#04. The Grand Master
Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Wong 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: A who’s who in: Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, Chen Chang, Brigitte Lin and Benshan Zhao
Why is it on the list?: We commenced the 00 decade with In the Mood for Love and ended with the Blueberry blemish – an uncharacteristic low point in an otherwise bullet proof filmography. Now the big question and curiosity is what kind of aesthetic and tonal treatment should we expect for a film with two WKW firsts: biographical and martial art elements?
Release Date/Status?: Currently in production, this is expected to finish in April. Knowing that this is extremely sensitive material with a huge fan-base, we might have to wait until 2011’s Cannes for the very first look.
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