A Taiwan-version poster of the second part of epic film "Red Cliff" [sina.com]

The posters of the second installment of director John Woo's epic movie "Red Cliff" have been published in Taiwan.

Reported to be the most expensive film so far in Asia, the first part of the grand production raked in more than 300 million yuan in its first month of screening in July, making it the highest-earning Chinese film ever.

Based on the Chinese literature classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", whose characters are household heroic names among Chinese, the flick rallied the shiniest stars on the Chinese silver screen, including award-winning Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, mainland actress Zhao Wei and Taiwan actor Chang Chen.

The sequel, which is said to re-present the best known historical battles in 208 AD in China's Three Kingdoms period, will premiere in cinemas on Jan. 15 during the busiest year-end season.