Stephen Chow

Batman gets more martial arts badassery in recent films but Green Hornet loses it?

SpoilerTV has uncovered an open casting call for the part of Kato in Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet. Apparently, producers are looking for a non-specific Asian, and no longer require any martial arts experience, which is sure to send shutters down the spines of fans of the 1960’s TV series. What the hell happened to ….

Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry to direct Green Hornet?

Yup, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Michel Gondry – who directed indie faves Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind – is apparently in deep discussions to direct The Green Hornet for Columbia, with Seth Rogen starring as the crime-fighting vigilante hero. Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) was ….

Chainsaw Massacre director to helm big-budget sci-fi invasion flick

Jonathan Liebesman, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and Darkness Falls, is in negotiations to direct Battle: Los Angeles, a sci-fi action film that Neal Moritz is producing for Columbia Pictures. According to a story by The Hollywood Reporter, Battle: Los Angeles revolves around a Marine platoon’s encounter with an alien invasion on the ….

Stephen Chow directing and playing Kato in Green Hornet update

Variety reports that Stephen Chow, who directed and starred in Kung Fu Hustle, is going to helm and co-star in the upcoming The Green Hornet movie for Columbia Pictures. He’ll be joining Seth Rogen, who’s already on board the long-in-development project, as the title character. Chow, whose work also includes the sci-fi fantasy Cheung Gong ….

Weinsteins, Andy Lau and 300 producer Krantz form new martial arts movie label

The Weinstein Company, internationally acclaimed director Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs) and prolific producer Tony Krantz (24, Mulholland Drive) have formed the new martial arts label Qi (pronounced ‘Chee’) to produce the next generation of sophisticated, high-quality, English language martial arts films that will feature leading international martial arts superstars. The company has begun working on ….

Stephen Chow Starts Work on Yangtze River 7 (Long River 7)

Shooting on Stephen Chow’s (Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer) Long River 7 (Yangtze River 7) has started at an elementary school in Ningbo City in eastern China, according to several Chinese newspapers. Long River, also called the Yangtze River, is China’s longest and the world’s third longest river. Long River 7actually refers to a Chinese satellite, inspired by ….

Weinstein’s to Build Huge Library of Asian Cinema

Bob and Harvey Weinstein recently announced the unveiling of Dragon Dynasty, a new label under which all The Weinstein Company’s Asian titles will be released, including “Ong Bak 2,” “The Protector” (aka “Tom Yum Goong”), “Born to Fight”, “SPL”, “Seven Swords” and “Dragon Squad”, as well as a package of high profile titles, which was licensed from Fortune Star Entertainment: the distribution division of News Corporation’s ….