Director Woo to act in epic
By Min Lee |
July 29, 2010, Thursday
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A-LIST film maker John Woo is the first celebrity to join the cast of the second major film in the leading Chinese state film studio's campaign to reform the propaganda genre with a heavy dose of star power.
Last year, China Film Group Corp released "The Founding of a Republic" to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The studio stacked the historical epic with Chinese-language cinema's biggest stars, including actors Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Andy Lau.
China Film Group is now following up the 60 million yuan (US$8.8 million) production with a second star-studded blockbuster that commemorates the 90th anniversary next year of the Communist Party of China.
The first celebrity to sign on is "Mission: Impossible II" director Woo, China Film Group Film Production Corp President Zhao Haicheng said in a phone interview.
The veteran film maker will play Lin Sen, a leader of the Kuomintang party in the 1930s, he said.
Shooting will start in mid to late-August, Zhao said, declining to give further details.
The film, called "The Founding of a Party" in Chinese, will trace events between the 1911 revolution that overthrew imperial rule and the establishment of the Communist Party of China in 1921, Sina.com reported yesterday. Directors Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin will shoot in Beijing, Shanghai, Paris and Moscow, the report said.
"The Founding of a Republic" raked in a massive 415 million yuan at the box office.
Last year, China Film Group Corp released "The Founding of a Republic" to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The studio stacked the historical epic with Chinese-language cinema's biggest stars, including actors Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Andy Lau.
China Film Group is now following up the 60 million yuan (US$8.8 million) production with a second star-studded blockbuster that commemorates the 90th anniversary next year of the Communist Party of China.
The first celebrity to sign on is "Mission: Impossible II" director Woo, China Film Group Film Production Corp President Zhao Haicheng said in a phone interview.
The veteran film maker will play Lin Sen, a leader of the Kuomintang party in the 1930s, he said.
Shooting will start in mid to late-August, Zhao said, declining to give further details.
The film, called "The Founding of a Party" in Chinese, will trace events between the 1911 revolution that overthrew imperial rule and the establishment of the Communist Party of China in 1921, Sina.com reported yesterday. Directors Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin will shoot in Beijing, Shanghai, Paris and Moscow, the report said.
"The Founding of a Republic" raked in a massive 415 million yuan at the box office.
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