the grandmasters

RISE OF A LEGEND Shoots This Week; Sammo Hung Attached To Co-Star

Asian Movie Pulse has reported via Filmbiz.Asia that director Roy Chow will begin filming his latest action adventure film, Rise Of The Legend, as early as Tuesday with action director Corey Yuen designing the sequences. The update comes as the anticipation looms over who will play the iconic lead role of the late, legendary martial arts master and healer, Wong Fei-Hung, whose life has been told and immortalized in multiple versions of TV and film over the past century. The film was made public in a previous report two weeks ago with Bill Kong producing, and True Legend and Fearless scribe Christine To Chi-Long providing the screenplay, detailing the story of Master Wong’s earlier life. It was also announced that Unbeatable stars Nick Cheung and Eddie Peng, and The Legend Is Born: Ip Man star Dennis To Yu-Hang were among those tapped for the lead role. Twitchfilm also confirms that […]

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The New U.S. Trailer For THE GRANDMASTERS Is Online

Lee B. Golden III

With the biographical storytelling of the late legendary Wing Chun master, Ip Man, now having gone mainstream with several films and television installations, it would likely make sense that the biggest selling point in the new U.S. trailer for The Grandmasters would be showcasing martial artist and actor Cung Le. So, this is pretty much the case here. Other than that, the entire thing is pretty much a re-broadcast of the teaser that many viewers of the teaser from several yeara ago have already seen: Tony Leung Ka-Fai in character, battling a dozen or so baddies in the rain in the dark of night amidst a whirlwind of total Wing Chun smacketh down. Yeah, if you’re like me and the many, MANY others who have seen that footage before, you probably just want to see the movie already. And I don’t blame you. And that day will come courtesy of […]

Hong Kong Gets A Home Release For THE GRANDMASTERS

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In light of The Weinstein Company’s recent U.S. acquisition and announced release of the long-awaited Wong Kar-Wai film, The Grandmasters, new reports are in, stating Hong Kong distributor Mei Ah is slated to relase the film domestically on April 23, 2013. The report comes courtesy of Asian Action Cinema, who linked the pre-order listing over at YesAsia.com, with availablity on DVD, Blu-Ray and Steelbook. The film finally premiered in China on January 8, 2013, five years after the first teaser was released. SYNOPSIS : “Martial arts. Two words: Horizontal and vertical. There’s no right and wrong; the last man standing wins. “Over a decade in the making, Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster is finally here! Initially planned as a biography of Wing Chun Grandmaster Ip Man (Best known as Bruce Lee’s master), The Grandmaster has since become a grand martial arts epic about three martial art masters who walk three very different paths in […]

THE GRANDMASTERS Gets Full Distribution And A Release Date

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Five years in the making, writer, producer and director Wong Kar-Wai’s latest cinematic entry into the history of Ip Man movies, The Grandmasters, will finally see its way to a bigger audience in the latest circulated report from City On Fire via Indiewire and Exhibitor Relations. The reports indicates The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to distribute the film, and has set an official wide release date for August 23, 2013. The film, stars Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Zhang Ziyi, Song Hye-kyo and Chang Chen, with a screenplay co-written by Wong, along with Zou Jingzhi and Xu Haofeng, and produced by Megan Ellison and Ng See-Yuen, with action choreography by Yuen Woo-Ping. The Grandmasters endured a long production stint which saw the film acquire of up to four hours of material, evidently cut down to two hours, along with additional edits prior to its pushed back release. China finally got […]

The Latest News On IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT

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(Poster Source: Martial Arts Movie Junkie) Several reports this week so far reveal new details about Herman Yau’s new film, Ip Man: The Final Fight starring Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Eric Tsang, Huang Yi, Jordan Chan and Gillian Chung. The film is the latest in a lineage of film and tv projects from several directors based on the late grandmaster of Wing Chun and well-known master of late iconic martial arts action film legend, Bruce Lee. Twitchfilm reported that Ip Man: The Final Fight is set to open this year’s 37th annual Hong Kong International Film Festival, among 300 other titles including Ronny Yu‘s latest film, Saving General Yang. The film is an unofficial follow-up from Herman Yau’s 2010 project, Ip Man: The Legend Is Born, which starred Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, Lam Suet, Bernice Liu, Fan Siu-Wong and also, Ip Man’s eldest son, Ip Chun. Wong’s career spans […]