Soi Cheang’s “Twilight of The Warriors: Walled In” has been licensed to WellGo USA for North American release. The deal with Hong Kong’s Media Asia marks a rare advanced-sale of a commercial Cantonese-language movie in a market that has recently been marked by uncertainty.
The action thriller is a live-action adaptation of the cult manga series “City of Darkness” that is set in the 1980s inside the almost lawless Kowloon Walled City.
With a stellar cast headlined by Louis Koo (“Election”), Sammo Hung (“Ip Man”) and Richie Jen (“Trivisa”), the film recently completed production and is now in post-production. Media Asia is now planning a release at an unspecified date in 2023.
“This is our first physical international market since the pandemic. And we are thrilled that things are getting back on track again,” said Frederick Tsui, Media Asia’s Gm, head of sales and international co-productions. “The teaser...
The action thriller is a live-action adaptation of the cult manga series “City of Darkness” that is set in the 1980s inside the almost lawless Kowloon Walled City.
With a stellar cast headlined by Louis Koo (“Election”), Sammo Hung (“Ip Man”) and Richie Jen (“Trivisa”), the film recently completed production and is now in post-production. Media Asia is now planning a release at an unspecified date in 2023.
“This is our first physical international market since the pandemic. And we are thrilled that things are getting back on track again,” said Frederick Tsui, Media Asia’s Gm, head of sales and international co-productions. “The teaser...
- 5/18/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
We’ve missed the primal scream that is Soi Cheang’s cinema. The Hong Kong director’s frenzied genre tales of survival—horror films, cop movies, thrillers, action movies—have been waylaid by his big budget success in the CGI-driven Monkey King franchise (three entries and counting), movies of varying quality but certainly scrubbed of the extraordinary desperation and exalting feats of tactile physical endurance that characterize such films as Dog Bite Dog (2006), Motorway (2012), and SPL2: A Time for Consequences (2015). With Limbo, the story of a wild, grieving cop (Lam Ka Tung), his young superior (Mason Lee), and an ex-convict, former substance abuser (an extraordinary Liu Cya) who become embroiled in the search for a serial killer in Hong Kong, Cheang is back and more fierce than ever.More than that, the director visually reinvents the island city: In harsh, high-contrast black and white images Hong Kong is a garbage-strewn dystopia,...
- 8/5/2021
- MUBI
DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration, is a timely new anthology showcasing DC’s Asian superheroes. Arriving in May for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, it presents many of the top Asian storytellers of comics. Included in the 100 page commemorative anthology is an original 12-page story by Gene Luen Yang and Bernard Chang. “The Monkey Prince Hates Superheroes” introduces a new DC superhero who teams up with Shazam to battle Doctor Sivana and a Chinese deer demon.
Monkey Prince references the 16th century Chinese classic, Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en. It is the story of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, and his epic journey to bring the Buddhist sutras to China from India. In China, it has been the subject of plays, operas, movies and TV shows. What’s more, it inspired Dragon Ball, Into the Badlands, and Yang’s own award-winning graphic novel,...
Monkey Prince references the 16th century Chinese classic, Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en. It is the story of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, and his epic journey to bring the Buddhist sutras to China from India. In China, it has been the subject of plays, operas, movies and TV shows. What’s more, it inspired Dragon Ball, Into the Badlands, and Yang’s own award-winning graphic novel,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Former Pearl Studio Head of Development Justinian Huang has joined Sony Pictures Animation as VP of Creative.
He will report to Sony Pictures Animation President Kristine Belson.
During his tenure at Pearl Studio in Shanghai, Huang oversaw co-production on their feature Abominable, which earned $189.7M WW, in partnership with DreamWorks Animation, as well as the Netflix original Over the Moon, which is nominated at the Oscars for Best Animated Feature.
Huang was also the executive in charge of packaging Stephen Chow’s first global animated film, Monkey King, and served as a development executive for Kung Fu Panda 3, which grossed $521.2M globally at the box office.
While at Pearl Studio, Huang built and expanded upon the studio’s diverse and robust development slate, with a focus on engaging creative partnerships with Asian and Asian-American talent. He also oversaw the creative aspects of the Mandarin-language adaptations and localization of all Pearl Studio films,...
He will report to Sony Pictures Animation President Kristine Belson.
During his tenure at Pearl Studio in Shanghai, Huang oversaw co-production on their feature Abominable, which earned $189.7M WW, in partnership with DreamWorks Animation, as well as the Netflix original Over the Moon, which is nominated at the Oscars for Best Animated Feature.
Huang was also the executive in charge of packaging Stephen Chow’s first global animated film, Monkey King, and served as a development executive for Kung Fu Panda 3, which grossed $521.2M globally at the box office.
While at Pearl Studio, Huang built and expanded upon the studio’s diverse and robust development slate, with a focus on engaging creative partnerships with Asian and Asian-American talent. He also oversaw the creative aspects of the Mandarin-language adaptations and localization of all Pearl Studio films,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
After being lost for years, the Star Wars short film "Black Angel" is finally online...short a very short time.
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- 5/13/2015
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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