Member DiP Posted November 2, 2009 Member Share Posted November 2, 2009 'Stool Pigeon' starts filming in HK 'Beast Stalker' team returns with police story HONG KONG – Production got underway Monday in Hong Kong on "The Stool Pigeon," a new thriller featuring the team behind breakout hit "The Beast Stalker." Somewhat less of a police procedural than "Beast Stalker" and not connected in terms of story, "Stool Pigeon" is again directed by Dante Lam and scripted by Jack Ng. In a reversal of previous positions, the film stars Nick Cheung Ka-fai as a cop and Nicholas Tse Ting-fung as a police informant trying to infiltrate Triad gangs. Production is by Emperor Motion Pictures and SIL-Metropole Organisation with a budget of HK$32 million ($4.13 million). Emperor will present the project for the first time at this week's American Film Market. Delivery is scheduled for summer 2010. "The strong performance of 'The Beast Stalker' both at the local boxoffice and at international festivals last year had a positive impact on the local industry," said Albert Lee, CEO of EMP. Other actors returning from "Beast Stalker" include Miao Pu and Liu Kai-chi. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/asia/hong-kong/e3i422dde68f61e91f25c255707af966475 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted November 3, 2009 Author Member Share Posted November 3, 2009 EMP adds Stool Pigeon to star-studded AFM slate Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures has started shooting The Stool Pigeon, featuring the team behind last year’s sleeper hit The Beast Stalker, one of four high-profile action films on the company’s AFM slate. Co-produced by Sil-Metropole Organisation, the $4.13m (HK$32m) film is directed by Dante Lam and stars Nick Cheung and Nicholas Tse. The trio also worked together on The Beast Stalker, a critically-acclaimed action thriller which was a hit in Hong Kong and received wide play on the festival circuit. In The Stool Pigeon, Cheung plays a cop, while Tse takes on the role of an ex-con turned police informant who tries to infiltrate the triads. In The Beast Stalker, Tse was the cop and Cheung played a ruthless hitman. The Stool Pigeon is slated for a summer 2010 release. The film joins previously announced projects Shaolin and Jiang Wen’s Let The Bullets Fly on EMP’s slate. Shaolin is a $30m action drama, directed by Benny Chan and starring Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse, which is being filmed with the cooperation of the legendary Shaolin monastery. Jiang’s project, an action comedy in which he also stars with Chow Yun-fat and Ge You, marks the acclaimed filmmaker’s move into genre territory. EMP is also selling Derek Yee’s Triple Tap – an action drama starring Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Charlene Choi and Li Bingbing. Currently in production, the film revolves around a cop who believes that a local hero who foils an armed robbery may not be as innocent as he at first appears. The slate marks EMP’s biggest production push in over a year. “It’s just coincidence that we have so many films to launch at the same time – we were waiting for the right elements to come together,” says EMP CEO Albert Lee. Earlier this year, EMP’s Shinjuku Incident, directed by Derek Yee and starring Jackie Chan, premiered at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The company has also been stepping up distribution activities, co-distributing titles such as Departures and The Time Traveler’s Wife with Lark Films Distribution in Hong Kong. http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/afm/emp-adds-stool-pigeon-to-star-studded-afm-slate/5007610.article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted January 6, 2010 Author Member Share Posted January 6, 2010 Beast Stalker 2 wraps with Lam promising added action and drama The much-anticipated sequel to the 2008 Hong Kong film success story Beast Stalker, Beast Stalker 2 (working title), wrapped last week and is set to screen in summer. Directed by Dante Lam (Hit Team) and starring Nicholas Tse (The Promise) and Nick Cheung (Red River), Beast Stalker 2 has a more a complicate plot and grander scenes and caters to audiences both on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, according to Lam. "The sequel is even darker," Lam said on set in Hong Kong on the final day of shooting, adding that the huge increase in the film's seriousness and action scenes was very demanding on the cast and crew. Beast Stalker 2 sees Tse turn from policeman in the first installment to gangster in the second and there were a number of scenes in which he was beaten up. Tse said that Beast Stalker 2 was more physically challenging and hoped that audiences will see him in a different light. Tse added that he was keen to work on Beast Stalker's sequel with the same cast and crew as the first, especially with costar Cheung. "When we act together in a scene, we have such chemistry that it is like we are in a relationship," he said. Cheung's role as a cold-blooded killer in Beast Stalker helped him win the Best Actor Award at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards. The sequel sees him take on the role of policeman, with Cheung promising a different side that audiences have not previously seen in his work. "I believe I made a breakthrough performance in the sequel, otherwise I would not have accepted the role. Winning awards is not the purpose of me acting." Despite being considered by many as already reaching the peak of his acting career, Cheung said that there are many fields that he would still like to explore. "In the future, I would like to work with mainland directors who have fresh ideas, like Feng Xiaogang and Ning Hao." http://life.globaltimes.cn/entertainment/2010-01/496713.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted January 23, 2010 Author Member Share Posted January 23, 2010 Director: Dante Lam林超贤 Cast: Nicholas Tse 谢霆锋 Nick Cheung 张家辉 Plot: Senior Inspector Don Lee relies heavily on the information provided by stool pigeons in his job. Barbarian is a painstakingly meticulous armed robber. Don needs an informant to infiltrate his gang. He recruits street-racer Guy. Guy provides information on Barbarian’s next job, but Don is unable to effectively act on them until the final moment. Since Barbarian has not left any evidence, Don is pressured to convince Guy to become a witness for the prosecution. Don promises to provide Guy with a new identity in another country, but the departure is beset by accidents and Guy only barely makes it to safety. Haunted by his ruined relationships with his ex-wife and former stool pigeons, Don no longer wants to be part of a world that is one betrayal after another. http://www.scorpioeast.com.sg/Up-Coming-New-Release/june-2010.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted November 10, 2010 Member Share Posted November 10, 2010 just got the dvd today, and got done watching it. It was excellent. Out of Dante Lam's recent works dating back to The Beast Stalker, I'd say overall this was the best! I highly recommend it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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