NarutoSD features 9th Naruto movie "Road To Ninja"

Episode 17 of "NarutoSD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden" (24 July 2012, Tuesday) is simply awesome! Although Naruto has no screen time except for the last scene, it's still packed with action, melodrama, humour, love, horror... with performances by Rock and the rest of his pals, just to promote upcoming "Naruto Movie: Road To Ninja" which shows in theater from 28 July 2012 in Japan.

The 1st segment is titled "The new Naruto Movie Premiere!".

Lee and Tenten grab the latest issue of Jump to get the scoop on the new Naruto movie! But the moment they get it, a bright light blinds them, and when it fades, everyone's personality is totally different!

2nd segment is "Please go see the new Naruto Movie!"

The new Naruto movie is almost here, and Tsunade is worried it's lacking something to make it must-see. Tenten overhears the Hokage and works with Lee and Neji to figure out what's missing. Experience Lee's action sequence, Hinata the stalker; Neji's Hina-crush, Oro and Kabu's man-love, Kiba's moe-moe...

Watch episode 17 here!

Naruto Movie Information:
Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja (劇場版 NARUTO-ナルト- ロード・トゥ・ニンジャ Gekijōban Naruto: Rōdo tu Ninja) is the ninth overall Naruto film and sixth Naruto Shippūden film. It will be released in theaters in Japan on July 28, 2012. Series creator Masashi Kishimoto has supervised the movie. The film is set in an alternate timeline or "sequel" of the Naruto universe in which Naruto never lost his parents and many characters have different personalities. The band Asian Kung-Fu Generation performs the film's theme song "Sore de wa, Mata Ashita" (lit. "Well Then, See You Tomorrow").

Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashed a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the Demon Fox's living prison or Jinchūriki, manage to seal the creature inside their newborn son Naruto Uzumaki. With the Tailed Beast sealed, things continued as normal. However, in the present day, peace ended when a group of ninja called the Akatsuki attack Konoha under the guidance of Tobi, the mysterious masked man behind Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage years ago who intends on executing his plan to rule the world by shrouding it in illusions.

Anime Information:
"NarutoSD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden" (aka NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals) is a spin-off anime of "Naruto" adapted from a spin-off manga by Kenji Taira that follows Rock Lee's training and youthful life in comical misadventures.

Japan International Star Tatsuya Fujiwara To Promote 'KAIJI 2' in Singapore from 10 to 13 Nov 2011

It's been announced on 6th September 2011 in Singapore that, one of Japan’s most recognized international star Tatsuya Fujiwara    (藤原竜也) will be coming to Singapore to promote his upcoming new movie KAIJI 2 .  This is the first time Tatsuya Fujiwara is coming to Singapore for a movie promotion. 

Tatsuya Fujiwara will be joined by 200 lucky Japanese fans from his fan club in Japan and crew from renowned Japanese TV station, NTV in Singapore from 10th to 13th November 2011.

The press conference will be held on Friday, 11th November 2011 where the star will field questions from our Singapore media regarding his role in the movie.

In the evening, local fans of the star will be able to meet him at a publicity event, details to be announced later.

After the meet & greet session with fans, Tatsuya Fujiwara will grace the Singapore gala premiere, the first screening in Asia outside Japan, held at The Cathay Cineplex located at 2 Handy Road.

* Anyone knows how to get the tickets to Kaiji 2's gala premiere in Singapore?? I wanna go!!!

The movie is a sequel of KAIJI: THE ULTIMATE GAMBLER (released in Singapore on 11 March 2010) and also an adaptation based on Noboyuki Fukumoto’s hit manga series.

KAIJI: THE ULTIMATE GAMBLER is a stylish and exciting psychological adventure/thriller revolving around a young man (Tatsuya Fujiwara) forced to enter a deadly gambling competition aboard a cruise ship, as a result of his large financial debt.

The original manga was first published in Young Magazine (Kodansha) in 1996, and its radical plot revolving around the art of gambling and the clever portrayal of its characters’ psychology brought it instant popularity, with 39 volumes in total, which have sold over 13 million copies.

Having took in more than 2.1 billion yen (US$24 million) at the box-office within a month of its release in Japan, KAIJI: THE ULTIMATE GAMBLER has already secured its place as one of the biggest hits of the year 2010.

Its sequel, KAIJI 2, is scheduled for release on 5 November in Japan, and in Singapore on 17 November 2011. In KAIJI 2, Kaiji (Tatsuya Fujiwara) takes on the mother of all pachinko machines named "Numa" - a machine having the top jackpot of over 1 billion yen. Meanwhile, Seiya Ichizo (Yusuke Iseya) controls the machine from a remote location to ensure the machine never pays out the jackpot . The two men soon find themselves facing off in a high stakes game.

Tatsuya Fujiwara, one of Japan’s foremost international star today, is well known for his role as "Light Yagami", the leading role in the No. 1 Japanese blockbuster series 'Death Note and Death Note 2'.

He is also recently seen in 'The Incite Mill' and voiceover in 'The Borrower Arrietty'.

His very first role which won him much attention outside of Japan, was his part as "Shuya Nanahara" in Fukasaku Kinji's controversial film 'Battle Royale', a role he reprised in the sequel, 'Battle Royale II: Requiem'.

KAIJI 2 is co-distributed by Encore Films and Cathay-Keris Films.

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Source: Encore Films on Facebook

Winners of 2011 Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards is an awards ceremony held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The event is at once a ‘warm up’ before the Oscars. Many of them think the winner at the Golden Globe Awards won the Oscar has a great opportunity.

This year, the Golden Globes are entering the implementation of the 68th held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, USA, Sunday, January 16 local time, and broadcast live by television stations Starworld.



FILM
DRAMA - "The Social Network"

COMEDY - "The Kids Are All Right"

ACTOR, DRAMA - Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"

ACTRESS, DRAMA - Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"

ACTOR, COMEDY - Paul Giamatti, "Barney's Version"

ACTRESS, COMEDY - Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"

SUPPORTING ACTOR - Christian Bale, "The Fighter"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"

DIRECTOR - David Fincher, "The Social Network"

SCREENPLAY, FILM - Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network"

ORIGINAL SCORE, FILM - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, "The Social Network"

ORIGINAL SONG, FILM - Diane Warren, "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" (from "Burlesque")

ANIMATED FILM - "Toy Story 3"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - "In a Better World" (Denmark)

TELEVISION:

DRAMA - "Boardwalk Empire"

COMEDY - "Glee"

MINISERIES/TV MOVIE - "Carlos"

ACTOR, DRAMA - Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"

ACTRESS, DRAMA - Katey Sagal, "Sons of Anarchy"

ACTOR, COMEDY - Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"

ACTRESS, COMEDY - Laura Linney, "The Big C"

ACTOR, MINISERIES/TV MOVIE - Al Pacino, "You Don't Know Jack"

ACTRESS, MINISERIES/TV MOVIE - Claire Danes, "Temple Grandin"

SUPPORTING ACTOR - Chris Colfer, "Glee"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Jane Lynch, "Glee" (Reporting by Dean Goodman; Editing by Stacey Joyce and Peter Cooney)

New-Year Cinema Preview: Big Names Line Up

There will be fierce competition this Christmas at Chinese box offices with the works of five of the country's most acclaimed directors, including Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, being screened during the New Year season, Sina.com.cn reports.


Lead actors Ge You, Chow Yun-Fat and Jiang Wen in the new movie "Let the Bullets Fly" [Photo: CFP]

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Feng Xiaogang, whose 2008 romantic comedy "If You Are the One" (非诚勿扰) was the most profitable domestic film of that year, is planning on making a sequel that is slated for release around December 25.

Feng told Sina.com.cn about the sequel which he plans to start filming on July 25 and wrap up on October 5.

"It won't miss the New Year season," Feng was quoted as saying. "It won't let you down."

"If You Are the One 2" stars Ge You and Shu Qi from the previous film as well as new addition Yao Chen.

Also up for a December release is Zhang Yimou's drama "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", a poignant love story set at the end of the "cultural revolution" (1966-1976). No casting information has been revealed, but filming is likely to wrap up in August.

Last year, Zhang adapted the Coen Brothers' film "Blood Simple" into a black comedy called "A Simple Noodle Story". Zhang's first film since his Oscar-nominated "Curse of the Golden Flower" attracted intense media coverage, but failed to impress many critics.

Feng and Zhang's films will go face-to-face with three other long-awaited projects, including Chen Kaige's "Orphan of Zhao" (趙氏孤兒), Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" (让子弹飞) and Wong Kar-Wai's "The Grand Master".

"Orphan of Zhao", an adaptation of a classic Chinese tale of revenge, will be released on December 18. It stars Ge You, Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing.


Poster of  "Orphan of Zhao" aka "Sacrifice"

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Jiang Wen's gangster movie "Let the Bullets Fly" boasts a cast of stars led by Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You and director Jiang himself. It has been reported to be a Chinese look-alike of "Ocean's Eleven".

Wong Kar-Wai's "The Grand Master" is a biopic of Bruce Lee's mentor, Ip Man, who will be portrayed by Tony Leung. Zhang Ziyi also stars in the film.

The Chinese New Year season is arguably the most profitable season for the movie industry. Statistics provided by Sina.com.cn indicate that last year nearly 600 million yuan (US$87.9 million) was earned by mainland box offices in the 20 days around Christmas. That was one-tenth of the year's total box-office revenue.   --- CRIEnglish.com

SMAP's Shingo Katori to lend his voice in Takashi Yamazaki's 3D animated film

Director Takashi Yamazaki, who most recently helmed the live-action "Space Battleship Yamato" movie, is already working on his next project. Titled "Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki", it will be Japan's first feature-length 3D CG-animated film, and it will star SMAP's Shingo Katori (香取慎吾, 33) as the voice of the main character. Yamazaki and Katori last worked together on the director's debut film "Juvenile" in 2000.


香取慎吾が3DCGアニメの声優に

With the current popularity of 3D animated films such as "Toy Story 3," Yamazaki decided to try making the first one to come out of Japan. He already has some experience with CG effects in his live-action films such as "Always: Sanchome no Yuhi" and "Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta."


Kouichi Yamadera

Yamazaki wrote the screenplay for "Friends," based on a tear-jerker fairy tale titled "Naita Aka-Oni." The story revolves around a red oni named Naki (Katori) and a blue ogre named Gunjo (Kouichi Yamadera) who live on an island, depicting their friendship and their interaction with a human boy. Other voices are being provided by Sadawo Abe, Seishirou Katou, and YOU.


Sadawo Abe

The film is expected to open in Japan in December 2011, playing in both 3D and 2D. Distributor Toho has stated that it aims for "Friends" to compete in the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. Toho also said that it has already received distribution offers from the United States and multiple Asian countries.

The entertainment news source Oricon is hosting the poster for the film. The film will play in theaters in stereoscopic 3D and traditional 2D.

Source: http://en.j-dorama.de/ent-news-2914.html#ixzz17YBCd3ZU

34th Japan Academy Prize winners announced!

The winners of the 34th Japan Academy Prize were announced last month. Sang-il Lee's "Akunin" received the most awards, with a total of 15 awards in 13 categories. One of the most notable winners is 6-year-old actress Mana Ashida, the youngest ever to win one of the newcomer awards.



Gossip: Akunin (悪人) is an upcoming Japanese movie directed by Sang-il Lee and based on a serialized crime story by Shuichi Yoshida which was later published as a novel. It will be released by Toho in September 2010.

Most of the categories have five "Excellent" recipients, and one in each category will be chosen for the "Best" awards, to be revealed at the presentation ceremony on February 18.

Picture of the Year:

• Akunin
• Otouto
• Kokuhaku
• Kokou no Mesu
• 13 Assassins

Animation of the Year:

• Colorful
• Karigurashi no Arrietty
• Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Ningyo Daikaisen
• Meitantei Conan: Tenkuu no Lost Ship
• One Piece Film: Strong World

Director of the Year:

• Tetsuya Nakashima (Kokuhaku)
• Izuru Narushima (Kokou no Mesu)
• Takashi Miike (13 Assassins)
• Yoji Yamada (Otouto)
• Sang-il Lee (Akunin)

Screenplay of the Year:

• Masato Kato (Kokou no Mesu)
• Daisuke Tengan (13 Assassins)
• Tetsuya Nakashima (Kokuhaku)
• Yoji Yamada / Emiko Hiramatsu (Otouto)
• Shuichi Yoshida / Sang-il Lee (Akunin)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

• Tsurube Shofukutei (Otouto)
• Shinichi Tsutsumi (Kokou no Mesu)
• Satoshi Tsumabuki (Akunin)
• Etsushi Toyokawa (Hisshiken Torisashi)
• Koji Yakusho (13 Assassins)

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

• Shinobu Terajima (Caterpillar)
• Eri Fukatsu (Akunin)
• Takako Matsu (Kokuhaku)
• Hiroko Yakushimaru (Kondo wa Aisaika)
• Sayuri Yoshinaga (Otouto)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Renji Ishibashi (Kondo wa Aisaika)
• Akira Emoto (Akunin)
• Masaki Okada (Akunin)
• Masaki Okada (Kokuhaku)
• Koji Kikkawa (Hisshiken Torisashi)

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

• Yu Aoi (Otouto)
• Kirin Kiki (Akunin)
• Yoshino Kimura (Kokuhaku)
• Yui Natsukawa (Kokou no Mesu)
• Hikari Mitsushima (Akunin)

Outstanding Achievement in Music:

• Koji Endo (13 Assassins)
• Grand Funk (BECK)
• Isao Tomita (Otouto)
• Joe Hisaishi (Akunin)
• Meina Co. (Kondo wa Aisaika)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:

• Shoichi Ato / Atsushi Ozawa (Kokuhaku)
• Koichi Ishii (Hisshiken Torisashi)
• Norimichi Kasamatsu (Akunin)
• Nobuyasu Kita (13 Assassins)
• Shinji Chikamori (Otouto)

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction:

• Susumu Takakura (Kokuhaku)
• Noritaka Chihara (Hisshiken Torisashi)
• Kazuhiro Iwashita (Akunin)
• Yoshiya Watanabe (13 Assassins)
• Koichi Watanabe (Otouto)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:

• Towako Kuwashima (Kokuhaku)
• Yohei Taneda / Ryo Sugimoto (Akunin)
• Hidefumi Hanatani (Ooku)
• Yuji Hayashida (13 Assassins)
• Toshiyuki Matsumiya (Sakuradamongai no Hen)

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording:

• Kazumi Kishida (Otouto)
• Mitsugu Shiratori (Akunin)
• Yasushi Tanaka (Hisshiken Torisashi)
• Jun Nakamura (13 Assassins)
• Masato Yano (Kokuhaku)

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing:

• Iwao Ishii (Otouto)
• Tsuyoshi Imai (Akunin)
• Yoshiyuki Koike (Kokuhaku)
• Chieko Suzaki (Hisshiken Torisashi)
• Kenji Yamashita (13 Assassins)

Outstanding Foreign Language Film:

• Avatar (20th Century Fox)
• Inception (Warner Bros.)
• Invictus (Warner Bros.)
• Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney)
• The Hurt Locker (Broadmedia Corporation)

Rookie of the Year:

• Mana Ashida (Ghost: Mou Ichido Dakishimetai)
• Momoka Ono (Kinako: Minarai Keisatsuken no Monogatari)
• Riisa Naka (Zebraman: Zebra City no Gyakushu, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
• Kento Nagayama (Soft Boy)
• Shohei Miura (THE LAST MESSAGE: Umizaru)
• Takahiro Miura (RAILWAYS)

Special Award from the Chairman:

• Umetsugu Inoue (director, died February 11 at the age of 86)
• Tanie Kitabayashi (actress, died April 27 at the age of 98)
• Takeo Kimura (art director, died March 21 at the age of 91)
• Keiju Kobayashi (actor, died September 16 at the age of 86)
• Katsumi Nishikawa (director, died April 6 at the age of 91)

Special Award from the Association:

• Ryuzo Ueno (sword fights)
• Hiroshi Kuze (sword fights)
• Ryoji Matsumoto (decoration)
• Nobuo Yajima (special effects)
• Teruyo Nogami (Kurosawa-gumi production manager)

Source: Tokyograph

Johnny Depp & the Angie-Brad Duo at the World Premiere of "The Tourist"

Johnny Depp recently attended the World premiere of "The Tourist" with the female lead Angelina Jolie at Ziegfeld Theatre,  on December 6, 2010 in New York, New York.


More photos of Johnny Depp at the World Premiere!

In the new drama-thriller "The Tourist", Johnny Depp stars as an American tourist whose playful dalliance with a stranger leads to a web of intrigue, romance and danger in The Tourist.



During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank (Depp) unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise (Angelina Jolie), an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path.

Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.



It takes one heck of a leading man to share screen time with Angelina Jolie. But Johnny Depp's quiet sex apeal ensures that the attention is equally shared in The Tourist, which hits theaters Dec. 10. "It was good fun," the actor told iVillage about the costars' families spending time together off screen. "Kids playing video games, the old guys -- me and Brad (Pitt)-- sitting around the table with (girlfriend) Vanessa (Paradis) and Angie hanging out talking. It was wonderful."



Ruggedly sexy Johnny Depp offers fans a sly smirk as he walks the red carpet at the New York City premiere of the steamy spy thriller The Tourist on Dec. 6.



At the Berlin premiere held on Dec 14, Angie & Brad, the Dashing Duo dazzled on the red carpet!

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt look gorgeous, as always -- but we can't quite understand why Angie needs gloves built into her elegant, velvet dress. No time for a mani, perhaps? More photos of Angie & Brad at the World Premiere!


Source: iVillage, Zimbo

Andy Lau and Jackie Chan collaborate again in Shaolin (2011) after 20 years

The year’s major kung-fu film "Shaolin" will open in the cinemas in January 2011 nationwide. The film gathered Hong Kong action film director Benny Chan, action director Cory Yuen, with a cast of Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Wu Jing. It’s the first time since Andy and Jackie collaborate since Island of Fire in 1990, thus this film capture the attention of the media.


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Twenty-one years ago, Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Tony Leung Kar Fai collaborated in Island of Fire. Since then, because of their different film genre they did not get a chance to collaborate again. However, this film – Shaolin managed to bring these two superstars Andy and Jackie to collaborate again, however this time round, they switched positions.

It is said that Andy’s general character was betrayed by Nicholas Tse resulting to him losing his wife and children, he went into Shaolin Temple to become a monk, initially hope to gain revenge after mastering kung-fu. Unexpectedly he gained enlightenment from the cook (Jackie) whom has high knowledge in Buddhism but does not know kung-fu.

This time round, Andy made a breakthrough of his usual screen image, he was a handsome general whom had exciting fighting scenes against Nicholas and Wu Jing. Andy specially spent three months to practice Shaolin kung-fu as he managed to show off his realistic Shaolin’s 7-Star Fist. As Andy was too concentrated in the shooting, he got injuries in his right fist and legs. With regards to Andy’s kung-fu, Jackie exclaimed that Andy is a fast learner and able to become an action star, he has his own fighting style.

Jackie whom always fought on the silver screen is a monk whom only knows cooking, he’s not involved in any action scenes, all his scenes are talking, he even had a deep friendship with Andy. With regards to this, Andy quipped: “I already fought Jackie in Island of Fire, but I still does not dare to fight with him, I did have discussion with him during shooting, Jackie does not fight at all, we did not fight in Shaolin, not even a punch.” When talked about his character, Jackie expressed that he had gained a lot: “In the beginning feel that I don’t know kung fu, I master the kung-fu of cooking, I’m good at making buns.”

When talked about their relationship, Jackie said: “Although we did not collaborate in films, but we would meet up during charity events and matters of the guild, so we met all the times.” A mischievous Andy then said: “Jackie is good in the non-fighting scenes, he did not require me to give him tips at all.”

When talked about his cook monk character, Jackie revealed that he learn some cooking skills from his father, he also showed off his cooking skills in A Nice Guy and Wheels On Meals, however this cook monk character still has some difficulties for Jackie, “I made a lot of noodles today, it isn’t hard for me, cooking is another kind of kung-fu. I’m also good at changing the actions in cooking into kung-fu. The most difficult is when I need to say out those dialogues which are like sutra I’m making noodles or frying vegetables.” Andy also revealed that Jakcie was very popular among the children, “He would fry fish for the children, I had yet tasted his cooking.” It is said that both of them had no airs as htey mix around with the little monks. Andy also became the “king of children” by helping the little monks to choreograph dance.
However there is some accident for this hard-to-come-by collaboration of the two superstars, it is said that other than shooting Shaolin, Jackie is also busy shooting Zodiac, “I agreed to be cast in this film, since I gave my promise, I just cameo in the film!” Thus this is the collaboration of two superstars, although it took 20 years. They kept chatting with each other at the set, Jackie also witness personally Andy shaving his hair for the film, he sing praise of his professionalism: “He’s still so professional after a heavenly king for 20 years.”

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劉德華成龍二十年再攜手 《新少林寺》文武易位

《新少林寺》已定於2011年1月份登入全國各大院線。影片除集合了香港動作大導陳木勝、武術指導元奎外，更由劉德華謝霆鋒成龍、范冰冰、吳京等兩岸三地知名演員聯袂出演。作為劉德華與成龍暨1990年《火燒島》后的再度合作，《新少林寺》引起了各界的廣泛關注。

二十年后再攜手 《新少林寺》文武易位賺眼球

二十年前的一部《火燒島》，將當時已在影壇嶄露頭角的劉德華、成龍、洪金寶、梁家輝聚到了一起。而自此之后，成龍和劉德華因向不同的戲路發展而一直沒有再次合作的機會。如今，《新少林寺》憑借自身獨特的魅力又促成了劉德華和成龍這兩位影壇巨星的再度合作，不過二人此番的組合卻是文武易位。

據悉，劉德華飾演的軍閥被形同父子的副官謝霆鋒出賣，妻離子亡，躲進少林寺出家，本希望學成武功下山報仇。沒想到這期間卻被目不識丁，對佛學領悟甚高的煮飯僧成龍點化。此次，劉德華大膽突破自身以往熒幕形象，在劇中飾演一位少帥軍閥，與謝霆鋒、吳京等都有精彩的武打對手戲。為此劉德華特意苦修三個月少林功夫，現場拍攝時將一套少林七星拳打的虎虎生威、有型有款。由於過於投入拍攝，劉德華右拳和腳踝多處受傷，對於劉德華的功夫，成龍則力挺他套招上手很快，是合格的動作演員，很有自己的武打風范。

而一向在大銀幕上所向披靡打遍天下無敵手的成龍大哥卻演起只會煮飯的伙頭僧，絲毫沒有動作場面，而是以文戲為主，還與劉德華在片中有深厚交情的感情戲。對此，劉德華笑言道，“我在《火燒島》時已經和成龍對打過了，但現在還是不敢和他切磋武藝，拍的時候我也會跟他探討，這次是成龍完全不會打，我們兩個在《新少林寺》里面完全沒交過手，一拳都沒打過。”談及此次的角色，成龍表示自己收獲良多：“一開始覺得自己不會功夫，但已從做飯中悟出上乘武功，我在戲里做饅頭最拿手了。”

談及二人的交情，成龍快言快語，“雖然我們不一起拍電影，但常常會湊在一起做公益慈善，忙演員工會的事情，所以經常見面。”劉德華則幽默調侃道：“成龍的文戲非常棒，完全不需要我的指點。”

成龍感嘆秀廚藝難過打拳 險與劉德華擦肩而過

說起自己的伙頭僧角色，成龍透露以前跟爸爸學了不少手藝，而且也曾經在電影《義膽廚星》和《快餐車》中展現廚藝，不過《新少林寺》的伙頭僧一角還是讓成龍大哥“備受煎熬”，“今天撈了很多面，也難不倒我，煮飯也是一種功夫。而把做飯的動作變成功夫，我更拿手。最大的困難就是撈面或者炒菜的時候還要講很艱深比較像禪語的對白！”而劉德華更是曝料成龍片場很受小孩子歡迎，“他會給小孩子烤魷魚吃，我都還沒有試過他的廚藝。”據悉，兩人在片場絲毫沒有天王巨星的架子，和少林寺的小武僧們打成一片，劉德華還當起了“孩子王”，幫小武僧們排起舞蹈。

不過此次兩位影壇巨星難得的合作卻險些生出意外，據悉，成龍除《新少林寺》外還在趕拍《十二生肖》，“我很早以前就答應要拍這個戲，得兌現承諾，那我就說來客串吧！”由此才促成兩位巨星的二度合作，雖是時隔二十年的再次合作，兩人在拍攝現場不僅相談甚歡，簡直形影不離，而成龍也親眼目睹劉德華為戲落發的一幕，盛贊華仔敬業，“當了二十年的天王還是這么敬業。”

來源: 劉德華資訊

Christmas With Narnia! YouDeal.sg presents an exclusive social networking movie event!

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The games prepared for the event are interactive and interesting. You will definitely walk away with a few whacky details about new people you just met!

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Details of the event:

Date: 11th December 2010, Saturday
Time: 6.30pm – 10.00pm
Venue: GV Vivocity, Hall 5
Estimated crowd size: 100 – 120
Price per ticket: S$38(Early bird special) Normal Price: S$60.00 (You save S$22!)

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6.00pm – Participants Arrival
6.15pm – Commencement of Ice Breaking Game “Find Someone Who….”
6.20pm – End of game and presenting prizes
6.30pm – Commencement of Buffet Reception
7.30pm – Proceed to movie hall
7.40pm – Commencement of The Chronicles of Narnia – The Voyage of the    Dawn Treader
10.00pm – End of event

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4. Mixed Seasonal Vegetables Chest
5. Shepherd’s Pie
6. Olive Rice with Hazelnut and Raisins
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Kimura Takuya appears at “SPACE BATTLESHIP Yamato” countdown event

The highly anticipated upcoming movie, "SPACE BATTLESHIP Yamato" (SPACE BATTLESHIP ヤマト; Supēsu Batorushippu Yamato; 宇宙戰艦大和號), starring 木村拓哉 Kimura Takuya (SMAP), will be released soon on December 1st, and there was a countdown event at Akasaka Sacas on November 28th.



This movie is a film adaptation of the original Space Battleship Yamato anime TV series. The plot goes like this:

The year is 2199, and the Earth has been under radioactive siege from extraterrestrials known as the Gamilas for five years. The Earth's surviving population has moved underground to escape the bombardment, but the contamination is slowly penetrating to reach them. The last space battleship of the exhausted Earth Defense Forces, Yamato, sets out on a journey of to Iscandar, a planet located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, to acquire a device that can heal the ravaged Earth before it is too late.

Watch Theatrical Trailer below (with English subtitles)


The main cast of characters has been changed from that of the original anime TV series. Yuki will now have a more active fighting role, and two of the original anime main male characters - Aihara and Dr. Sado - will be female in the live-action version.

Kimura who plays the main character, Kodai Susumu, made appearance at the movie countdown event as a secret guest, and 8,500 fans welcomed him with big cheers and clapping. At Akasaka Sacas, there is a 1/14 sized replica of the battleship Yamato, and Kimura said, "It looks very powerful, but the Yamato on the screen will be a little more powerful. I was excited during each scene, so I can’t wait until its release."

Singer Sasaki Isao (ささき いさお; 佐々木功; Sasaki Isao; born May 16, 1942), who has been singing the theme songs for the anime version of “Yamato” for 36 years, also showed up and performed the songs in a live. Sasaki plays the role of narrator for the live action flick.

<Kimura Takuya Messing With Co-Star Kuroki Meisa>


<Extended Preview>


Source: Sanspo
Credit: Tokyohive

Stars Attend the Premiere of Song Seung Hun's New Movie "Ghost"

Many stars came out for the premiere of the Japanese film "Ghost: In Your Arms Again".  "Ghost", which stars Song Seung Hun and actress Nanako Matsushima, is a remake of the 1990 American movie starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore.  The premiere was held on November 23, 8:00PM at CGV Cinemas in Seoul, South Korea. 

Of course, Song Seung Hun and Nanako Matsushima attended the premiere.  They were joined by fellow entertainers So Ji Sub, Kim Tae Hee, Kim Jung Eun, Jung Il Woo, Kim Min Jung, Yoo Seung Ho, Lee Yeon Hee, SS501's Kim Hyung Joon, Ji Sung, Son Ho Young (formerly of g.o.d.), Park Ye Jin, Lee Yoon Ji, and former Miss Korea Lee Ji Sun.  It was definitely a star-studded event! 

For more photos, go here!
Source: Newsen

Animal Stars of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" Arrive at the premiere in Tours, France

Remember Milo? The lovely little dog and the only friend of Stanley Ipkiss (played by Jim Carrey) in the 1994 movie The Mask? Cute, issn't it? It's played by Max, a purebred Jack Russell terrier, a breed known all over the world as particularly lively, intelligent and appealing. It's so adorable it kinda steal the limelight in the show.

Recently the animal stars of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" arrives at the premiere in Tours, France. Here are some photos of this lovely lot.



Hedwig was Harry Potter's pet Snowy Owl and magical familiar. She's a female but, in the movie, the actors playing her are males. She was a gift to Harry on his eleventh birthday from Rubeus Hagrid in 1991 on their journey together to Diagon Alley. Isn't she beautiful? I love the photo above. I love her smile. Great photo!





That's Crookshanks, Hermione's cat.



That's the animagus form of Sirius Black.



(November 22, 2010 - Photo by PacificCoastNews.com)

FTTS Brian Joo Interviewed at "The Warrior's Way" Screening @ CGV Cinemas in LA, CA

Singer Brian Joo of the band Fly To The Sky (FTTS) arrives at "The Warrior's Way" screening held at CGV Cinemas on November 19, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The Hollywood fantasy action movie stars Jang Dong Gun in a leading role.





And of course, the main actors Jang Dong Gun, Kate Bosworth and Danny Huston too!





Brian Joo Interview at "The Warrior's Way" Los Angeles Screening





Watch the English language trailer of "The Warrior's Way"


Credit: Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America

‘The Warrior’s Way’ flashes its mettle

The heat is on Jang Dong Gun (Hangul: 장동건; Hanja: 張東健), the first Korean actor to star in a major Hollywood film.



"The Warrior's Way" (《黄沙武士》) was screened at a press event at COEX, southern Seoul. The film stars Korean actor Jang Dong Gun, left, and American actress Kate Bosworth (born January 2, 1983). [NEWSIS]





The highly anticipated film "The Warrior's Way" was finally released to local media on 22nd November at a press screening in southern Seoul.

Led by renowned Hollywood producer Barrie M. Osborne, whose works include "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Matrix" (1999), this computer graphic-heavy Hollywood film has created a great deal of buzz because of its stellar creative team, which includes art director Dan Hennah, who participated in the 2005 version of "King Kong", and visual-effects art director Christian Rivers, who worked on The Lord of the Rings.

The global cast of A-list actors includes American actress Kate Bosworth and Australian actor Geoffrey Rush. Bosworth plays Lynne, a lady who dreams of killing her enemy, while Rush portrays a former cowboy who is now a drunk.

But what makes this film special for Korean moviegoers is the presence of Korean actor Jang Dong-gun, who is making his Hollywood debut in this film.

Jang got his start in the television drama "Our Heaven" in 1993. Since then, he has risen to superstardom here with roles in hit films such as "Taegukgi" (2004) and "Friend" (2001).

The film is directed by first-time Korean-American filmmaker Sngmoo Lee, who said the most difficult part of the production process was creating a unique setting entirely through the use of CG techniques.

"I didn't want to remind viewers of a particular country, because this is an action fantasy film", he said. "We had to create a fantastic and dreamy world, but it's all make-believe".

The film features the fight choreography of Japanese action director Yuji Shimomura, a protégé of Donnie Yen (甄子丹). Jang Dong Gun is best known in the West for his role 2004 tear jerking war movie "Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War" (태극기 휘날리며), as one of the two brothers. Followed by the 2005 movie "The Promise" (simp:无极; trad:無極), which was not so succesful commercially seen, considering the fact that it had a stellar cast namely; Cecilia Cheung (simp:张柏芝; trad:張柏芝), and Nicolas Tse (simp:谢霆锋;trad:謝霆鋒 ) and a Mandarin speaking Hiroyuki Sanada (真田広之).

The fantasy action film tells the story of a lonely swordsman (Jang) who hides in a small town and learns how to build a relationship with the townspeople.

Even though most people may assume that having to speak in English is the most difficult part of Jang's new role, Jang said the hardest part was starting all over again in Hollywood,

"Of course it wasn't easy to act while speaking a different language, but the more challenging thing was that I had to prove myself to people who have no idea about me and what I can do", Jang told reporters at the press screening.

Jang is not the first Korean actor to cross into Hollywood. Lee Byeong Heon played a supporting role in "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" in 2009 and is also scheduled to appear in the sequel. Singer-actor Rain appeared in "Ninja Assassin", also in 2009.

But whereas his fellow actors were cast in supporting roles, Jang is the star of this film, which was reported to have a production budget of $100 million. That means the pressure is all on him.

It also probably doesn't help that the film has a rare scene in which an Asian man kisses a Caucasian woman.

While that scene, and Jang's role, could change perceptions of Asian men overseas, some say that Asian actors have a long way to go before that happens.

"Jackie Chan is a huge star in Hollywood and his image as a comedic and action star is what Westerners expect of Asian men - whether they are Chinese or Korean", said Yu Ji Na, a movie critic and film professor. "There is this fixed idea of what an Asian actor can do. If Korean actors want to appear as something other than a warrior, it's going to be very hard".

Culture critic Jeong Deok Hyun agrees.

"I think there should be a wider range of roles for Asian men", Jeong said. "To change the stereotype that Asian actors face, Korean filmmakers should try to produce a variety of films".

The Warrior's Way opens on 2nd December at Korea theaters nationwide and on Dec. 3 in the United States.

By Sung So-young
Source : joongangdaily.joins.c... ( English Korean )

Yoon Eun Hye is confirmed for Novel-adapted Movie "My Black Mini Dress"

Actress Yoon Eun Hye (Hanja: 尹恩惠) got the main role in upcoming movie "My Black Mini Dress". This picture will be produced by the Tori Pictures and supported by the CJ Entertainment. It is based on the novel with the same name, which was nominated for the finals of the 5th International Literary Award and is about women’s reality in their 20’s through the 24 year-old character Yoo-min.



The director will be Heo In Moo, whose previous works are "Love So Divine" and "Herb", is famous for his sensitive directing skills, and at the same time putting fun and move.

"My Black Mini Dress" is one of the famous 'chick lit'. By describing a life of young female workers in fresh and youthful style, it achieved both fun and deepness. This one is one of the kind 'chick lit' which is a satire of the culture and trends of the early and mid 20s.



This is Yoon Eun Hye's first presence after the drama "My Fair Lady" aka "Take Care of My Lady" and it’s been 4 years after her last movie, "The Legend of Seven Cutter".

The movie is currently under production.

Source : news.nate.com/view/20... ( Korean ) and Hancinema

Song Seung Hun and Nanako Matsushima in 'Ghost' Remake

Our favourite Hallyu ("korean wave") star Song Seung Hun (Hangul: 송승헌; Chinese: 宋承憲) and ever-so-beautiful Japanese actress Nanako Matsushima (Kanji: 松島菜菜子) will work together in an upcoming Japanese movie which remakes Jerry Zucker's hit 1990 film "Love and Soul" aka "Ghost", starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. Song plays the role Patrick Swayze once did, while Demi Moore’s role will be played by Nanako.

The movie is about a love story of a man who is murdered and returns with the help of a spiritual advisor to solve his own murder and to protect his lover.

Three major film distributor companies, CJ Entertainment, Paramount Pictures Japan and Shociku Japan will participate in production. The well-known Japanese director Taro Otani (Kanji: 大谷太郎) who directed popular drama "Gokusen" is expected to be the director.

Song is currently working on his new Korean drama "My Princess" which he acted alongside Kim Tae Hee (Hangul: 김태희; Hanjal: 金泰熙). This drama will be on air in January 2011. As for Nanako, it will be her come-back acting since her last movie "Bizan" in 2007 and Japanese drama "Emergency Room 24 Hours 4" in 2009.

The full title of the movie is "Ghost: Unseen Love". It will be released in Korea on November 25th, and Japan on November 13th.