Having achieved cinematic success both separately and as a team, Alan Mak and Felix Chong came to the New York Asian Film Festival to introduce their latest codirecting collaboration, the cyber-surveillance thriller, Overheard 3. I sat down for a chat with the men responsible for Confession of Pain, The Silent War and my all-time favourite Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs.The Lady Miz Diva: You're here to present Overheard 3. What was the inspiration behind the Overheard series?Alan Mak: Over six years ago, we started our own production company and then we wrote the story of Overheard 1, but at that time in Hong Kong, there was no one to invest in good movies, so we picked another comedy. No one wanted to invest. And then...
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- 7/14/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Hong Kong-based Edko Films has announced 3D fantasy adventure Monster Hunt, to be directed by Raman Hui, who co-directed Shrek The Third.
The $30m Chinese-language film will star Bai Baihe (Personal Tailor), Kai Ko (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) and Jiang Wu (A Touch of Sin).
Based on the supernatural classic Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio, the film will feature Woba, a CGI protagonist who is the last of the monster kings embroiled in a war with humans that has lasted generations. His quest is to bring unity to the two races with the help of characters played by Bai and Ko.
“We give this classic tale a new spin by reducing the horror element and reinventing it with family-friendly fantastical characters and settings in an epic style,” said Hui.
Veteran actor Eric Tsang (Infernal Affairs) and Hong Kong’s ‘Queen of Comedy’ Sandra Ng (The Golden Chicken trilogy) will also feature along with Yan...
The $30m Chinese-language film will star Bai Baihe (Personal Tailor), Kai Ko (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) and Jiang Wu (A Touch of Sin).
Based on the supernatural classic Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio, the film will feature Woba, a CGI protagonist who is the last of the monster kings embroiled in a war with humans that has lasted generations. His quest is to bring unity to the two races with the help of characters played by Bai and Ko.
“We give this classic tale a new spin by reducing the horror element and reinventing it with family-friendly fantastical characters and settings in an epic style,” said Hui.
Veteran actor Eric Tsang (Infernal Affairs) and Hong Kong’s ‘Queen of Comedy’ Sandra Ng (The Golden Chicken trilogy) will also feature along with Yan...
- 6/3/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The directorial debut of Hong Kong Best Actor winner, Nick Cheung, entitled Ghost Rituals, is scaring up interest at this year's Cannes Film Market, and we've got the details you need to see if this is one haunt you're interested in visiting!
From the Press Release
Darclight Films, the edgy genre-driven label of Arclight Films, is pleased to announce the world market premiere of horror-thriller Ghost Rituals in Cannes. Multiple Best Actor Award Winner Nick Cheung (Unbeatable, The Stool Pigeon), who has over 60 films to his credit and a huge following at the box office, makes his directorial debut with this latest horror piece staring himself, Annie Liu (Floating City), Lam Wai (The Silent War, Adventure Of The King) and Carrie Ng (The Silent War, Hi, Fidelity).
The Hong Kong-Malaysian coproduction will be released in July in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Ghost Rituals is produced by Adrian Teh,...
From the Press Release
Darclight Films, the edgy genre-driven label of Arclight Films, is pleased to announce the world market premiere of horror-thriller Ghost Rituals in Cannes. Multiple Best Actor Award Winner Nick Cheung (Unbeatable, The Stool Pigeon), who has over 60 films to his credit and a huge following at the box office, makes his directorial debut with this latest horror piece staring himself, Annie Liu (Floating City), Lam Wai (The Silent War, Adventure Of The King) and Carrie Ng (The Silent War, Hi, Fidelity).
The Hong Kong-Malaysian coproduction will be released in July in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Ghost Rituals is produced by Adrian Teh,...
- 5/16/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The nominations for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards were announced earlier today, and predictably, star-studded cop drama Cold War scored 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director nods for its first-time helmers Longman Leung and Sunny Luk. More suprising was that Law Chi Leung's The Bullet Vanishes scored the exact same number of nominations, and goes head-to-head with Cold War in nine of those categories. In third place, with 8 nominations, is Felix Chong and Alan Mak's The Silent War, although it failed to secure a Best Picture nod. That category is filled out by Dante Lam's The Viral Factor, Soi Cheang's Motorway and Pang Ho Cheung's Vulgaria. The Best Director nominees follow suit, with the notable exception of Pang, who receives a nomination...
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- 2/6/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The announcement of the Asian Movie Awards has just been released with some big films and actors going against against each other to win the big awards. Some of these include Drug War (Louis Koo), Outrage Beyond, actors such as Choi Min-sik and Tony Leung Ka-fai, to Directors such as Takeshi Kitano and Lou Ye.
I do have a few favorites in this list and i feel best movie could go to Drug War and best actor should fall to Choi Min-sik (just brilliant in every movie).
Here is the list of nominations below, feel free to write your favorites in the comment box at the bottom of the page.
Best Film
“Drug War” (Mainland China)
“Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2″ (India)
“Mystery” (Mainland China)
“Outrage Beyond” (Japan)
“Pieta” (South Korea)
Best Director
Anurag Kashyap, “Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2″ (India)
Abbas Kiarostami, “Like Someone in Love” (Japan/France/Iran)
Kim Ki-duk,...
I do have a few favorites in this list and i feel best movie could go to Drug War and best actor should fall to Choi Min-sik (just brilliant in every movie).
Here is the list of nominations below, feel free to write your favorites in the comment box at the bottom of the page.
Best Film
“Drug War” (Mainland China)
“Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2″ (India)
“Mystery” (Mainland China)
“Outrage Beyond” (Japan)
“Pieta” (South Korea)
Best Director
Anurag Kashyap, “Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2″ (India)
Abbas Kiarostami, “Like Someone in Love” (Japan/France/Iran)
Kim Ki-duk,...
- 1/20/2013
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Four Indian films have been nominated for the 7th Asian Film Awards with Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur leading the pack with four nominations: Best Film, Anurag Kashyap for Best Director, Wasiq Khan for Best Production Designer and Rajeev Ravi for Best Cinematographer.
In other nominations, Nawazuddin Siddiqui will compete for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Talaash, Anand Gandhi contends for Best Screenwriter for his debut film Ship of Theseus and Pritam Chakraborty vies for Best Composer Award for his melodies in Barfi!.
Andy Lau, a noted actor of Hong Kong will head the judging panel. A total of 30 films from nine countries will compete under 14 categories at the award function to be held on 18th March, 3013. The annual event is organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.
Full List of Nominations:
Best Film
Drug War (Mainland China)
Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2 (India)
Mystery (Mainland...
In other nominations, Nawazuddin Siddiqui will compete for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Talaash, Anand Gandhi contends for Best Screenwriter for his debut film Ship of Theseus and Pritam Chakraborty vies for Best Composer Award for his melodies in Barfi!.
Andy Lau, a noted actor of Hong Kong will head the judging panel. A total of 30 films from nine countries will compete under 14 categories at the award function to be held on 18th March, 3013. The annual event is organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.
Full List of Nominations:
Best Film
Drug War (Mainland China)
Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2 (India)
Mystery (Mainland...
- 1/17/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Film Icon Jet Li Stars in Director Hark Tsui’s Visually-Stunning Epic
An explosive mix of warriors, fugitives and assassins converge in the desert for a deadly showdown in Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate, the multi-award winning, martial arts epic reuniting genre master Tsui Hark (Once Upon a Time in China series, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame) with legendary action icon Jet Li (The Expendables, Lethal Weapon IV, The Forbidden Kingdom) in an action-packed, visually-breathtaking cinematic experience debuting on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD and Digital October 2nd from Indomina Releasing.
The tale continues the saga of the Dragon Inn three years after it was left in ruins. A new gang has taken control of the inn as they secretly search for the entrance to the lost city of gold that legend says is hidden within. Their furtive mission is interrupted by the arrival of a beautiful...
An explosive mix of warriors, fugitives and assassins converge in the desert for a deadly showdown in Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate, the multi-award winning, martial arts epic reuniting genre master Tsui Hark (Once Upon a Time in China series, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame) with legendary action icon Jet Li (The Expendables, Lethal Weapon IV, The Forbidden Kingdom) in an action-packed, visually-breathtaking cinematic experience debuting on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD and Digital October 2nd from Indomina Releasing.
The tale continues the saga of the Dragon Inn three years after it was left in ruins. A new gang has taken control of the inn as they secretly search for the entrance to the lost city of gold that legend says is hidden within. Their furtive mission is interrupted by the arrival of a beautiful...
- 10/8/2012
- by AMPAdmin
- AsianMoviePulse
Anytime a new movie with Tony Leung hits the radar it's cause for celebration around here, and there was a hell of a party thrown when we saw this first trailer for his latest, The Silent War. Formerly known as Windseeker, the film, adapted from Mai Jia's novel "Plot Against", teams Tony up with co-stars with Zhou Xun and Mavis Fan under directors Alan Mak (of the Infernal Affairs trilogy) and Felix Chong (The Lost Bladesman). Quite a combination, no?...
- 7/19/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
After a shakey start, writer-directors Alan Mak and Felix Chong have finally hit their stride in the last couple of years, with The Lost Bladesman and Overheard 2 both proving to be accomplished and entertaining thrillers in their respective genres. Here's hoping that this new run of good form continues in their new film. The Silent War (formerly Windseeker), stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai as a blind man recruited by the Chinese authorities in the 1950s to aid them in a secret mission thanks to his unnaturally strong sense of hearing. The film also stars Zhou Xun and Mavis Fan, and was adapted from the novel by Mai Jia, who also wrote the source material for 2009's gripping spy thriller, The Message.The Silent War is due...
- 7/4/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Formerly known as Windseeker, The Silent War is the latest film from writers-directors Alan Mak and Felix Chong, who have enjoyed great success in recent years with The Lost Bladesman and Overheard 1 & 2. They were also two of the creative trio behind the Infernal Affairs trilogy.The Silent War is adapted from the novel Plot Against by writer Mai Jia (who also penned The Message that was adapted into a big budget movie in 2009). It is a 1950s-set spy thriller that tells the story of a blind man recruited to assist with a secret mission because of his extraordinary hearing ability. The Silent War stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhou Xun. It is due for release across Asia later this year. ...
- 6/22/2012
- Screen Anarchy
One of China's most in-demand performers Zhou Xun proves that she's not just another pretty face by stepping behind the camera to direct Tony Leung Chiu Wai (In The Mood For Love) in her debut short film Five Demon Traps.Zhou recruited her co-star in The Great Magician and Windseeker to play a demon hunter after having hit upon the story idea while in production of The Great Magician.There is no word on whether one of the five demon traps will be a six demon bag, but we can always hold out hope. Check the teaser below....
- 12/28/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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