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HBO Asia Unveils Promos For Martial Arts Anthology Films, MASTER OF THE DRUNKEN FIST: BEGGAR SO And MASTER OF THE SHADOWLESS KICK: WONG KEI-YING

HBO Asia’s viewership will be the fortunate ones to get a first-hand glimpse of what’s to come this December with its original martial arts movie programming. For two nights in a row, the network and its Red subsidiary will premiere Master of the Drunken Fist: Beggar So and Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying on December 25 and 26, respectively, and two new promos aired last week that present something quite ambitious-looking between both. There’s definitely an appeal to the martial arts cinema base, and especially with central characters bearing their own legacies in martial arts and cinema. Legendary Hong Kong action auteur Corey Yuen certainly helps proliferate the work done here thusfar while details for both movies have been unveiled a few weeks ago in addition to their respective one-sheets, both which you can view below along with the promotional trailers just beneath. SINGAPORE, OCTOBER 17, 2016 – […]

HBO Asia, CMC Now In Production For Original Martial Arts Films With Action Legend Corey Yuen

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HBO Asia and China Movie Channel are officially in production for Master Of The Drunken Fist: Beggar So and Master Of The Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying, the first two of an anthology of original Qing Dynasty-set martial arts films to broadcast exclusively throughout Asia for television. Hong Kong action stalwart Corey Yuen Kwai, and choreographer Guo Jian-Yong, both who worked together on Yuen’s stylish Shu Qi headliner in 2002, So Close, will executive produce and direct, respectively, for the airing of both films beginning later this year through HBO and their pan-Asian film network, RED. I’m a little disheartened since I live in North America and HBO Asia is exclusive solely to 23 Asian territories. HBO Asia series Halfworlds is one that certainly has my attention and in the wake of this week’s news, I kind of hope that somewhere down the line we’ll see some news whereby HBO Asia […]