Member The Dragon Posted May 16, 2009 Member Share Posted May 16, 2009 Cool Beans. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted May 17, 2009 Author Member Share Posted May 17, 2009 Asia signs up 'Bodyguards' Cinema Popular inks raft of pacts We Distribution has inked multiple territory deals around Asia for the Donnie Yen actioner "Bodyguards and Assassins" at Cannes, an early success for the Cinema Popular shingle. The $23 million "Bodyguards," formerly known as "Dark October," is currently lensing in Shanghai with Yen, Leon Lai, Nicholas Tse, Eric Tsang and Hu Jun. Pic is produced by Peter Ho-Sun Chan and Huang Jianxin and is the first of five pics on their Cinema Popular slate. Mediacorp Raintree Pictures and Festive Films co-acquired for the territory of Singapore. Malaysia and Brunei rights go to RAM Entertainment while PT Teguh Bakti Mandiri picked up for Indonesia. Parkit Films took Vietnam and Applause Entertainment will handle Taiwan. Pic features three-time world kickboxing champion Cung Le and also marks the debut of Li Yuchun, past winner of China's "American Idol"-styled singing contest "Super Girl." http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1118003828 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member MLee Posted May 17, 2009 Member Share Posted May 17, 2009 The poster and character images look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted May 18, 2009 Author Member Share Posted May 18, 2009 http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=13833&image_id=143729&display_set=eng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Maz Posted May 21, 2009 Member Share Posted May 21, 2009 New trailer shown at Cannes LU8QkGsDGSw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted May 21, 2009 Author Member Share Posted May 21, 2009 This is getting better and better!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted May 21, 2009 Member Share Posted May 21, 2009 Yup, that was enough to get me excited for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Maz Posted May 21, 2009 Member Share Posted May 21, 2009 Here are screencap pics from the trailer Source: http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2009-05-21/23312532122.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted June 3, 2009 Author Member Share Posted June 3, 2009 Cung Le, Xing Yu, Wang Wen-Jie (Wushu) and Philip Ng Wan-Lung (Invisible Target) have joined the cast. http://www.kungfucinema.com/first-footage-of-bodyguards-and-assassins/7630 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member butcher wing Posted June 4, 2009 Member Share Posted June 4, 2009 this movie look ill. Big names, and the fact that they rebuilt Hong Kong of the early 1900s wow that just makes me itch more for this move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bolofan Posted June 4, 2009 Member Share Posted June 4, 2009 This is another film that is making me believe in this rebirth of martial arts action/drama. I don't know if its just me that feels this way but hong kong action cinema in the 70/80/90's was excellent but cliched and only seem to appeal to its homegrown audience and a specific overseas audience. These films and the likes of Ip Man etc, are type of film that I feel have mass appeal to all types of viewer. Hell, I watched Ip Man last night with a mate who dislikes martial art cinema in general and he genuinely enjoyed every minute. Beautifully shot and directed with a surprising amount of character depth he thought. Bodyguards and assassins looks to be another epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted June 18, 2009 Author Member Share Posted June 18, 2009 Teaser: http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=595585330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Maz Posted June 19, 2009 Member Share Posted June 19, 2009 Here's the teaser on youtube UI8xr8mi3b4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted July 7, 2009 Author Member Share Posted July 7, 2009 “BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS” + “PUNITIVE HOMICIDE” – Teddy Chen interview - FILMART-HAF 2009 Formaly known as “Dark October”, the very long-gestated “Bodyguards and Assassins” becomes reality, and is definitly one of the most existing and expected Hong Kong / Chinese action movie to be released in South East Asia next year. Just before the beginning of the shooting, director Teddy Chen (“Downtown Torpedoes”, “Purple Storm”...) announced this huge project officially at the Hong Kong Filmart in March 2009, with his producer Peter Chan (“The Warlords”) and one big part of his amazing cast (Donnie Yen, Tony Leung Kar-fai, Simon Yam, Eric Tsang, Hu Jun, Nicholas Tse, Fan Bing-bing, Leon Lai, and Wang Po-chieh). At the same time, Teddy Chen also announced at the Hong Kong –Asia Film Financing forum (HAF) his next project, the thriller “Punitive Homicide”. Ambroisine: You’ve just announced at the FILMART what’s probably the biggest movie of you career? Teddy Chen: Yes. It’s called “Bodyguards and Assassins”, I’m gonna start to shoot it in Shanghai next week. On the set, I’m gonna rebuilt the Hong Kong of 1905, rebuilt the Victoria Harbour, Queen’s road, and some of the main Hong Kong roads of the last century. The story takes place exactly on October 15th, 1905. The revolution father, Doctor Sun Yat Set, comes to Hong Kong for one day. During his stay, some people from the Ching dynasty want to get rid of him. Then, some bodyguards arrive, from every streets, to help him, to protect this great person. FA: Is this event actually really happened? TC: Actually, the life of this revolution father has been threatened many times. Several assassins tried to kill him, once in San Francisco. He’s also been kidnapped in London. That’s real. But my story isn’t real. I created the 6 or 7 unsung heroes that will protect him and risk their lives to help the revolution. They are heroes with no names. They are not soldiers. This kind of heroes are from the streets. They are actors, guys selling stuff on the streets, beggar, one of them is a rickshaw man… They’re all from the streets. They are not from a revolution team, you know. Nobody knows them. They are unsung heroes. FA: When did you start to work on this story? TC: I wanted to make this movie ten years ago. The ideas came out in 1999 and some investors get involded in the project. But in this ten years period, I had some problems making this movie, especially because of the SARS. It happened in a village in China, next to the set of the movie in 2003. Everybody was afraid of course, so we had to stop. After the SARS in 2004, one of my main investors passed away, and I didn’t have enough money to carry on. So, I stoped again…until now. My producer Mr Peter Chan Ho-sun and I, discussed about this project for the first time in 1999. We had to work together on it, but something happened and I left. It didn’t work out. Ten years later, he came back. We discussed about it 2008, and he said “OK, let’s do it again”, because he though it was the right time to do it. FA: And you have also another project that you’re presenting at the HAF, “Punitive Homicide”? TC: Yeah it’s a smaller budget called punitive hominicide. It’s a thriller, a psycho serial killer story. I’m gonna do it after this project, in 2010. It’s about a psycho. It’s about murders. The story is about some people getting killed in Hong Kong. 1, 2, 3 are murdered… And the killer who did that he killed gave them some kind of punishement after their death. He cut away some pieces of body, in different way. But there is one common point between the murders: the victims all have an ancient antique jade, inside their body. The policemen don’t know why, and there’s no way to find any clue or to know why the killer is doing this. With the help of a university professor, who teachs history, they find out that the killer thinks he’s the king of the Ching dynasty. And he start killing because he wants the world to be in peace. So he starts killing the kings of the 6 kingdoms. All the movie is a mind game thing. And there will be an unexpected ending. I think the mind game will work out with the audience… FA: It’s very much in the same style of “Double Vision”, also wrote by Su Chao-pin… TC: Yeah. Su Chao-pin and I are very good friends and I like the things he did, he’s kind of good in this kind of field. FA: Who’ll play in the movie? TC: At this moment, Chang Chen, from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, Hsu Chi from “The Transporter” and Anthony Wong. FA: When did you hear about HAF for the first time? TC: This is my second time at HAF. Actually “Bodyguard and Assassins”, when it was called in English, “Dark October”, was selected at the HAF projects in 2003. I think it’s a great way to know more people from the industry, people who’re not from Hong Kong. You have a project for them and maybe sometimes they have a project for you. Maybe you can work out on this project now, maybe you can work on it later. It’s good to meet people. I think it’s good for the industry. FA: For this project, you’re looking for some hong kong investors or foreign investors maybe? TC: I have already half of the budget from Media Asia, I’m looking for the other half from foreign countries. From western countries, from Europe… It’s quite interesting because, many of the French companies that I met like this ideas of “Punitive Homicide”. I think maybe it’s gonna be co-produced by a French company. FA: So, you’re leaving tomorrow for China? TC: Yes. And I’ll start the shooting of “Bodyguards and Assassins” next week. It’s a lot of pressure for me. Because it’s a big movie, it’s a great cast and I have to make this thing out well, you know. FA: You worked with some of the actors before. TC: I worked with Leon Lai, Tony Leung, Eric Tsang…Never with Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse. FA: Any last words? TC: I hope you like my next film, and my next next film. And I hope to work on “Punitive Hominicide” with a French production team. Interview conducted on March 25th, 2009 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/bodyguards-and-assassins-punitive-homicide-director-teddy-chen-interview-fi/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted July 15, 2009 Author Member Share Posted July 15, 2009 Unofficial site: http://www.cinemapopular.com/productions.php#bodyguards-and-assassins Brochure: http://www.cinemapopular.com/pdf/BNA-Brochure-Final.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted July 18, 2009 Author Member Share Posted July 18, 2009 Conflict On The Set Of BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS? When writing about the new trailer for Teddy Chen’s Bodyguards And Assassins just a couple days ago I commented on how it was, frankly, a little bit underwhelming. Could this be why? According to published reports, after clashing with producer Peter Chan, director Teddy Chen walked off set for two weeks and was replaced for that period by Andrew Lau Wai-Keung. Chan and Chen would later patch up their differences with Chen eventually returning to the helm, but this sort of conflict - particularly in the middle of photography - never bodes well. http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/conflict-on-the-set-of-bodyguards-and-assassins/ http://www.hkreporter.com/talks/thread-791873-1-1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted July 28, 2009 Author Member Share Posted July 28, 2009 'Infernal' Lau joins 'Bodyguards' Cinema Popular production adds Lau on last shooting day HONG KONG -- “Infernal Affairs” helmer Andrew Lau will join the production team of “Bodyguards and Assassins," the upcoming period epic from studio Cinema Popular. Former beauty queen and assassin in Wong Kar Wai’s “Fallen Angels,” Michele Reis, rounds out the star-studded cast that includes Donnie Yen (“Ip Man”), Leon Lai (“Forever Enthralled”), Wang Xueqi (“Forever Enthralled”), Nicholas Tse (“Dragon Tiger Gate”), Tony Leung Ka-fai (“The Lover”) and Hu Jun (“Red Cliff”). The Teddy Chen-directed, $22 million action drama went through 10 years of development and a turbulent three-month shoot, beset by accidents and injuries, at the elaborate set of 1900 Hong Kong that took a year to build in Shanghai. Producers Peter Chan and Huang Jianxin enlisted the help of Andrew Lau on the last day of filming Monday. "Bodyguards" is produced under Cinema Popular, the joint venture between producer-director Chan and producer Huang Jianxin’s We Pictures and China’s Poly Bona. The film is scheduled for release December 18 in China. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/asia/hong-kong/e3i64d7e42a898297d7a0a4aea022a0a20b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted August 6, 2009 Member Share Posted August 6, 2009 Official trailer up... http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/and-now-its-time-for-excitement.-the-official-trailer-for-teddy-chens-bodyg#extended More exciting but I was expecting a little more of the old kung fu in the trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Milkyway Posted August 6, 2009 Author Member Share Posted August 6, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lXedOfCaBU&feature=channel_page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted August 11, 2009 Member Share Posted August 11, 2009 BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS Full Trailer Released A full trailer of Bodyguards and Assassins has been released on the net. Set in Hong Kong back in 1905 and largely fictional, the story tells Dr. Sun Yat-Suen, the soon-to-be founder of the Chinese republic, travels to Hong Kong to raise money for his revolutionary cause. The imperial government sends assassins to kill Sun, and a local business tycoon, Sun’s supporter, hires eight bodyguards to escort him to safety, through 13 blocks. It is directed by Teddy Chan (Wait Till You’re Older, The Accidental Spy, Purple Storm) and produced by director Peter Chan (The Warlords, Perhaps Love, Comrades: Almost a Love Story) and director Huang Jianxin (Back to Back, Face to Face, Samsara, The Black Cannon Incident). An all-star cast is aiming the film at a high box-officer return later this year. The cast include: Donnie Yen as Shen Chongyang, the Gambler; Leon Lai as Liu Yubai, the Beggar; Nicholas Tse as A Si, the Rickshaw Man, Hu Jun as Yan Xiaoguo, the Assassin; Leung Ka-Fai as Chen Shaobai, the Revolutionary; Li Yuchun as Fang Hong, the Diva; Wang Xueqi as Li Yutang, the Tycoon; Eric Tsang as Shi Mifu, the Policeman; Fan Bingbing as Yue Ru, the Concubine; Wang Bo-Chieh as Li Chongguang, the Heir; Simon Yam as Fang Tian, the Fugitive; Zhou Yun as A Chun, the Fiancée; Sabi Bateer as the Hawker; Cung Le as Sa Zhenshan, the Henchman; Michelle Reis; Xing Yu, Wang Wenjie and Philip Ng as another assassin. Chow Yun-Fat is rumored to play Sun Yat-Suen. The project started almost a decade ago in Hong Kong, with the original title Sap Yeuh Wai Sing (Cantonese pronunciation), which means “October in Victoria City”. Victoria City was the urban area the British planned for themselves in mid-1800s. To tone down the colonial element in the title, the third character “Wai” was replaced by another one also pronounced as “Wai”. The new title, which has been used ever since, could mean “City Siege in October”. In 2004, a set was built in Chinese city of Guangzhou, to recreate Hong Kong’s Central district in 1905, and shooting was about to start with Aaron Kwok, Leung Ka-Fai, Andy Lau and Eason Chan Then the financier backing the project unexpectedly took his own life, forcing the projected to be shut down. Last year director producer Peter Chan and Huang Jianxin picked it up secured new funding from powerful Chinese companies, like China Film Group Corp., Bona Films and Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group. A larger, more expensive and more realistic set, occupies an area equals to 10 football fields, was built over an eight month span in Shanghai. Overwhelmed by the complexity of the filming, Teddy Chan and Peter Chan asked Andrew Lau for help. Lau (Confession of Pain, Initial D, the Infernal Affairs trilogy) flew in and took over the shooting of some scenes. He said he would use the same set for his next film. Could it be Queen’s Road Ripper, which tells Jack the Ripper vanishes from London and reappears in Hong Kong? Principal shooting has wrapped up last week and the release in Hong Kong and the rest of China is scheduled for the coming Christmas. The only thing produced during the first production attempt is a short teaser trailer, a CG clip showing the change of Hong Kong island’s cityscape from 1905 to 2005, in backward. This clip is contained in the full trailer. http://www.monkeypeaches.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted August 27, 2009 Member Share Posted August 27, 2009 Rugged martial arts veteran kicks on to stardom VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN martial artist Cung Le will soon emerge on screen fighting fiercely in "Bodyguards and Assassins," a period epic by Hong Kong filmmaker Teddy Chan. The long-anticipated, action-packed flick follows a group of martial artists who try to protect revered Chinese revolutionary Dr Sun Yat-sen from an assassination attempt during his stay in Hong Kong on October 15, 1905. Le, once the three-time world champion of kickboxing and now holder of the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship, portrays a henchman pitted against an obsessive gambler played by famed Hong Kong kung fu star Donnie Yen. Celebrated for formidable skills in such martial arts styles as Chinese full-contact fighting, Japanese taekwondo, Thai boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling, Le made his first foray into Hollywood with a feature film "Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter" in 2007. With his electrifying movement and rugged good looks, the fighter-turned-actor, 37, has starred in subsequent productions including "Fighting," "Tekken," "Pandorum" and "True Legend." "Bodyguards and Assassins" was filmed at an enormous replica set of 1905 downtown Hong Kong in Shanghai's suburban Songjiang District. After a three-month shoot it is due for release on December 18. Q: How did you start your fighting career? A: When I was a 10-year-old boy, my family moved from Saigon to San Jose, California, where early bullying finally inspired my mother to protect her little son. So she took me to the martial arts school to learn how to defend myself. After years of backbreaking practice, I mastered a variety of fighting styles. And then I became a professional fighter as well as a team coach. Q: You've been billed as a world-class fighter with lots of medals and champion titles. What was your biggest win in this period? A: I was able to beat Frank Shamrock, a long-time MMA (mixed martial arts) legend, in a fight at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, on March 29, 2008. I defeated Shamrock by technical knockout in the third round when his right arm was broken after a series of kicks, prompting me to claim the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship, a world title that I still hold. Q: Did your fighting career benefit your later acting performances? A: Yes, it surely did. I think my early martial arts practice laid a solid foundation for my later acting career. It made me stronger, more athletic and physical to be a kung fu actor. Also, the diverse martial arts styles I've grasped help me adapt to different characters. Q: You've starred in several films over the past couple of years. Do you have a favorite among them? A: Well, I try not to classify the films as each has its own excitement and strength. But I'd like to say I'm happy to be part of the historic epic "Bodyguards and Assassins." I feel privileged to work with Donnie Yen, one of my favorite actors and directors in Asia. Q: In another Chinese-language film, "True Legend," you worked with director Woo-ping Yuen and actress Michelle Yeoh, both Asian film scene heavyweights. Talk about your collaboration with them. A: Wow, it was quite an experience to work with two award-winning film personalities at one time. They are just awesome and I learned a lot from them. I think I'm better prepared to be involved in Chinese-language films after my collaboration with Yuen and Yeoh. Q: Do you have other planned projects? A: "Pandorum," a sci-fi action thriller, is the story of a pair of crew members aboard a spaceship who wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identity. I starred alongside Dennis Marshall, Ben Foster and Cam Gigandet in the film and I'm going to promote it before its scheduled release next month. http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090816/article_410811.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fightingfist Posted August 27, 2009 Member Share Posted August 27, 2009 Gotta watch this lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Maz Posted October 15, 2009 Member Share Posted October 15, 2009 New 8min promo vid with new footage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted October 15, 2009 Member Share Posted October 15, 2009 Friggin awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted October 16, 2009 Member Share Posted October 16, 2009 Teddy Chen has stated that there'll be over 60 minutes of non-stop action which will take up most of the second half of the movie. The running time will be around 135 minutes. http://hktopten.blogspot.com/2009/10/20091018-bodyguards-and-assassins.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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