Chen Kaige multi-tasking on two films
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CRI, August 9, 2011
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Chinese director Chen Kaige (right) and his wife Chen Hong attend the "Sacrifice" photocall during the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2011. [File Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images/CFP] |
Director Chen Kaige apparently doesn't want to waste any time relaxing this summer, having already started a new project while waiting for the set of another film to be constructed.
Chen is working on a film adaptation of the Chinese novel "Wang Shi", literally meaning "Deaths on the Internet", the Oriental Morning Post reports. The novel, written by Wen Yu, was first published and became popular on the Internet, and explores the negative influence of the cyber world on the real world. It was nominated for last year's Lu Xun Literary Prize, a major award for Chinese literature.
Previous reports say Chen's new film will be a big-budget fantasy movie adapted from a novel by Japanese writer Baku Yumemakura.
Though the director accepted the task of taking on the Baku Yumemakura adaptation, construction of the set will take some time to complete, given the scale of the film, the report cited producer Chen Hong as saying.
Chen Hong, who is also wife of Chen Kaige, said that her husband decided to make an urban film while waiting for the fantasy film set to come together, thus leading to the adaptation of the Internet novel.
However, the Chens didn't reveal any further information concerning the new film, except that it will be shot on location in Ningbo, a city near Shanghai.
The report cited an unnamed source as saying that Chen Kaige is approaching A-listers Ge You and Yao Chen to star in the film.
Ge You previously starred in Chen's film "Sacrifice".
Chen Kaige is one of China's most internationally renowned directors, best known for his 1993 film, "Farewell My Concubine", starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li. The film was nominated for best foreign-language film at the 1993 Academy Awards, and eventually won the Golden Palm award at that year's Cannes Film Festival.
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