Teddy Chen, Peter Chan prepare for Guillotines
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Director Teddy Chen and producer Peter Chan, who are behind the 2009 blockbuster "Bodyguards and Assassins" ("Shi Yue Wei Cheng"), have come together again for a new action movie entitled "The Flying Guillotines" ("Xue Di Zi").
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"The Flying Guillotines" poster. [China.org.cn] |
The new film is about an elite team fighting for belief and justice, producer Peter Chan was quoted by the "Information Times" as saying.
Director Teddy Chen added that the characters would use a secret weapon that would be "the bloodiest ever appearing on the Chinese screens."
A concept poster has been released which sets a horrific tone for the film - costumes are arranged to resemble eight headless men; the tagline reads, "Watch your head."
Ethan Ruan ("Monga") and Huang Xiaoming ("The Message") are the only confirmed actors so far.
The US$15-million movie will start filming in April. The company, We Distribution, is pre-selling the film at the ongoing Berlin International Film Festival.
The film shares many talents with "Bodyguards and Assassins", the previous Teddy Chen-Peter Chan collaboration, including production designer Kenneth Mak and costume designer Dora Ng.
"Bodyguards and Assassins", which tells of a group of men volunteering to protect revolutionary forerunner Sun Yat-Sen from assassins in 1905 Hong Kong, swept the 2010 Hong Kong Film Awards with eight wins, including the coveted awards for best film and best director.
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