Thursday, May 11, 2006

Production retarts on "The City of Golden Armor"

Production on Zhang Yimou's The City of Golden Armor staring Chow Yun-Fat amd Gong Li as emperor and empress repectively restarted at Hengdian World Studios.

The film with its 44+ million budget is the most expensive Chinese production yet. A full-scale replica of buildings at the Forbidden City has been decorated for the shoot.

Gong Li in Memoirs of a Geisha
Gong Li in Memoirs of a Geisha. Columbia Pictures photo from Yahoo Movies

Based on the the modern play Thunderstorm by Cao Yu, the movie depicts a power struggle between emperor and empress during the T'ang Dynasty.


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