According to CRIonline, the TV series KUNG FUN CHAMPION (功夫状元), which is based on Stephen Chow’s latest KUNG FU HUSTLE has started production. The original cast of KUNG FU HUSTLE will also star in the TV series, including the female lead Huang Shengyi and martial-arts veteran Yuan Qiu. Stephen Chow will direct the pilot, but will not appear in the show. The story line revolves around a series of ridiculous contradictions that occur between a poor man and a millionaire. So TV series, and a sequel...it is turning into Star Wars.

Michelle Yeoh said she had been contacted for playing parts in both Mission: Impossible 3 and The Lecter Variation, the prequel for The Silence of the Lamb.

Yeoh is getting somewhat close to seal the deal with M:I3 and was unexpectedly contacted by the production of The Lecter Variation when she was in Cannes last week. According to an earlier report, her co star of Memoirs of Geisha, Gong Li was offered a role in The Lecter Variation but Yeoh said the producers would decide whom to cast after they did their test shots. This tells us one thing. Zhang Ziyi is a lucky charm to her co-stars.

The film won’t be out until this Xmas but the promotion has already begun for yet another film starring Zhang Ziyi, MEMOIRS OF GEISHA. she and co-star Michelle Yeoh are featured in this month’s V Magazine. In the article they discuss the film as well as recent success of Chinese cinema. It’s nothing really exciting but we use any excuses to feature Zhang Ziyi here at Cinemaeye. Enjoy.

Finally it will be released here in the US. Limited release starts in New York and LA on August 5th.
here is the trailer. 2046 US trailer

Paris is causing lots of heat on a small screen by starring in soft core porn TV spots for Carls Jr in the US. Now in the land of the sun, Coca Cola is steaming up with a new sexy TV spots as well. Obviously aiming for those who would like to costume play (that’s all of us), this spot is promoting Diet Coke. well, just enjoy! Costume Play Coca Cola!