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10 articles from 2009

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Zhang Ziyi Picks a 'Snow Flower'

5 November 2009 12:59 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

It's not a great big news day and she's really hot, so naturally, we'll tell you about the latest Zhang Ziyi project. Can you believe it's almost been a full decade since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? It's the biggest foreign language film ever, the only one to ever top $100 million in the Us. That's Zhang's introduction to most western audiences, although you have to see her in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home from one year earlier. Heartbreaking.

She has not been a major American star, even though she did get her chance with Memoirs of a Geisha, but some of her other foreign language films - Hero and House of Flying Daggers - have also made an impression on audiences here in the states. Hero, in fact, is the third-highest-grossing foreign language film ever.

For her next trick, The Hollywood Reporter says Zhang will produce and star in the Wayne Wang »

- Colin Boyd

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Call it 'Blood Simple', But Funnier

3 November 2009 10:25 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Zhang Yimou promises some comedy in his remake of Blood Simple, which will hit theaters in China on December 11.

In an interview with the Chinese web portal Sina.com, subsequently translated by the Associated Press, the director of Hero and House of Flying Daggers described his film as starting off as a comedy, then gradually morphing into a thriller.

"The audience is watching the movie happily, laughing out loud, then it slowly changes, but the transition has to be funny," Zhang said. "That's very hard to do. I think I did a decent job. This is the first time I tried to bridge the two styles."

The film, called San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi in Chinese, centers around a noodle shop owner who plans to kill his cheating wife and her lover. As was the case in Blood Simple, the plot spirals out of control; however, the original revolved around a Texas bar owner. »

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Amazing Tales: Three Guns Trailer aka Zhang Yimou’s Blood Simple Remake

2 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

A trailer for Zhang Yimou’s “Amazing Tales: Three Guns” has popped up online, and it looks … interesting. Adapted by Jianquan Shi and Jing Shang, the Chinese remake of the Brothers Coens’ “Blood Simple” transplants the story into a period film set in a Chinese noodle shop, where the owner schemes to murder his adulterous wife and her lover, but things go awry, as they invariably always do in these type of situations. The comedy-crime thriller stars Honglei Sun, Dahong Ni, Ni Yan, Xiao Shen-Yang, Xiaojuan Wang, and is directed by Zhang Yimou of “The Curse of the Golden Flower” and “The House of Flying Daggers” fame. Plus, he also did some commie stuff recently. »

- Nix

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Indie Trailer Sunday: Zhang Yimou's Amazing Tales: Three Guns

1 November 2009 8:45 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

This trailer is only for hardcore fans of Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers) and those who don't need any English subtitles! Twitch has dug up the first trailer for Zhang Yimou's Amazing Tales: Three Guns, his remake of the Coen Brothers' first film Blood Simple. It may not have subtitles yet, but it looks quite fun anyway. And its got everything you'd expect from a Coen Brothers remake - double-crossings, cheating, lying, death, and plenty of good humor. I'm actually looking forward to this, even if it looks a bit wacky, primarily because it's Zhang Yimou and he always delivers very visually stunning films. Check it out! Watch the first trailer for Zhang Yimou's Amazing Tales: Three Guns (in Mandarin): [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/amazingtales-threeguns-chinese.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/amazingtales-threeguns-chinese.jpg 560 420] Set at a noodle shop in the middle of the desert in Gansu Province, Ni Dahong plays a stingy tavern owner who hires Sun Honglei's character »

- Alex Billington

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Review: Ong Bak 2

23 October 2009 5:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

By Todd Gilchrist (reprinted from 9/23/09)

Cinematically speaking, there may be nothing worse than when an action star or purveyor of thrills starts taking himself too seriously. Such a transformation almost invariably begets a personal crusade, which often takes the form of a vanity project, and usually turns out about as well as The Quest did for Jean-Claude Van Damme, or On Deadly Ground did for Steven Seagal. Thai martial artist Tony Jaa launched his career with the original Ong Bak, and after that film and its superior follow-up, The Protector, made him an international sensation, he apparently started believing his own hype: Jaa not only co-directed Ong Bak 2, his latest film, but conceived it as the ultimate Thai adventure, reinforcing his own legend with a self-aggrandizing historical epic that somehow proves that you can actually make a movie without a plot - which unfortunately but perhaps predictably isn't a compliment. »

- Cinematical staff

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Benny Chan’s Shaolin Storyline and Cast Confirmed

16 October 2009 10:51 AM, PDT | AsianMoviePulse | See recent AsianMoviePulse news »

The cast rumors can now be quelled because a bunch of A-list action stars have signed on the martial arts epic. You've got Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers), Nicholas Tse (Dragon Tiger Gate) and Wu Jing (Spl). And if that's not enough for you, they've also thrown in some guy named Jackie Chan (a lot of kickass movies) for a cameo role. Bonus: because the film will be shot in a real Shaolin Temple, there will be real-life Shaolin monks doing some never-before-seen kung fu badassery as the supporting cast. Now would be a good time to say "Whoa." »

- jaiskizzy

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Shemaroo releases 5 Utv World Movies - News

20 April 2009 11:30 AM, PDT | GlamSham | See recent GlamSham news »

Utv World Movies has signed up with Shemaroo World Cinema, for releasing its acclaimed library titles in the Indian home video market. Through this strategic association, Utv World Movies takes another step towards making contemporary, award winning World Cinema available across several platforms. Shemaroo World Cinema launched 5 Utv World Movies titles on Home Video recently. Shemaroo launched the first five Utv World Movies award winning, blockbuster titles namely House Of Flying Daggers; A Tale Of Two Sisters, A Room With A View, La Zona And The Phantom Lover.... »

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An Empress And The Warriors - Trailer

1 March 2009 2:33 AM, PST | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »

Veteran Hong Kong director Tony Siu-Tung Ching (director of classic "A Chinese Ghost Story" and the "Swordsman" trilogy and the action choreographer for "Curse Of The Golden Flower", "Hero" and "House Of Flying Daggers") makes a dazzling return to vintage form with the epic, An Empress And The Warriors, starring Donnie Yen (Flashpoint; Dragon Tiger Gate; Seven Swords; Hero), Kelly Chen (the Infernal Affairs trilogy; Tokyo Raiders) and Leon Lai (Seven Swords; Infernal Affairs 3).

 

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- Leigh

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Flying Daggers remake?

18 February 2009 3:36 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Here is today's horrible rumor: Apparently, Production Weekly has it that Sam Raimi will be remaking House Of Flying Daggers. It is unclear as to whether it is Raimi himself or his production company, Ghost House Pictures, that is behind the decision, but what is clear is that I hate this idea. And not because I get pissy and overprotective of movies that I like, but because I feel for Zhang Yimou who directed the original. As I understand it, if someone chooses to remake your work, it's... »

- James Thoo

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Director Zhang Sues Over Biography

13 January 2009 7:57 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Chinese director Zhang Yimou is taking legal action against the publisher and author of a new biography of the filmmaker, accusing them of damaging his reputation with allegations of a love triangle.

He is demanding a public apology for the book, titled Documenting China - Zhang Yimou's Biography, which claims The House of Flying Daggers filmmaker fell out with his wife over his alleged feelings for actress Gong Li.

The tome, released in China in August, has already been removed from shop shelves following Zhang's lawyer Tong Jie's condemnation of the book in December.

In a statement released last month, Tong said, "A large part of the content in the book is a series of rumours, reckless fabrications, and seriously violates Zhang Yimou's name, image and privacy rights."

A lawsuit against publisher Huaxia and writer Huang Xiaoyang was filed last Tuesday, according to local reports.

Zhang directed Li in movies including 2006's Curse of the Golden Flower, 1994's Huonze, and 1987's My Grandma. »

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