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...film is that rare bird: a true tricontinental production. Li and his favorite collaborator, action choreographer Corey Yuen, represent Asia; Fonda and screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen fly the Stars and Stripes. But the secret ingredient is Luc Besson, the French auteur (Nikita, The Fifth Element) who produced Dragon, wrote the story, set the dark, violent tone, signed French music-video ace Chris Nahon to direct and chose Karyo, the angular menacer who shone in Nikita, to play the spuming villain. The film's other star is Paris. Like any self-respecting thriller set in a famous city, Dragon stages action...
...Sent Down Girl, is courting her for a script to be shot in China, based on Yan Geling's novel, The Lost Daughter of Happiness. And last week Shu Qi signed up with one of the region's most sought-after directors, martial arts supremo Corey Yuen. His new project, Sunset Angels?which, as was inevitable, is being touted as a Chinese Charlie's Angels?is backed by Columbia Pictures Asia and will start shooting in Hong Kong in August...
HONG KONG On Easter Sunday at Yuen Long in the New Territories, visitors can watch a day-long traditional festival in honor of Tin Hau, the Taoist goddess of the sea, even though it is 11 days before her birthday. Amid dragon dances and fortune-telling, fishermen from across the city gather to pray for calm waters and heavy nets. Call Grayline Tours...
...they do fly through the air, giving the bad guys foot-facials (Charlie's stunt maven, Yuen Cheung-yan, is the brother of Yuen Wo-ping, who choreographed Tiger). And to Barrymore, who produced it, Charlie's is a tribute to today's woman: able, independent and cute--not so much femi-nist as femi-nice. "We wanted the Angels to be strong, but not masculine," says scriptwriter John August. "They aren't afraid of their sexuality, but they don't use it as power. Drew and I agreed they should be recognizable 'girls.' And she doesn't mind...
...they do fly through the air, giving the bad guys foot-facials (Charlie's stunt maven, Yuen Cheung-yan, is the brother of Yuen Wo-ping, who choreographed "Tiger"). And to Barrymore, who produced it, "Charlie's" is a tribute to today's woman: able, independent and cute, not so much femi-nist as femi-nice. "We wanted the Angels to be strong, but not masculine," says scriptwriter John August. "They aren't afraid of their sexuality, but they don't use it as power. Drew and I agreed they should be recognizable 'girls.' And she doesn't mind...