LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORD Final Trailer: Leehom Wang Is Gonna Need A Team
Renny Harlin’s new Chinese action adventure, LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORD, opens in China theaters on October 1.
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Renny Harlin’s LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORD Swings Online With The First Trailer
The last several years have proven otherwise fruitful for Renny Harlin who has been digging his feet further into China’s film industry and establishing himself accordingly. He last spoke in 2017 of the often grueling and humbling nature of film productions, his latest being Chinese video game adaptation, Legend Of The Ancient Sword, which is currently slated for an October release. It’s no secret that filmmaking can be a bustling experience no matter how big or small (especially small) the production is, and so he’s probably right. On that note, an official trailer is finally online to showcase a sample of his efforts which will hopefully be the start of a better campaign in wake of the one suffered by Peng Zhang’s Asura this past week at the box office. Due to a fateful occurrence, Yue Wuyi leaves home. He meets revered master Xie Yi, who imparts to him the […]
FIVE-A-DAY ROUND-UP XVIII: Contracts 3, Crazy Fist, Kung Fury 2: The Movie, Armed, Legend Of The Ancient Sword
Per my usual angle here at Film Combat Syndicate, following stunt professionals eventually led me to Alex Chung who is now ramping up his debut independent feature, Contracts 3. A full narrative spin-off from two earlier proof shorts, this one pits our cast deep in the brutal tale of a group of assassins who find themselves as targets of a more supreme killer. We only have a teaser trailer to go on, but it whets the appetite plenty. Ask me a month ago what Crazy Fist is and I couldn’t tell you. A low-quality teaser poster is floating online for the project however and it hails from director Qing Guo, telling of a former MMA champion now billionaire corporate royal who pairs up with an investiagtor to uncover a conspiracy involving the deadly illegal tournament that killed his brother. Bodybuilder Kai Greene has gone on social media with a few […]
Renny Harlin Talks LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORD, Production And More
Photo: The Hollywood Reporter Skiptrace helmer Renny Harlin is already underway in China with his latest film, Legend Of The Ancient Sword, following its SIFF 2016 announcement back in June. The film is inspired by Gamebar’s popular 2010 3D role-playing game, developed by Shanghai Aurogon with a plot that centers on a young boy who survives a village massacre and is taught the mystical ways of the sword, thus meeting new allies on his journey toward vengeance, and the possible reunion with his mother. Alibaba Pictures Group is behind financing and production of the film which Harlin described at the time as a “big, epic fantasy adventure” with the goal of integrating both work spaces of Hollywood and China to help bolster action, VFX and production value in general. With cameras now rolling and official casting announcments to begin in due time, it’s only now that onlookers and readers of […]
SIFF 2016: LEGEND OF THE ANCIENT SWORD Nabs Renny Harlin To Direct For Alibaba
Director Renny Harlin’s new globetrotting action comedy, Skiptrace is finally approaching this July among a slate of other Jackie Chan titles through 2017. In the meantime, the director is reportedly signed on to adapt the popular 2010 3D role-playing game, Legend Of The Ancient Sword with Alibaba Pictures. Shanghai Aurogon developed the game prior to publishing in 2010 courtesy of Gamebar with a plot that centers on a young boy who survives a village massacre and is taught the mystical ways of the sword, and subsequently meets new allies on his journey toward vengeance, and the possible reunion with his mother. The game was most recently brought to television over at China’s Hunan TV back in 2014 for a 50-episode run. via Variety: “This is a big, epic fantasy adventure,” Harlin told Variety. “My ambition is to integrate this Chinese property with Hollywood story telling and visual effects and to introduce […]
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