Chinese streaming giant iQIYI reports that it has started production on “Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain,” a film adapted from the classic novel of the same name by Louis Cha (aka Jin Yong), a renowned Hong Kong novelist who was one of the most read Chinese-language authors of the 20th century.
Cha, who also co-founded the Ming Pao newspaper, and directed two films, is best known for his wuxia (chivalric martial arts) novels that with one exception stretch in time from the 11th to the 18th century. He died in October 2018 and received a celebrity memorial with Alibaba founder Jack Ma in attendance.
An estimated 90 films and TV series have been made as adaptations of Cha’s 15 wuxia novels, though iQIYI says that “Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain” is not one of them. Its “Fox Volant” film is pitched as a fantasy adventure that tells a tale of...
Cha, who also co-founded the Ming Pao newspaper, and directed two films, is best known for his wuxia (chivalric martial arts) novels that with one exception stretch in time from the 11th to the 18th century. He died in October 2018 and received a celebrity memorial with Alibaba founder Jack Ma in attendance.
An estimated 90 films and TV series have been made as adaptations of Cha’s 15 wuxia novels, though iQIYI says that “Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain” is not one of them. Its “Fox Volant” film is pitched as a fantasy adventure that tells a tale of...
- 1/13/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Chen will also executive produce the series set in early Republican China.
Chinese streaming platform iQiyi is partnering with leading Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige on his first foray into online drama, The Eight.
Set in both Paris and China during the early Republican era, the series tells the story of a young Chinese man who is drawn into the criminal underworld while fighting for China’s independence against a variety of hostile forces.
Chen will also serve as executive producer on the series, responsible for the script and involved in every aspect of the production from casting to editing and cinematography.
Chinese streaming platform iQiyi is partnering with leading Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige on his first foray into online drama, The Eight.
Set in both Paris and China during the early Republican era, the series tells the story of a young Chinese man who is drawn into the criminal underworld while fighting for China’s independence against a variety of hostile forces.
Chen will also serve as executive producer on the series, responsible for the script and involved in every aspect of the production from casting to editing and cinematography.
- 6/15/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Chen will also executive produce the series set in early Republican China.
Chinese streaming platform iQiyi is partnering with leading Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige on his first foray into online drama, The Eight.
Set in both Paris and China during the early Republican era, the series tells the story of a young Chinese man who is drawn into the criminal underworld while fighting for China’s independence against a variety of hostile forces.
Chen will also serve as executive producer on the series, responsible for the script and involved in every aspect of the production from casting to editing and cinematography.
Chinese streaming platform iQiyi is partnering with leading Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige on his first foray into online drama, The Eight.
Set in both Paris and China during the early Republican era, the series tells the story of a young Chinese man who is drawn into the criminal underworld while fighting for China’s independence against a variety of hostile forces.
Chen will also serve as executive producer on the series, responsible for the script and involved in every aspect of the production from casting to editing and cinematography.
- 6/15/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Leading Chinese auteur, Chen Kaige is to shoot a series for mainland Chinese streaming service iQIYI.
“The Eight“ is Chen’s first foray into long form series. He will also act as executive producer of the show.
The story is set in China and Paris, France in the early Chinese revolutionary period at the beginning of the 20th Century. It features a young man who has both Chinese and Western roots. He becomes sucked into the underworld while simultaneously attempting to save the Chinese revolution, which could easily be stifled by opposition forces.
“The rise of premium Internet drama has opened up a huge space for creative innovation,“ said Chen in a prepared statement.
Iqiyi, which has been spun out of China’s leading search engine group Baidu, recently raised some USD2.5 billion from an Ipo on Nasdaq.
The company is now engaged in a wide ranging campaign to develop and acquire original content.
“The Eight“ is Chen’s first foray into long form series. He will also act as executive producer of the show.
The story is set in China and Paris, France in the early Chinese revolutionary period at the beginning of the 20th Century. It features a young man who has both Chinese and Western roots. He becomes sucked into the underworld while simultaneously attempting to save the Chinese revolution, which could easily be stifled by opposition forces.
“The rise of premium Internet drama has opened up a huge space for creative innovation,“ said Chen in a prepared statement.
Iqiyi, which has been spun out of China’s leading search engine group Baidu, recently raised some USD2.5 billion from an Ipo on Nasdaq.
The company is now engaged in a wide ranging campaign to develop and acquire original content.
- 6/15/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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