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Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 1691 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:59 pm Post subject: 2012 - The Great Magician |
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Tony Leung and Christian Bale will go head to head Dec. 22.
BEIJING – Nasdaq-listed Chinese film studio the Bona Film Group on Wednesday said it would move forward to a Dec. 22 release Hong Kong director Derek Yee’s $15 million 1920s narrative feature The Great Magician, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
The date change will pit Leung, one of the most award-winning Hong Kong actors of all time, against Hollywood star Christian Bale on Chinese screens during the peak Christmas film season.
“Positive confrontation will be inevitable” Bona said in a statement, noting that audiences may like to compare Leung’s portrayal of a magician with Bale’s from his 2006 role in The Prestige.
Bale, who won the Best Supporting Oscar in March for his role in The Fighter, will star next in the Dec. 16 release of Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s historical drama 13 Flowers of Nanjing.
Leung, who was named Best Actor at the Golden Horse Awards and the Asian Film Awards in 2007 for his role in Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, will play the powerful prestidigitator Zhang Xian, whose ex-lover (played by Chinese actress Zhou Xun, star of The Message and Painted Skin), gets mixed up with an evil warlord played by Hong Kong actor Sean Lau Ching-wan.
“It’s a love triangle,” a Bona official told The Hollywood Reporter.
Bona, whose financial stability has wavered since it listed its shares in New York in December, earlier had planned to release The Great Magician during the Lunar New Year period in early 2012.
Emperor Motion Pictures of Hong Kong is a co-investor in the project now shooting outside Beijing at the China Film Group’s Huairou film base with Japanese cinematographer Nobuyasu Kita, who worked with Yee on his acclaimed drama The Shinjuku Incident.
Shooting is expected to finish by the end of June, a Bona official told THR, after which, EMP will take on overseas distribution duties on the film that also will star Chinese actress Yan Ni, star of Zhang Yimou’s A Simple Noodle Story.
With co-writers Chun Tin-nam and Lau Ho-leung, Yee adapted the screenplay for The Great Magician from the Chinese best-selling novel of the same name by author Zhang Haifan -- but Yee plans to make a lot of changes.
"This movie is not just the legendary story of magic, but also a fusion of fantasy, love and action and other elements,” Yee said in the statement from Beijing-based Bona. “I want to make a movie that will excite and refresh the audience."
The project is Yee’s first work in 24 years with Leung. The two last worked together in 1987 on People’s Hero, for which Leung was named Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Great Magician also represents a reunion between Leung and co-star Lau, who haven’t worked together in 13 years, since they both played in The Longest Nite by director Johnnie To.
Bona, China’s largest non-state film distributor, posted a loss in net revenues in the quarter ended December 31, and despite higher full-year revenues, a loss for that period too, blaming the financial stumble on the disappointing performance of a few key films.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bona-bumps-up-magician-christmas-180513
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In The Mood For Leung
Joined: 13 Jan 2010 Posts: 237 Location: State of Nirvana, USA
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Bale can't hold a candle to the Idol.
Just saying... |
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Tony Obsessed
Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 348 Location: Cornwall, England
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:46 am Post subject: |
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From these pictures I am feeling very excited about the upcoming film. Tony is looking very handsome and I also love Zhou Xun's traditional clothes. I am sure this will be a first rate movie. |
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Info
Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 1691 Location: Hong Kong
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Yuka
Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 382 Location: Tokyo
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting! Can't wait |
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Jamaica
Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 419 Location: Lexington, KY United States
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:50 pm Post subject: "Great Magician" Video |
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Lau Ching Wan looks awesome! So happy he and Tony are doing another picture together! Those two rock! |
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Info
Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 1691 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:24 am Post subject: |
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Safran
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1322 Location: Austria
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 7:24 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much Info ! |
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Tony Grrl
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 1431 Location: Scotland UK
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Looks to be an intriguing film...looking forward to seeing this very much. Thanks for the pics and links _________________ Sheila
TLCW Fan UK
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yitian
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Info
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Safran
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1322 Location: Austria
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Thank you so much yitian and light - for the "TGM" - trailer : )
On "youtube" it works better - for us "oversea´ers" ; ) - very attentive Info - Thanks : ) |
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Zeefje
Joined: 03 Jul 2011 Posts: 98 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Thank you Yitian and Info.....Tony looks great in this trailer...can't wait for filmrelease "overseas". Mind you, it'll be my first opportunity to see a brand new Tony film in cinema (where have I been all those years??), since I became completely addicted.....just some eight weeks ago..
Any idea anyone how long it normally takes for an Asian film to be launched in Europe? It depends where you live... I know...
Kind regards,
Zeefje |
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In The Mood For Leung
Joined: 13 Jan 2010 Posts: 237 Location: State of Nirvana, USA
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again info and thanks yitian for the teaser.
I'm drooling with excitement and anticipation.
A TL film is an event. |
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Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 110
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