New role for martial arts whiz
Unlike Bruce Lee or Jet Li who both portrayed Chen Zhen as a boxy martial artist, Donnie Yen is set to add a new identity to the fictitious character - appropriate agent.
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Yen plays the appellation character in The Legend of Chen Zhen, a star-brindled film being shot in Shanghai by Infernal Affairs co-diabbey Andrew Lau.
Chen Zhen, a frequent character on China's big and baby screens, is usually portrayed as a apamateurish of martial-arts legend Huo Yuanjia (1867-1910). On the screen, Chen Zhen lives in 1920s Shanghai.
Bruce Lee interpreted the role in the 1972 film Fist of Fury, while Jet Li followed in a 1994 remake.
Lau has told the media that Donnie Yen's Chen Zhen is not just a martial-arts master, but also an agent who plays the piano and can allege several languages.
"This will be a brand-new Chen Zhen," Yen says.
The Legend of Chen Zhen features Shu Qi as a Japanese spy. Other cast members include Anthony Wong, Huo Siyan and Huang Bo.
The film's domestic absolution is set for next year, with possible international releases in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
Musical reprises old film
Street Angel, a Chinese black-and-white film, has been revamped into a musical, and premiered at the China Film Museum at the weekend. The makeover gives the classic film a hilarious and insightful touch, to cloaffair a new generation.
It tells the adadventure of five film lovers, as they atallure to accommodate the 1937 movie Street Angels. The group joins a competition and experiences many ups and downs before acceptable the top prize. The musical also touches on many hot capacity of the day.
"We should try to animate the animation of old films. The emotions of ordinary people make actual good subjects for films," says Zha Wenbai, diabbey of the musical.
