Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted January 14, 2016 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2016 I recently got through watching WellGo USA's latest acquisition, 'Mojin: The Lost Legend', a Chinese blockbuster which hit cinemas to close out 2015. Featuring Shu Qi, Chen Kun, and Huang Bo as a trio of modern day tomb raiders, check out my full review below - http://www.cityonfire.com/mojin-the-lost-legend-2015-review/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted January 14, 2016 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2016 For those in the NYC area - this is currently playing at the AMC Empire 25 (Times Square). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted October 5, 2018 Member Share Posted October 5, 2018 Mojin: The Lost Legend was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Well Go USA on May 3, 2016. A big budget direct sequel, Mojin X, is being produced by Zhang Wang through Saints Entertainment. Li Yifan is the director. The cast includes Celina Jade (Wolf Warriors II) Zhang Hanyu (Operation Red Sea) and Jiang Wu (Shock Wave). News from https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/celina-jade-china-mojin-x-tomb-1202968503/ and https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/mojin-x-to-sequel-after-wuershans-mojin-casting-celina-jade-zhang-hanyu-and-jiang-wu/ "Zhang Hanyu will take the role of Hu Bayi, a former soldier who became a tomb raider after inheriting a book on tomb configuration from his family. Jiang Wu will play Wang Kaixuan, Bayi's former comrade in the army and good friend. Celina Jade is cast as Shirley Yang, an American-born Chinese and photographer for National Geographic." The novel series, Ghost Blows Out the Light by Zhang Muye, "follows the story of Hu Bayi and his partner in crime, Wang Kaixuan as they raid tombs in search of riches. The duo will seek clues among ancient mythical sites across China together with Shirley Yang." (From http://www.dramapanda.com/2018/10/new-ghost-blows-out-light-film-to-star_8.html) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted November 6, 2018 Member Share Posted November 6, 2018 Even more Mojin movies: Fei Xing is directing two Mojin movies based on Ghost Blows Out The Light. These are from Enlight Media with a budget of $40 million (or maybe each has a budget of $40 million). Mojin: The Worm Valley gets a 2018 Chinese release, while Mojin: The Dragon Ridge will be released in 2019. The cast of both includes Cai Heng, Yu Heng, Gu Xuan (Disney High School Musical: China), and Chen Yusi (Walking Past the Future). Huayi Brothers is handling international sales. Between this pair of movies, and Mojin X (directed by Li Yifan), and Mojin Returns (from Tsui Hark, with a release date of October 1, 2019), this Mojin franchise thing is getting really confusing. Info on the Fei-Xing-directed Mojin movies at https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-05/miss-hokusai-director-keiichi-hara-receives-japan-medal-with-purple-ribbon/.139085 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted November 22, 2018 Member Share Posted November 22, 2018 https://twitter.com/AsianFilmStrike just put up this new poster for Mojin: The Worm Valley from Chinese director Fei Xing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted December 8, 2018 Member Share Posted December 8, 2018 Mojin: The Worm Valley, directed by Fei Xing and sequel to Mojin: The Lost Legend, opens in China on December 29, 2018. It has a new trailer. Info from http://cityonfire.com/get-ready-to-raid-more-tombs-in-mojin-the-lost-legend-2/ From what Well Go USA has on its Facebook and Twitter pages, this will get a limited North American theatrical release on January 4, 2019. New trailer from Well Go USA with English subtitles - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted December 19, 2018 Member Share Posted December 19, 2018 New character poster for Mojin: The Worm Valley. More are posted at https://twitter.com/AsianFilmStrike for December 16, 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted December 30, 2018 Member Share Posted December 30, 2018 Synopsis for Mojin: The Worm Valley - "The action-packed new film tells a story about the Mojin tomb raider team entering a lost world in southwest China's Yunnan province inhabited by gross giant worms and monsters, to find a mysterious gem in an ancient royal tomb needed to break a curse afflicting them. Mojin refers to Mojin Xiaowei, a government job in ancient times in China mainly in charge of exploring tombs in a hunt for treasure, thereby providing financial aid to the military. Those who took the job were required to have a good knowledge of geomantic omens and occult sciences, and have superb kung fu skills, wisdom and courage not found in ordinary tomb robbers." Synopsis from Well Go USA - "Mojin: The Worm Valley once again finds legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the Tomb of Emperor Xian, located on an island of monstrous creatures." Finally, an explanation for the multiple Mojin movies - "With the copyright of all eight volumes of Zhang Muye's novel [Ghost Blows Out The Light] represented by the online novel website qidian.com, the rights to explore the film adaptations were sold to different film and TV studios. This caused many controversies, as various directors were found to be working on different 'Mojin' stories to make them films, TV series and internet series with different casts, while the quality and styles also varied." "Fei [Fei Xing, director of Mojin: The Worm Valley] has two other 'Mojin' installments in development, and one of them [Mojin: The Dragon Ridge] will be released in 2019. However, he is not the only one working on the franchise. Legendary Hong Kong film wizard, Tsui Hark's 'Mojin Returns' will also hit Chinese theaters next year." From https://www.chinaentertainmentnews.com/2018/12/director-brings-fresh-air-to-chinas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted December 31, 2018 Member Share Posted December 31, 2018 Lee B. Golden III reviews Mojin: The Worm Valley at https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/mojin-the-worm-valley-illuminates-the-world-building-potential/ - "Unless you have any inhibitions about CG-heavy films or suffer from any number of phobias related to crustaceans, lizards or insects, Mojin: The Worm Valley should serve as worthwhile PG-13 entertainment." Mojin: The Worm Valley just opened in China. According to https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/china-box-office-aquaman-spider-verse-kill-mobile-1203096917/ - "Local fantasy sequel, 'Mojin: The Worm Valley' came in second despite just two days in theatres, bringing in $14.2 million over the course of Saturday and Sunday. Nevertheless, its haul was poor compared to that of its predecessor, the 2015 hit “Mojin: The Lost Legend,” which that year broke records with a three-day intake of $93.4 million, marking what was then the third largest opening for a mainland film. It also became the highest-ever grossing local language IMAX film at that time. The 'Worm Valley' sequel has been viciously dismissed by Chinese commentators online, receiving a dismal 3.6 out of 10 aggregate rating from nearly 11,000 users on popular platform Douban. Several dubbed it the worst film of the year. 'These awful films of yours are just making more space for Aquaman,’ said one popular comment, while another noted blithely: 'Watching this felt like dying.' " Maybe Chinese film viewers are just getting tired of tomb raider movies. Before the HK Cinema channel account was closed on Youtube recently for copyright violation, there were quite a few trailers for tomb-raider-type movies: The Mystery Mausoleum, Qian Long Duo Bao, Tomb Fight for Beauty, Tomb Story, Yu Hun Shi, Treasure Union: Phoenix Treasure, Tomb Anecdote, Jiu Long Jie Guan, Qin Huang Xi Zhong, Mu Ye Gui Shi Zhi Shen Xian Yan, and Candle in the Tomb (2019). (I watched all those tomb trailers, and they've vanished off Youtube. Now where am I going to get my fix for new Chinese trailers?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted April 6, 2019 Member Share Posted April 6, 2019 Well Go USA releases the Blu-ray and DVD for Mojin: The Worm Valley in the U.S. on July 9, 2019. https://videoeta.com/items/211514-mojin:-the-worm-valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted May 9, 2019 Member Share Posted May 9, 2019 The Legend Hunters is the new title for Mojin X, the sequel to Mojin: Lost Legend. Li Yifan is still listed as director, with cast Celina Jade (Wolf Warriors II) Zhang Hanyu (Operation Red Sea) and Jiang Wu (Shock Wave). Mojin: The Lost Legend was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Well Go USA on May 3, 2016. Confusingly, The Legend Hunters is listed as "Candle in the Tomb" on chinesemov.com. The Chinese title is Gui Chui Deng Zhi Tian Xing Shu. New poster for The Legend Hunters, with a 2020 summer release, posted on May 9, 2019 on https://twitter.com/AsianFilmStrike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted July 22, 2019 Member Share Posted July 22, 2019 Character photos from The Legend Hunters were posted at https://twitter.com/AsianFilmStrike on July 22, 2019. Here's one with an actual candle - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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