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- New details on Ringo Lam’s upcoming action flick ‘Wild City’
- Listen to the ‘Dragon Blade’ theme song by Jackie himself!
- Jacky Cheung and Nick Cheung are about to raise ‘Helios’
| New details on Ringo Lam’s upcoming action flick ‘Wild City’ Posted: 14 Mar 2015 01:02 AM PDT  "Hustle" Chinese Promotional Poster Hong Kong legend Ringo Lam, the action director behind gritty classics like City on Fire, Full Contact and Full Alert, is set to make his first film since 2007′s Triangle, which was a collaboration with Tsui Hark and Johnnie To. The upcoming project is called Intoxicated City of Mazes, which will begin production in June, following a Summer 2015 release. Nothing is known of the plot, but it is an “action film” starring Daniel Wu (Shinjuku Incident) and Shawn Yue (The Guillotines). “I’ve always wanted to work with Lam, so I’m very happy that he asked me to be in his film. I hope we can start filming soon so I can learn from him,” Yue told Apple Daily. Updates: Ringo Lam’s Wild Secrets of the Past (aka Intoxicated City of Mazes?) has recently started production in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The cast (see on-set photos) includes Shawn Yue (From Vegas To Macau II), Taiwanese singer Joseph Chang (Missing), and veteran actor Jack Kao (Full Alert). It was previously reported that Daniel Wu would be a part of the cast, but now it looks like that may not be the case. Wild Secrets of the Past has a new international title: Hustle (view poster). Also, Louis Koo (Flash Point) and Mainland TV actress Tong Liya have been added to the cast. | Film Comment has an interview with Ringo Lam, where he talks about Hustle, which is now titled Wild City. BREAKING NEWS: Screen Daily has reported that Wild City is now in post-production and the tentative release date will be in the second half of 2015. Its international rights have been acquired by Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop. The plot details have also become available: "A cop-turned-bar owner befriends a drunken woman at closing hours and finds himself pursued by her former lover and the thugs he employs. The chase turns deadly when the bar owner's deadbeat brother and a suitcase full of cash enter the picture." – Thanks to Sam the Man |
| Listen to the ‘Dragon Blade’ theme song by Jackie himself! Posted: 13 Mar 2015 12:20 AM PDT  "Dragon Blade" Korean Poster Daniel Lee’s Dragon Blade, a period piece starring Jackie Chan, sees a Roman Legion getting caught up in an adventure in China where they cross paths with a Chinese hero played by Chan. They are forced to join forces to battle an even greater foe that threatens the whole world. The film also stars Adrien Brody, John Cusack, Choi Siwon, Lin Peng and Wang Tai Li. Film Business Asia: “Cusack plays a Roman General who teams up with a former military commander (played by Chan) to protect the western border; Brody plays the villain who is in pursuit of Cusack’s character.” Dragon Blade is helmed by Daniel Lee, a veteran Hong Kong filmmaker, mostly known for 1994's What Price Survival, 1996's Black Mask, 2010's 14 Blades, and most recently, 2011's White Vengeance. Updates: Pack of new posters ( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 ) | Latest poster from AFM, featuring all three male leads. | First trailer. | 2nd trailer. | Chinese theatrical poster. | Korean theatrical poster. BREAKING NEWS: Listen to the film's theme song. It is sung by none other than Jackie himself, and the title translates roughly to 'Heroes of the Desert'. – Thanks to Sam the Man |
| Jacky Cheung and Nick Cheung are about to raise ‘Helios’ Posted: 13 Mar 2015 12:00 AM PDT  "Helios" Chinese Theatrical Poster Coming to Hong Kong theaters on April 30th is Helios, an action-thriller directed by Longman Leung and Sunny Luk, the duo behind Cold War. Helios sports a Chinese/Korean ensemble cast that includes: Jacky Cheung (As Tears Go By), Nick Cheung (Unbeatable), Shawn Yue (Motorway), Wang Xueqi (Bodyguards and Assassins), Janice Man (Nightfall), Ji Jin-hee (H), Choi Siwon (A Battle of Wits), Yoon Jin-yi (We Are Brothers), Josephine Koo (Shanghai Story), Feng Wenjuan (The Last Tycoon) and Chang Chen (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). Here’s a brief plot: South Korea’s most wanted criminal Red Bandit uses the uranium stolen from North Korea to make a mobile nuclear bomb, which is scheduled to change hands in Hong Kong in the next 6 hours. Updates: Click here to watch the newest trailer, courtesy of FCS. |
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