BACK TO THE PAST: Louis Koo Battles To Save The Emperor In The Official North American Trailer
Coming to theaters on January 30 from Well Go USA
Ng Yuen Fai
BACK TO THE PAST: Well Go USA Acquires Louis Koo’s New Fantasy Action Adventure For North America
The movie opens on January 30.
WARRIORS OF FUTURE: Netflix Debuts The Official Trailer For The Sci-Fi Action Hit Starring Louis Koo
Netflix just debuted the official trailer for Warriors Of Future, the latest from director Ng Yuen Fai and starring and produced by Louis Koo. The film was announced on Thursday as part of the streamer’s recent packaging of Chinese-language projects to arrive between now and next year, including four other dramas you can read about here. In 2055, a meteorite, which brings a fast-growing alien vine named “Pandora”, crashes down on a barren Earth ravaged by pollution and global warming. “Pandora” purifies the planet but kills everything in its path. To protect the citizens of their city, the heavily armored military of Hong Kong, armed with the plant’s genetic map, tries but fails to destroy “Pandora” and uncovers a conspiracy. Warriors Of Future also stars Sean Lau, Carina Lau, and Philip Keung.
WARRIORS OF FUTURE Lands On Netflix In December, Leads Chinese-Language Drama Slate
What began as a sizzling hot proof of concept seven years ago as “Virtus”, director Ng Yuen Fai’s hit sci-fi action adventure, Warriors Of Future, has been acquired by Netflix for a December 2 release. The film stars Louis Koo, whose One Cool Film production banner led the charge in developing the project since its early inception. The film also stars Sean Lau, Carina Lau and Philip Keung, and is set in the year 2055 when Hong Kong assembles a heavily armed military unit to combat the onslaught set by a fast-growing alien vine that purifies Earth’s barren atmosphere while killing everything in its path, unraveling a deadly conspiracy. The film had been circulating teasers and trailers for several years now while on the market trail while reportedly delayed from a 2019 release to allow time for post-production. The film opened the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival back in […]
WARRIORS OF FUTURE: Don’t Miss The Newest Trailer For Ng Yuen-Fai’s Sci-Fi Action Debut
It’s been eight (count ’em, EIGHT) years since VFX steward Ng Yuen-Fai’s conceptual sci-fi action short, Virtus, made the rounds with the substantial backing by the presence of actor Louis Koo whose One Cool Film label has been shepherding the project as producer. Indeed the wait has been long for the sci-fi thriller we all know now as Warriors Of Future, which joins Koo alongside actors Sean Lau, Carina Lau, Nick Cheung, Phillip Keung, Qian Wu and many more. Penned by Law Chi-Leung, the film is set in the future where Earth is devoid of life due to climate change and pollution, while a meteorite brings an extraterrestrial life to our planet. That’s the basic gist of what we’ve been seeing apart from the ambitious production design and feel we’ve been gathering from the recent trailers and behind-the-scenes featurettes making the rounds, including a new trailer available as of Monday which […]
WARRIORS OF FUTURE: Ng Yuen-Fai’s New Sci-Fi Thriller Revs Up A 2022 Hong Kong SAR China Release
It’s been about eight years since actor Louis Koo planted his producer flag at One Cool Film, having built a successful slate of active and developing projects. One such title includes VFX steward Ng Yuen-Fai’s long-awaited feature directing debut, Warriors Of Future, starring Koo and actor Sean Lau – both who’ve kept busy in the years since completing the film. Fast forward to today, and after surviving a changing industrial atmosphere in the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the film’s campaign is on a roll as of last week, rolling out two Breaking News-style promos published online for Hong Kong SAR China readers – the latest of which you can view above. The film, according to HK01, is revving up a release on 200 theatrical screens in 2022, which will also include outdoor theaters. In the not-too-distant future, pollution and global warming have left Earth barren, a giant meteorite […]
BACK TO THE PAST: Shots Fired In The First Teaser For Louis Koo’s Time Travel Feature Film Successor
The first teaser is out for Back To The Past, a feature film continuation of the 2001 TVB sci-fi serial novel adaptation, A Step Into The Past which starred Louis Koo as a VIP protection officer who finds himself trapped in the past after a time travel stint gone awry. Koo is joined by Jessica Hsuan, Raymond Lam, Sonija Kwok, Joyce Tang and Michelle Saram all from the original series. Three years ago, Randy Lee, the only son of the richest man in Hong Kong, took part in a time traveling experiment back to the Qin Dynasty, to study the First Emperor’s elixir of life. But he was never heard from again. Today, his father Lee Ka-chun uncovered 2 mummies near an unexcavated area of the First Emperor’s mausoleum, with one of them holding a smart phone. When it was confirmed that the phone belonged to Randy and contained pictures […]
WARRIORS OF FUTURE: Louis Koo’s Latest Pits Man Versus Machine In The Newest Trailer!
It’s high time for events to unfold at FilMart in Hong Kong, reaffirmed no less than what we now get to witness in the brand new official trailer for VFX artist Ng Yuen-Fai’s latest directing gig, Warriors Of Future. In the not-too-distant future, pollution and global warming have left Earth barren, a giant meteorite crashed down and an odd looking vine started to grow from it. While this vine, people called it Pandora, sucked up the smog and began to purify Earth, it also grew at high speed destroying anything in sight. When the genetic map of Pandora was revealed, genetic modification became the last hope for mankind. The last four years have proven pivotal for the production between filming and budget issues, as well as the obvious matter of post production. For all intents and purposes however, Warriors Of Future stands to be a prospective in several ways – […]
The First Teaser For Ng Yuen-Fai’s WARRIORS OF FUTURE Lends An Auspicious Glance At Chinese Sci-Fi Action And Fantasy
One Cool Film Group Leave it to Louis Koo and an ambitious VFX wizard with a filmic vision of equal caliber to further lend competitve weight this week with an official look at upcoming sci-fi thriller, Warriors Of Future. The $56 million dollar spectacle hails a slick, stylish and strong-looking debut for director Ng Yuen-fai now hitting the Filmart floor in Hong Kong under Koo’s One Cool Film banner, and with the actor/producer joined once more by fellow film cohort, actor Sean Lau. In the not-too-distant future, pollution and global warming have left Earth barren, a giant meteorite crashed down and an odd looking vine started to grow from it. While this vine, people called it Pandora, sucked up the smog and began to purify Earth, it also grew at high speed destroying anything in sight. When the genetic map of Pandora was revealed, genetic modification became the last hope […]
Louis Koo’s Ambitious Sci-Fi, VIRTUS, Now Filming
The word is that sequels to Louis Koo and Sean Lau pairings, The White Storm and Out Of Inferno are currently in-bound. In the meantime, even more details are currently needed now that both actors have begun filming Koo’s latest sci-fi film endeavor, Virtus. The project has been a few years in the making while housed over at Koo’s One Cool Film banner which launched in 2013 and is also home to films Line Walker, Wild City and upcoming Meow from director Benny Chan. Ng Yuen Fai, credited for supplying visual effects on films such as The Warlords and The Storm Warriors, as well as both Tai Chi Zero and Tai Chi Hero, will make his feature debut. Plot details are extensively nil but as far as the rest of us are concerned, the various proof-of-concept bits that have found their way online are pretty telling. Koo and Lau suited […]
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