Ah, Johnnie, You Sly Devil … To Reunited With Lau For SI PIAO!

Posted by Todd Brown at 9:29am.

Posted in Film News , Drama, Asia.

Oh, Johnnie To ... when you told people you planned to slow down and make fewer films I actually believed you. With big budget international project The Red Circle due to shoot in December I figured you’d be kind of busy preparing and would give up your two-or-three films simultaneously working methods. Nope. I was wrong.

Johnnie To has reunited with Mad Detective actor Lau Ching-Wan on a picture titled Si Piao, which To is obviously planning on sneaking through production before The Red Circle ramps up. I say obviously because it’s shooting right now and The Oriental Daily has set photos to prove it. Other than that it exists, however, I know nothing because To has snuck this one into production quietly and I have yet to see any English language info on it. I’m making enquiries but if someone could translate the story linked below that’d be greatly appreciated ...

Reader Comments

X 08/23/2008 @ 10:07am

Not much really. Talks about Lau’s new look (the hair style et al) and shooting a scene of him riding the bicycle in the scorching sun; To smoking a cigar and trying to avoid the heat, while sweating a storm, and that’s about it. Seemed to add something about a kidnapper, but that’s how far I can get. Native speakers jump in~
X 08/23/2008 @ 10:16am

Oh… and “look” is just that, look.

Title of the film is 撕票 ("Killing the Hostage” or something, but of course it’ll probably be different in English).

Another article here.
http://ent.163.com/08/0820/09/4JPHGHUT00031NJO.html

repeats the same about To enjoying the shade smoking inside the trailer while shooting, while Lau is out sweating like a pig. Does say Lau plays a kidnapper, and that’s about it. Found another dozen articles with the same photo and same exact info.
Milkyway 08/23/2008 @ 10:17am

glad to hear Sean Lau making a new movie. for a minute, I thought he was laying low or went to TV productions.
shatner 08/23/2008 @ 1:42pm

YES !!!!!! MORE JOHNNIE TO MORE JOHNNIE TO !!!!!