Finally! About a month before the films theatrical opening in China, Wong Kar-Wai gives a new look at his Ip Man biopic The Grandmasters.

[via The Playlist & Filmaddicts]

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Young genius Yang Luchan travels to Chen Village to learn the forbidden secrets of martial arts, but quickly learns that the village is menaced by a formidable battalion of Steampunk soldiers. The villagers realize that in order to save their home, they must trust this strange outsider with their knowledge of Tai Chi.

[via Quiet Earth]

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While the South Korean remake is already available in high definition for some time now, Kam & Ronson finally decided to release all three parts of John Woo and Tsui Hark’s HK classic A Better Tomorrow series on Blu-ray Disc. All three films will be released in Hong Kong on August 5th and will probably be locked to Region A.
I really hope K&M will use better material for these films than they did for their Police Story and Once Upon A Time in China releases, but knowing K&M I bet they won’t…

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Synopsis:

White Snake (Eva Huang), in the incarnation of a beautiful lady, falls in love with a young herbalist Xu Xian (Raymond Lam). With the help of Green Snake (Charlene Choi), she ventured into the human world and got married to Xu Xian. In a twist of event, Fa Hai (Jet Li), a sorcerer from Jin Shan Temple, crosses path with White Snake. A fiery battle is about to begin…

[via FilmSmash]

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Sina.com has released a first trailer for Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmaster starring Tony Leung as Ip Man and Zhang Ziyi. The trailer is somewhat less colorful that Wong Kar-Wai’s former works, but let’s wait and see if his biopic about Bruce Lee’s master can beat Wilson Yips’s two films starring Donnie Yen.

[Update] Updated the trailer with a HD version!
[via wildgrounds & @TheGoldenRock]

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