Fist of Fury: The Legend of Chen Zhen (2010)

[shapes]

Sondz like a bunch of suits sat round a big Media Asia table and came up with that rubbish

[Charuto]

I guess I can take solace in that they're not rehashing the same story for the nth time.

[DiP]

TF1 buys Media Asia’s Chen Zhen for France

Hong Kong’s Media Asia Distribution has sold The Legend Of Chen Zhen, directed by Andrew Lau and starring Donnie Yen, to France’s TF1.

Dream Movies also took all rights for Australia and New Zealand to the period action film, which recently started shooting in China. TF1 took rights for French-speaking Europe.

Leading Hong Kong action star Yen plays Chen Zhen in the film, a folk hero who fights the Shanghai mafia and occupying Japanese. Shu Qi and Anthony Wong also star.

Media Asia is producing through its joint venture with Shanghai Film Group and Beijing-based Guoli Changsheng. China’s Enlight Pictures is co-producing the film.

Meanwhile, Dream Movies also took rights for Australia and New Zealand to Pang Ho-chueng’s Love In A Puff, a comedy starring Miriam Yeung and Shawn Yue, and Johnnie To’s new project, Death Of A Hostage, starring Lau Ching Wan.

Media Asia is also handling Asian sales on Su Chao-pin’s Jianyu Jianghu, a martial arts thriller starring Michelle Yeoh and produced by John Woo and Terence Chang, which Fortissimo Films is selling in the rest of the world.

http://www.screendaily.com/festivals...007809.article

[Maz]

Press conference in Shanghai for Legend of Chen. The Chinese title has been changed to 'Jing Wu Feng Yun'

The film is produced by Gordon Chan, directed by Andrew Lau and stars Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Huang Bo, Zhou Yang, Huo Siyan, Anthony Wong

















http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-11-15/15372770266.shtml

[DiP]

The Legend of Chen Zhen Resumes

-- The Legend of Chen Zhen --

Production on 《精武风云》 Legend of Chen Zhen has begun in Shanghai on November 15, amidst a press conference attended by Beijing Enlight's Wang Chang Tian, Zhang Zhao, Media Asia's Peter Lam, producer Gordon Chan, director Andrew Lau and the cast Donnie Yen, Huang Bo, Huo Si Yan, Shu Qi, Zhou Yang.

Donnie Yen, who is especially ardent about the project, plays the folk superhero Chen Zhen who returns to Shanghai and soon discovers a conspiracy between the local mafia and Japanese, "I have played Chen Zhen on Fist of Fury TV series 15 years ago, so I'm particularly ambitious about this role. In terms of action, I have confidence of presenting a whole new Chen Zhen. I hope this will engender another wave of wushu trend, and hope for this to become a classic."

Zhou Yang and Shu Qi will vie against each other for Donnie Yen's affection. They are both willing to brave any dangers for Donnie Yen. Huang Bo will play an underdog, while Anthony Wong a mafia boss.

Andrew Lau describes the main character as a superhero, one who is not only a master of martial arts, but will transform himself, taking up the onus of saving the entire city. And it will combine Donnie Yen style kungfu with special effects to create a superhero film. Gordon Chan says that this is not a remake, but a reinvention of the fictitious character.

Filming wraps up by early March 2009 for a release on around China National Day on October 1.

http://www.wu-jing.org/happenings/ar...n-Resumes.html

[LoBo]

Superhero film with special effects? I don`t think that sounds promising.

[AbeRudder]

Originally Posted by DiP

Andrew Lau describes the main character as a superhero, one who is not only a master of martial arts, but will transform himself, taking up the onus of saving the entire city. And it will combine Donnie Yen style kungfu with special effects to create a superhero film. Gordon Chan says that this is not a remake, but a reinvention of the fictitious character.

And it will combine Donnie Yen style kungfu with special effects to create a superhero film. Gordon Chan says that this is not a remake, but a reinvention of the fictitious character.

And it will combine Donnie Yen style kungfu with special effects to create a superhero film.

kungfu with special effects to create a superhero film

[DiP]

I think the meaning is that they will have a combination of action and CG in the movie, not action with CG. Probably in the spirit of The Batman movies or The Matrix. As Donnie is going to be the action director, it's highly unlikely that he will use CG for the action as he's all about realism.

[Mark of the Dragon]

More Donnie!? SCHWEET!

[bengs]

i have not actively followed Donnie's career - of course i appreciate his talent, but this is probably one of his films i'm already interested to see