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wan yu



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:26 am    Post subject: Tony Leung in English movie

Tony Leung in English movie

Hong Kong - Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai's first English-speaking film will be based on a book by Lawerence Block.
Leung said he started reading Block's detective stories more than 10 years ago and had always wanted to make them into a movie.

When the actor met Block last year in New York, he asked him to adapt one of his 50 books into a screenplay.
Leung said the film will set in the United States. The original lead will be changed from an American to an American-born Chinese, whom the actor will play.
Leung, 43, also said he will reunite with Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau for another crime movie in April.
The actor confirmed roles in John Woo's epic The Battle Of The Red Cliff, as well as Wong Kar Wai's movie acout Bruce Lee's gongfu teacher Yip Man.

In another possible project, Leung has been approached by director Stanley Kwan to play late Peking Opera Star Mei Lanfang, but he was non-committal when asked about the movie on Tuesday.


[ an article from singapore's newspapers, Life!Buzz (feb 23), pg14 ]

wan yu =)
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lemonberry



Joined: 28 Jul 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:43 pm    Post subject:

thank you.
The one that I'm least interested in seeing Tony starts in is the Mei Lanfang, so it's good to know that he's non-committal. The other ones all sound pretty good.
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lemonberry



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:54 pm    Post subject:

Same news as above (in Chinese):

國際在線娛樂報道:休息近一年的梁朝偉,開始接洽新工作。繼日前宣佈與《無間道》導演劉偉強合作再拍警匪片後,前天他接受法新社訪問時,證實將接拍首部英語電影,並成功邀得美國著名懸疑偵探小說作家勞倫斯·卜洛克為他寫劇本。一週精彩娛樂

  梁朝偉一向對進軍好萊塢抱隨緣態度,他認為好萊塢電影是專門為華人度身訂做,反而在亞洲演戲的空間較大。他指近年因李安、張藝謀、王家衛的電影,令好萊塢開始重視華人,所以他才嘗試看看。而勞倫斯·卜洛克是他喜愛的美國懸疑大師,他去年在緊湊的訪美期間,還專程與勞倫斯見面,而勞倫斯也答應為其改編其中一部小說為電影,目前劇本已接近完成,並遷就梁朝偉,將原是美國人的主角,變成美國出生的華人(ABC)。不過梁朝偉就沒有透露電影取自那本小說及開拍日期,只表示該片將於美國取景。

  雖然梁朝偉與王家衛合作的《一代宗師》押後開拍,但片約仍一部接一部,除了上述作品外,他還將接拍吳宇森的《赤壁之戰》。
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wan yu



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:06 am    Post subject:

oic, just hope for any one of his movies to screen soon.. .
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Tony Grrl



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:31 pm    Post subject:

Oh lots of irons in the fire Smile That's good news...I hope he gets to do the English speaking film that would be really super. Very Happy
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