Taipei-based global sales business Circulation Workshop will be offering Lunar Brand-new Year hit Covert Blade, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and Wong Ching-po’s highly-anticipated brand-new movie, The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon, at the approaching European Movie Market (EFM) in Berlin.
Directed by Cheng Er, Hidden Blade is a spy thriller embeded in Shanghai throughout the 2nd World War, and likewise stars Wang Yibo (Born To Fly) and Zhou Xun (Our Time Will Come).
The $45m production has actually up until now earned $116.6M considering that its release over the Lunar New Year vacations on January 22, according to figures from Craftsmen Entrance.
The movie is the 3rd installation in the “China Victory Trilogy” produced by Beijing-based Bona Movie Group, following Chinese Physicians and The Fight At Lake Changjin. Cheng Er is understood for police procedural such as Lethal Captive (2012) and The Squandered Times (2016).
The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon is produced by Lee Lieh, among Taiwan’s most significant manufacturers with credits consisting of Detention and Monga. Golden Horse Award winner Ethan Juan (Monga) heads the cast together with Ben Yuen (Tracey), Chen Yi-wen (A Sun) and Gingle Wang (Detention).
The story follows a fugitive who has actually remained in concealing for 4 years considering that looking for vengeance at the funeral service of a gang leader. He prepares to turn himself in, as he’s been detected with cancer and just has 6 months to live, till he finds that he’s just the 3rd most-wanted criminal on the police headquarters bulletin board system. He then chooses to erase the leading 2 most-wanted wrongdoers so he can pass away with leading honours.
The movie is intending to launch in the 2nd half of 2023. Wong Ching-po is understood for elegant criminal activity thrillers such as As Soon As Upon A Time In Shanghai (2014) and Mob Sibling (2005).
Circulation Workshop is likewise handing sales on Taiwanese filmmaker Chan Ching-lin’s Coo-Coo 043, which won finest movie at last year’s Golden Horse Awards, and scary movie Antikalpa, directed by Philip Shih and starring Guan Zhi Huang and Regina Lei.
