#08. The Grandmasters
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Writers: Xu Haofeng and Kar-Wai
Producers: Jacky Pang Yee Wah and Kar-Wai
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: This will be a kung-fu movie about the life of Bruce Lee. The film will be set in the 1950’s and will focus on the relationship between Bruce Lee and his master (Tony Leung). Gong Li will play the head of a martial-art clan. Zhang Ziyi – will play the wife of Ip Man.….(more)
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang
List Worthy Reasons…: With auteur Asian filmmakers such as Jiang-Ke and Hou Hsiao-Hsien also making the leap into martial arts project, it may be WKW who is stylistically challenging himself the most among the trio, first by going into biopic territory but also by enlisting a crew comprised of kick ass, action choreographer, Hong Kong action cinema specialist Yuen Woo-ping. Here he re-teams with In the Mood for Love‘s Tony Leung Chiu-Wai for what I think is now their sixth film together.
Release Date/Status?: We thought this would have been ready last year (hence the inclusion on our list last year at the #4 spot) and we have the feeling the teasing may be over with come Croisette time.
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