ripple of both curiosity and excitement buzzed quickly through the Internet.

With a budget of HKD $22 million (approx. £2 million sterling) this biopic will be a joint production between Beijing-based company Dadi Cinema and the state-run China Film Group.

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C17 now available on DVD!

The Stephen Chow vehicle Cheung Gong 7 hou aka C17, which was also written and directed by the star, is now available to buy on DVD!

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Ang Lee wins Golden Lion!




Venecia 2007: Ang Lee

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Taiwanese director Ang Lee was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film for his erotic spy thriller 'Se, Jie' (Lust, Caution) at the closing ceremony of the 64th Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido yesterday evening.

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Curse of the Golden Flower – Region 2 DVD

Although it's been available for some time on Hong Kong and region free releases, Zhang Yimou's follow up to his recent epics House of Flying Daggers and Hero - The Curse of the Golden Flower - is now also available on an official Universal Pictures Region 2 DVD.

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Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” Trailer

Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" Trailer

Ang Lee's new film, an espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai. Tony Leung stars as Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure in 1940s Shanghai. Tang Wei, makes her feature film debut as Wang Jiazhi, a young woman who gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with Mr. Yee. In US theatres September 28th.

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Tony Leung to star in new Ang Lee film

Interesting movie news from the New York Times this morning...Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung Chiu Wai is the star of the new Ang Lee film which will be shown at the Venice Film Festival shortly. The film is based on a short story by the popular Chinese writer Eileen Chang and is set in the early 1940s during the Sino-Japanese war, mostly in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.

Love as an Illusion: Beautiful to See, Impossible to Hold
By DENNIS LIM
Published: August 26, 2007
In “Lust, Caution,” the latest film from Ang Lee, love is a performance, a trap or, cruelest of all, an illusion.

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