Category: The Grandmaster

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Jul 20, 2012

The Grandmasters Still Shooting

Some news of the set of The Grandmasters. A few days ago, Ziyi posted on her blog a picture of Wong Kar Wai’s birthday on the set. Apparently, she’s still shooting, at least for some days.

“Over the past couple of days, various Asian outlets have reported about Wong Kar-Wai’s 54th birthday on Wednesday, adding along with it that “Zhang Ziyi posted the birthday celebration photo from the set.” Yes, from the set Even with a hard date now on the books, “The Grandmaster” is apparently “in a hurry to wrap up production.” So, Wong Kar-Wai is still on the set with five months to go before the film hits theaters.”

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Jun 18, 2012

Dangerous Liaisons New Trailer

A new trailer today from Xie Yifan’s (Jang Dong-gun) perspective. We can enjoy some new images of Ziyi. Screencaps have been added to the gallery.

Moreover, we have some news of Ziyi who is still working hard for “The Grandmasters”.

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May 25, 2012

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Dangerous Liaisons and… The Grandmasters

We have some really good news from the Cannes Film Festival. Be warned, huge update.

Yesterday, Dangerous Liaisons was screened at Directors Fortnight. Unfortunately, Zhang Ziyi wasn’t in Cannes because she’s still filming Wong Kar Wai’s “The Grandmasters”. Cecilia Cheung and director Hur Jin-ho were there to promote the film. The producer of the film revealed that the cut screened at Cannes was edited in a hurry.

Even if the film is not fully finished, it received a standing ovation at the end of the screening. Below, several comments on the film:

It’s very human, romantic and sincere. I was touched and I even cried when the leading actor was breaking up with the innocent woman

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On Twitter:

The Chinese-language version of “Dangerous Liaisons” has been a huge hit at Cannes! Check out… fb.me/1URDIRLeX

@ChinesePod

Zhang Ziyi & Cecilia Cheung steal the show in Dangerous Liaisons. Zhang breaks your heart. Cecilia makes you root against her.

@filmfest

Dangerous Liaisons was exquisite, and brought in something new to familiar story. Cecilia Cheung is absolutely brilliant in it #cannes2012

@FilmLandEmpire

And now, enjoy the first trailer…

Moreover, The Grandmasters was screened in Cannes yesterday, not the whole film but some footage. Thierry Frémaux said that the footage was edited by Wong Kar-Wai for the festival.

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The 5 minutes screened yesterday were focused on Ziyi’s character. Filmed in a snowy place, we can see Ziyi as a child looking at her father while he’s practising his martial art. At the same time, we see Ziyi training herself in the falling snow. The journalists who saw it were very impressed by the beauty of this cinematography. A Chinese journalist filmed the footage and posted it on Youku but it was quickly removed, although a copy was saved on Baidu. If you are curious. you can watch it here but be warned the quality is not good.

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May 11, 2012

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Dangerous Liaisons & Guizhou Braun

Ziyi’s new movie, Dangerous Liaisons, will be screened at Directors’ Fortnight on May 24th and May 25th. A new poster has been released for the occasion. According to some rumours, Jang Dong-gun and Zhang Ziyi won’t be able to come to Cannes this year. Ziyi is still busy filming The Grandmasters. Let’s hope we’ll know more in the coming days…

Also, Ziyi recently signed with the Chinese brandGuizhou Braun to promote collagen products in China.

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Apr 18, 2012

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“The Grandmasters” Release Date

Wong Kar-wai’s film, The Grandmasters, has finally a release date in China. Such a good news for all of us!

the film will hit mainland China on December 18, 2012, over three years after filming got underway

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Let’s hope for new stills and a full trailer very soon!

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Apr 4, 2012

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The Grandmasters not Ready for Cannes!

It’s a great disappointment for all of us, Deadline revealed that Wong Kar-wai is still shooting his film…

I can confirm that Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmasters will not be ready in time despite longtime hunches to the contrary. Vincent Maraval of Wild Bunch, which is handling the film internationally, tells me not only will it not be ready for Cannes, it won’t be ready for Venice or Toronto either as Wong will still be shooting even during Cannes.

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Mar 12, 2012

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Sophie’s Revenge 2 – Shooting Starts in June!

Huge surprise! The news is spreading throughout the Chinese web, Zhang Ziyi is involved in a new cinematographic project… Sophie’s Revenge 2. Ziyi is still the main character of the film, she will produce the film and more surprising, she will direct a part of the movie. The story is not what happen after we left Sophie in 2009 but a new story. Yao Chen and Ruby Lin (Sophie’s best friends) will be also be part of the movie. Famous actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan will join the cast. Ziyi also hopes to reunite the previous cast but schedule issues will probably compromise the reunion.

We don’t know yet the name of the director but it looks like he or she is an international director. The shooting will takes place in Hong Kong, Singapore and other places. Shooting is due to begin in June and the film will be released at the end of the year!

And about “The Grandmasters” Ziyi will be in Shenyang at the end of the month to finish the shooting of Wong Kar-wai’s next film.

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Feb 19, 2012

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Ziyi’s projects

Wong Kar Wai’s Grandmasters is rumoured to be screened at the next Cannes International Film Festival.

Ziyi has just finished the shooting of a movie called ”Wu Wen Xi Dong” directed by Li Fangfang. The film is a reflection of the Tsinghua University’s spirit. The university is also involved in the project. Ziyi is the leading actress alongside Huang Xiaoming (The Banquet). The film will be released at the end of the year in China. Huge thanks to Zhishui for his precious help. Take a look at the first pictures of the film.

In March, the actress will start the shooting of John Woo’s upcoming film.

Korea Herald is reporting that (via The Playlist) the director’s next film will be a wartime romance project, now titled ‘Love And Let Love.’

The film, originally titled ‘1949’, has been in the works for years now, but had seemed to fall apart a few years back, when issues arose with the film’s script and its rights. The project will star Song Hye-Ko and ‘1949’ lead Zhang Ziyi, as well as Chang Chen.

‘Love’ will follow the story of a woman in the wake of WWII, and her life during the Chinese Civil War.

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Dangerous Liaisons was at the Berlin Film Festival’s film market. Two posters and one new still have been released. Take a look!