Solidly-established Hong Kong film director Soi Cheang returns to action with the new crime thriller “Limbo.” He says his ambition is to revive the former glory of the city’s action cinema by targeting international audiences outside China.
Announced just ahead of the opening of Wednesday’s FilMart, which has been postponed from its usual March slot and changed to an online format due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, “Limbo” is financed and distributed Sun Entertainment Culture, Erdong Pictures Group and Bona Film Group. It is aiming for a theatrical release in Hong Kong, Europe and the U.S. in 2021. Shan Ding is consulting on the film’s international sales.
It is unclear whether a mainland China release is either possible, or envisaged. “Regardless of the progress and situation in Mainland China, our release plan remains unchanged and Limbo is slated for a 2021 worldwide release. Our international sales and release plan won’t be affected,...
Announced just ahead of the opening of Wednesday’s FilMart, which has been postponed from its usual March slot and changed to an online format due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, “Limbo” is financed and distributed Sun Entertainment Culture, Erdong Pictures Group and Bona Film Group. It is aiming for a theatrical release in Hong Kong, Europe and the U.S. in 2021. Shan Ding is consulting on the film’s international sales.
It is unclear whether a mainland China release is either possible, or envisaged. “Regardless of the progress and situation in Mainland China, our release plan remains unchanged and Limbo is slated for a 2021 worldwide release. Our international sales and release plan won’t be affected,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
Projects include Japanese neo-noir series Shiseishi: The Tattoo Artist and $120m sci-fi Inversion.
Hong Kong-based Sun Entertainment Culture (Sunec) is making a push into international content with a slate of three projects, including a Japanese-language series to be directed by Wing Shya and two English-language features – suspense thriller A Perfect Family and $120m sci-fi epic Inversion.
Entitled Shiseishi: The Tattoo Master, Shya’s neo-noir series is being produced in collaboration with the team behind popular Japanese drama Midnight Diner. Each episode will follow the tattoo master as he works with a different client.
One of Asia’s leading photographers, who...
Hong Kong-based Sun Entertainment Culture (Sunec) is making a push into international content with a slate of three projects, including a Japanese-language series to be directed by Wing Shya and two English-language features – suspense thriller A Perfect Family and $120m sci-fi epic Inversion.
Entitled Shiseishi: The Tattoo Master, Shya’s neo-noir series is being produced in collaboration with the team behind popular Japanese drama Midnight Diner. Each episode will follow the tattoo master as he works with a different client.
One of Asia’s leading photographers, who...
- 3/18/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong-based company’s slate includes Soi Cheang’s Limbo, produced by Wilson Yip.
Hong Kong-based Bravos Pictures is handling international sales on a fresh slate of action titles, including Soi Cheang’s Limbo, starring Lam Ka Tung.
Lam plays a detective on the trail of a serial killer in the $16m action drama, which is produced by Wilson Yip and Paco Wong. Mason Lee also stars as a rookie cop, while Cya Liu plays a woman who is assigned to the case but has killed the detective’s wife and child in an accident.
In post-production, the film is produced by Sun Entertainment Culture,...
Hong Kong-based Bravos Pictures is handling international sales on a fresh slate of action titles, including Soi Cheang’s Limbo, starring Lam Ka Tung.
Lam plays a detective on the trail of a serial killer in the $16m action drama, which is produced by Wilson Yip and Paco Wong. Mason Lee also stars as a rookie cop, while Cya Liu plays a woman who is assigned to the case but has killed the detective’s wife and child in an accident.
In post-production, the film is produced by Sun Entertainment Culture,...
- 3/18/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Production and distribution outfit reveals strong slate of titles at Hong Kong market.
Hong Kong-based Sun Entertainment Culture (Sunec) has unveiled a string of titles at Filmart, including crime suspense thriller Schemer from filmmaker Sunny Luk (who won best director at the 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards for Cold War [pictured]); the big-screen adaptation of Louis Cha’s wuxia novel The Book And The Sword from veteran director Jacob Cheung and writer James Yuen; and Chinese New Year action comedy Keep Calm And Be A Superstar by director Vincent Kok.
Also on Sun’s slate are The Neighbour, a remake of German horror The Good Neighbour that will be directed by Stanley Liu and produced by Pang Ho Cheung.
Pang is also the producer of new TV series Women Who Flirt, based on his big-screen romantic comedy of the same name and directed by TV drama director Sammy Ko, and DoP Jason Kwan’s directorial debut A Nail Clipper...
Hong Kong-based Sun Entertainment Culture (Sunec) has unveiled a string of titles at Filmart, including crime suspense thriller Schemer from filmmaker Sunny Luk (who won best director at the 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards for Cold War [pictured]); the big-screen adaptation of Louis Cha’s wuxia novel The Book And The Sword from veteran director Jacob Cheung and writer James Yuen; and Chinese New Year action comedy Keep Calm And Be A Superstar by director Vincent Kok.
Also on Sun’s slate are The Neighbour, a remake of German horror The Good Neighbour that will be directed by Stanley Liu and produced by Pang Ho Cheung.
Pang is also the producer of new TV series Women Who Flirt, based on his big-screen romantic comedy of the same name and directed by TV drama director Sammy Ko, and DoP Jason Kwan’s directorial debut A Nail Clipper...
- 3/13/2017
- by screenasia@yahoo.com (Silvia Wong)
- ScreenDaily
Soi Cheang and Paco Wong - the creative team behind Spl 2 - take up the producers' mantle for Jonathan Li's upcoming action thriller The Brink. And with the Hk Filmart underay right now the first sales trailer for the film has arrived online promising big time stunts and action both by land and sea. Police Inspector Tung tracks criminal Shing to a deserted fisherfolk village and catches Shing and his thugs in the act of smuggling gold from the black market. At the end of a heavy shootout, Tung is severely wounded and Shing takes off with the gold in a car. The car explodes and Shing makes a narrow escape and vows to catch the mastermind behind this sabotage. Tung comes out of...
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- 3/13/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: Hong Kong-based Sun Entertainment Culture is debuting The Brink, a new action thriller co-produced with Chinese streaming platform iQiyi, Yl Pictures and Sil-Metropole Organisation.
Produced by Soi Cheang and Paco Wong for first-time director Jonathan Li, the new film follows an ex-cop who gets caught in the line of fire when a smuggler launches a revenge attack on his godfather.
The cast features Zhang Jin [pictured], Janice Man and Wu Yue.
Also on Sun’s slate are Herman Yau’s Nessum Dorma and Fire Lee’s Robbery, both of which will be screened at Hong Kong International Film Festival next week.
Produced by Soi Cheang and Paco Wong for first-time director Jonathan Li, the new film follows an ex-cop who gets caught in the line of fire when a smuggler launches a revenge attack on his godfather.
The cast features Zhang Jin [pictured], Janice Man and Wu Yue.
Also on Sun’s slate are Herman Yau’s Nessum Dorma and Fire Lee’s Robbery, both of which will be screened at Hong Kong International Film Festival next week.
- 3/13/2016
- ScreenDaily
Similar to something you'd see in The Governor-led town of Woodbury, Zombie Fight Club pits humans against the living dead in a sinister sport. Fists fly and teeth gnash in the film's official trailer.
Scream Factory will release Zombie Fight Club on Blu-ray and DVD beginning February 2nd:
Previous Press Release: Brace yourself for a gritty, zombie apocalypse action film that delivers non-stop action, edge-of-your-seat thrills, bloody violence and gore in equal measure. On February 2, 2016, Scream Factory™ is proud to unleash Zombie Fight Club on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as being made available on digital entertainment platforms. This much-anticipated film premiered overseas and at numerous film festivals to great audience enthusiasm. Zombie Fight Club is a must-have for action movie fans, zombie terror enthusiasts and movie collectors.
Pre-order now at:
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Fight-Blu-ray-Jessica-Cambensy/dp/B0182YFYRY/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1451939090&sr=1-1&keywords=zombie...
Scream Factory will release Zombie Fight Club on Blu-ray and DVD beginning February 2nd:
Previous Press Release: Brace yourself for a gritty, zombie apocalypse action film that delivers non-stop action, edge-of-your-seat thrills, bloody violence and gore in equal measure. On February 2, 2016, Scream Factory™ is proud to unleash Zombie Fight Club on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as being made available on digital entertainment platforms. This much-anticipated film premiered overseas and at numerous film festivals to great audience enthusiasm. Zombie Fight Club is a must-have for action movie fans, zombie terror enthusiasts and movie collectors.
Pre-order now at:
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Fight-Blu-ray-Jessica-Cambensy/dp/B0182YFYRY/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1451939090&sr=1-1&keywords=zombie...
- 1/18/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sometimes the best weapon a person can utilize against the living dead is their martial arts training. Viewers can expect to see fists of fury going up against rotted flesh in Zombie Fight Club, and with the new action-horror film hitting home media February 2nd from Scream Factory, we have a look at its cover art and list of special features:
Press Release: Brace yourself for a gritty, zombie apocalypse action film that delivers non-stop action, edge-of-your-seat thrills, bloody violence and gore in equal measure. On February 2, 2016, Scream Factory™ is proud to unleash Zombie Fight Club on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as being made available on digital entertainment platforms. This much-anticipated film premiered overseas and at numerous film festivals to great audience enthusiasm. Zombie Fight Club is a must-have for action movie fans, zombie terror enthusiasts and movie collectors.
Pre-order now at:
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Fight-Blu-ray-Jessica-Cambensy/dp/B...
Press Release: Brace yourself for a gritty, zombie apocalypse action film that delivers non-stop action, edge-of-your-seat thrills, bloody violence and gore in equal measure. On February 2, 2016, Scream Factory™ is proud to unleash Zombie Fight Club on Blu-ray and DVD, as well as being made available on digital entertainment platforms. This much-anticipated film premiered overseas and at numerous film festivals to great audience enthusiasm. Zombie Fight Club is a must-have for action movie fans, zombie terror enthusiasts and movie collectors.
Pre-order now at:
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Fight-Blu-ray-Jessica-Cambensy/dp/B...
- 1/6/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Following its massive opening in China on June 18, Spl 2: A Time For Consequences is still going incredibly strong at the Chinese box office and has already grossed over RMB500 million (Us$80.6 million). At its celebration event in Hong Kong last night, one of the film's producers Paco Wong announced that the next installment in the Spl franchise has already been green-lit. The details about Spl 3, including its director and cast, have not yet been released. So far, the first two films have starred a number of amazing fighters including Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Wu Jing, Tony Jaa and Max Zhang. Which action stars do you want to see in the cast of Spl 3?...
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- 7/3/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Soi Cheang’s action drama stars Tony Jaa [pictured], Wu Jing and Simon Yam.
Start-up Hong Kong sales and distribution outfit Bravos Pictures has picked up Soi Cheang’s action drama Spl 2, starring Tony Jaa, Wu Jing and Simon Yam.
Currently in production, the film follows a Hong Kong cop attempting to rescue a colleague who has been locked up in a Thai prison, but who can save his daughter’s life through a bone marrow transplant.
Sun Entertainment Culture is producing the film, which also features Louis Koo in a special appearance.
The film is a thematic sequel to 2005 action drama Spl, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen and Wu Jing. Spl refers to the initials of three renegade stars in Chinese astrology. Yip and Paco Wong are producing the sequel.
Bravos, established by former Media Asia sales exec Ricky Tse, is involved in both international sales and distribution in Hong Kong and...
Start-up Hong Kong sales and distribution outfit Bravos Pictures has picked up Soi Cheang’s action drama Spl 2, starring Tony Jaa, Wu Jing and Simon Yam.
Currently in production, the film follows a Hong Kong cop attempting to rescue a colleague who has been locked up in a Thai prison, but who can save his daughter’s life through a bone marrow transplant.
Sun Entertainment Culture is producing the film, which also features Louis Koo in a special appearance.
The film is a thematic sequel to 2005 action drama Spl, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen and Wu Jing. Spl refers to the initials of three renegade stars in Chinese astrology. Yip and Paco Wong are producing the sequel.
Bravos, established by former Media Asia sales exec Ricky Tse, is involved in both international sales and distribution in Hong Kong and...
- 5/15/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Shaw Brothers, known for innovative martial arts movies during the '60s, is coming back at a time when the Hong Kong filmmaking industry needs them.
Under a joint venture with the partially Shaw-owned Television Broadcasts Limited, the studio has four films either scheduled to be released or in production through 2010. The slate is based on a three-pronged strategy to target local audiences, mobilize local film industry workers, and to showcase Shaw Studios, a Us$180 million facility in Hong Kong’s Clearwater Bay.
Virginia Lok, production resources division controller for Television Broadcasts Limited, said a number of local filmmakers are now working abroad, and as a result, productions have decreased.
"Although a lot of Hong Kong filmmakers are now working in China, a considerable number of crews remain in Hong Kong; there weren’t enough jobs," Lok said. "Our priority is to hire Hong Kong crew and Hong Kong actors in our films.
Under a joint venture with the partially Shaw-owned Television Broadcasts Limited, the studio has four films either scheduled to be released or in production through 2010. The slate is based on a three-pronged strategy to target local audiences, mobilize local film industry workers, and to showcase Shaw Studios, a Us$180 million facility in Hong Kong’s Clearwater Bay.
Virginia Lok, production resources division controller for Television Broadcasts Limited, said a number of local filmmakers are now working abroad, and as a result, productions have decreased.
"Although a lot of Hong Kong filmmakers are now working in China, a considerable number of crews remain in Hong Kong; there weren’t enough jobs," Lok said. "Our priority is to hire Hong Kong crew and Hong Kong actors in our films.
- 7/28/2009
- CinemaSpy
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