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Jeffrey Lau to direct a Chinese ‘Transformers’
Posted by Al Young at 8:57pm.
Posted in Film News , Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Asia.
Sweet jeezus, yes! Crienglish.com is reporting Jeffrey Lau, the Hong Kong director of the 1990’s A Chinese Odyssey series starring Stephen Chow, is fulfilling his longtime dreams of developing a Chinese version of Transformers, tentatively entitled simply as Robot. Any piece of film news involving giant robots is something I can get behind.
Lau brewed the idea to make a science-fiction movie ten years ago, and his dream is finally coming true. It is no news to audiences that Lau likes to integrate sci-fi scenes into his movies. In his most recent work, ‘A Chinese Tall Story,’ he used a self-designed spaceship for added effect.
In April this year, Lau partnered with Le TV.com to establish a film company, for which ‘Robot’ will be the first creation. Zhuo Shunguo from Le TV.com, the investor, said the movie will present a refreshing look at Chinese robots for people who are used to stereotypical Hollywood figures like Spiderman and Superman. He said the Chinese robot, in comparison, would feel closer and more human to audiences, as it is the incarnation of Oriental wisdom and strength.
The film is set to begin shooting on November 19th in mainland China. No word yet on the cast. More details as we get it.
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nautica 11/06/2008 @ 12:10pm
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The way I see it, this can either be STREET FIGHTER bad or FUTURE COPS bad/good; I’m hoping its the latter.
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