Bona Announces 2012/2013 Film Slate
Bona, 12/14/12
Chinese film distributor Bona Film Group (Nasdaq: BONA) today announced its slate of domestic releases for the remainder of 2012 and its expected slate for 2013. Bona will release one film before the end of the year, "The Last Tycoon," directed by Wong Jing and starring Chow Yun-Fat and Sammo Hung. The film will be released in mainland China on December 22.
Planned 2013 releases are as follows:
Biopic, "The Grandmaster," directed by Wongkar Wai and starring Tony Leung and Zhang Zhiyi.
Courtroom drama, "Christmas Rose," produced by Jacob Cheung and Tsui Hark, directed by Charlie Young and starring Aaron Kwok.
Action film, "MMA," directed by Dante Lam and starring Nick Cheung and Eddie Peng.
Action comedy, "Princess and 7 Kung Fu Masters," directed by Wong Jing and starring Sammo Hung, Eric Tsang and Sandra Ng.
Romantic comedy, "My Lucky Star," directed by Dennie Gordon and starring Ziyi Zhang and Leehom Wang.
3D action thriller, "Inferno," directed by Oxide & Danny Pang and starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo and Angelica Lee.
3D martial arts film, "The Grey-Hair Witch," directed by Jacob Cheung and starring Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing.
Major films in pre-production, tentatively slated for release in 2013 include:
Epic drama, "Tracks in the Snowy Forest," a 3D remake of a well-known 1960s film directed by Tsui Hark and produced by Jianxin Huang.
Action film, "City of Gambler" (tentative title), directed by Wong Jing and produced by Andrew Lau.
Police action film, "The Cartel War," directed by Benny Chan.
Corporate action film, "Overheard 3," produced by Derek Yee, co-directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong and starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu.
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