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ANIMAL WORLD To Unleash Puzzling Intrigue And Killer Clown Spectacle On Netflix, And In Theaters Globally Next Week!

Following its Shanghai Film Fest premiere last week, Patrick Brzeski at The Hollywood Reporter writes that Netflix users can expect Han Yan’s dazzling manga adapation, Animal World, for its arrival in the coming months outside China, having acquired all global digital streaming rights. The mega streaming platform will also be joined by CMC Pictures who are said to be shepherding a hefty worldwide theatrical release along the way starting Friday, June 29. Drifting aimlessly through life, Kaisi (Li Yi Feng: Hundred Flowers Winner Mr. Six, Guilty of Mind) has racked up debts of several million having borrowed money from his friends. Lured with the promise of writing it all off, Kaisi leaves his ailing mother and childhood sweetheart Qing (Zhou Dongyu: Golden Horse winner Soul Mate, Under the Hawthorn Tree, The Thousand Faces of Dunjia) to board the ship Destiny and attend a gambling party controlled by the mysterious Anderson (Michael Douglas: Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street). […]

ANIMAL WORLD: All Cards Are On The Table In The New Official Trailer

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It wasn’t long after the most recent teaser trailer for HanYan’s fantasy thriller, Animal World, that social media started spawning memes boasting actor Li Yifeng’s role as akin to that of Asia’s answer to Deadpool. The action looks undoubtedly spectacular along with the visuals we’ve so far seen and the tracking progress of this film doesn’t appear to be softening anytime soon. Alas, the campaign has since ramped up with a trio of character posters all hinting at key elements of the plot that ensues per the film’s nod to the original manga, “Ultimate Survivor Kaiji”, ongoing as of 1996. You can check those out just beneath the second official trailer now running online and with English subtitles which should be making the rounds later this year as the film ramps up festivals and market sales for international audiences. Zheng Kai Si (Li Yi Feng) has nothing in his name […]

ANIMAL WORLD: Li Yi-Feng Clowns Around With Brutal Resolve In The Newest Trailer

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If filmmaker Han Yan’s name sounds familiar, his amply noted 2015 dramedy, Go Away Mr. Tumor probably stands out first, though even more fascinating are the latest headlines he’s made for his two fantasy endeavors aiming for release this year, Dream Breaker being one… The other, and not to be confused for the former, is director HanYan’s surprising glimpse into what looks quite the spectacular feat in Animal World with Li Yi Feng appearing as a man who transforms into one of deadliest and most kick ass clowns you’ll see on film. The most recent trailer shows this and much more with Michael Douglas also starring and all based on the work of Fukumoto Nobuyuki’s 1996 Seinen manga, “Ultimate Survivor Kaiji”. The film has an international home at IM Global so we’ll learn more in due time about this project and where it lands. Chinese moviegoers can expect this one […]