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New Poster For SWITCH

Filmsmash has a new poster for the upcoming June 12, 2013 China 3D release of director Jay Sun’s espionage action thriller, Switch. The film underwent some scruitiny since its postponed October 2012 release, between Chinese censors citing missing music, breach of national security, and extra post VFX editing on behalf of the film’s lead actor, Andy Lau. The film is one of China’s most expensive productions, rounding at 160 million RMB, and was a collaborative effort between collaboration of four major studios and was shot between six countries, with the help of VFX editor Chuck Comisky whose previous credits include Jaws 3-D, The Crow, Blade and James Cameron’s epic sci-fi adventure, Avatar. Switch also stars Zhang Jingchu, Lin Chi-ling and Tong Dawei. Veteran stunt coordinator Bob Brown was also on set designing the action sequences for the film, telling the press “For this film, the director gave me a huge […]

New Trailer For The Long Awaited Release Of SWITCH

Lee B. Golden III

The new trailer for the upcoming film, SWITCH, is now available online, starring Hong Kong Canto-pop singer, producer and Hong Kong action star Andy Lau, along with Lin Chi-Ling, Zhang Jingchu and Tong Dawei and directed by Jay Sun. SWITCH is described as a slick new 3D espionage spy thriller about a special agent and an insurance company employee who set out on a mission to protect a famous piece of artwork. After the release of the international trailer last year, the movie underwent several critical hurdles that crippled its scheduled October 2012 release, dealing with reshoots, music, special effects and real world situations that were impacting the film’s progress with the censorship board, among other things. The budget was $160 million RMB and it was shot in four countries throughout Asia. As it stands, no release date has been set just yet, so stay tuned for more info. Watch […]