The Murderer: End of Filming

After more than 3 months of shooting in Shanghai, Peter Chan has finally wrapped the filming of his latest project, The Murderer. For the occasion, and if you haven’t seen them already, I’ll leave here some pictures of the locations. No set pictures with Ziyi so far, but it’s still worth checking out.

  

Happy Birthday Ziyi!

Happy birthday to the one and only Zhang Ziyi! 生日快乐!

The Murderer Sneak Peak

The filming of Ziyi’s next movie The Murderer is still underway in Shanghai and it should be until sometimes in March, but we have the chance today to watch its very first teaser trailer. The quality is pretty awful, but we’re grateful to whoever filmed it and shared it on Weibo.

The Murderer First Official Announcement

Ziyi’s next movie, The Murderer (酱园弄), a passion project of Hong Kong director Peter Chan that took 7 years of preparation, is finally being filmed in Shanghai. An official teaser poster was just released today on the official Weibo @电影酱园弄, along with a short text:

七年筹备,陈可辛导演电影新作《酱园弄》终于日前开机。各位主演也陆续进组,他们每一位,都因为喜欢剧本,相信角色,来到“酱园弄”,角色各不相同,爱电影的心无差别。十分感谢大家对影片的关注与厚爱。由于本片角色众多,拍摄难度不低,至今仍在搭配组合过程中,为保证台前幕后所有主演、主创全力以赴专注拍摄,我们将待阵容齐整后,再择机与大家分享更多影片信息,官宣全部阵容,主演排序会以其所饰角色的出场顺序为准。唯望不负大家期待。

顺颂时祺。

A lot of rumors and speculation having been circulating online about the cast, but only Ziyi, Lei Jiayin, Li Xian and Jackson Yee have been seen of the set so far. Given that the cast list is very long and not completed yet, they didn’t make anything official so far. More rumored cast members include Yang Mi, Zhao Liying, Shen Teng, Liu Xiaoqing, Joan Chen, Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, Tong Dawei, Liu Ye and many more.

Dior Shanghai Store Opening

On October 27th, Ziyi was in Shanghai to attend the opening of a Dior flagship store.

Ziyi and Wang Feng Divorce

Wang Feng and Ziyi simultaneously announced their divorce on Weibo today.

南華早報 (South China Morning Post), the Hong Kong-based newspaper, published an article in English about it.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has announced she is splitting with her husband of eight years, musician Wang Feng, with whom she has two children. On October 23, Zhang and Wang posted the same message on Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter: “Having experienced eight years of marriage together, and after extensive consideration and discussion, we have decided to get a divorce.”The statement goes on to say that no blame is attached to either party and their separation does not mean that either failed or betrayed the other; and nor will it affect their love for their children. This is a decision between two adults. We hope to gain your understanding and support,” it adds.

Although Zhang and Wang have decided to divorce, they write in the shared statement that they will continue to co-parent their eight-year-old daughter and three-year-old son “as a family unit”.

Their statement on Weibo adds that neither of them will say anything more about their divorce.

Edition Winter Fashion Show

On October 8th, Ziyi attended the 2023 Winter Collection of Edition.

Elle China October

Ziyi is the cover of the October’s issue of Elle China, the 35th anniversary edition.