Lady of the Dynasty

Lady of the Dynasty

Poster
Traditional 王朝的女人·楊貴妃
Simplified 王朝的女人·杨贵妃
Mandarin Wángcháo de Nǚrén Yáng Guìfēi
Cantonese Wong4ciu4 dik1 Neoi5jan4 Jeong4 Gwai3fei1
Directed by Cheng Shiqing
Starring Fan Bingbing
Leon Lai
Wu Chun
Joan Chen
Cinematography Hou Yong
Production
company
China Film Group Corporation
Chunqiuhong Cultural Investment Company
Tristone Entertainment Inc.
Release dates
  • December 2015
Country China
Language Mandarin
Budget $20 million[1]

Lady of the Dynasty is an upcoming Chinese epic romance war film directed by Cheng Shiqing (writer of Codename Cougar) and featuring Fan Bingbing, Leon Lai, Wu Chun, Joan Chen, Ning Jing. The film also had a director group including Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang.[2] The film is scheduled for release on December 2015.[3]

Premise

A love story between Yang Guifei and Li Longji, also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Cast

Production

In March 2009, Yang Guifei officially announced, then the productiuon companies included a British company. In April 2011, the film was renamed as Tang Crisis, but when the British production company withdrew its investment, the film turned into a Chinese-Japanese co-production, and confirmed Kwak Jae-yong as the director. In October 2011, at the Busan International Film Festival ,it was reported that the film renamed as Yang Guife' and confirmed that stars Fan Bingbing and Leehom Wang.[4]

In January 2012, the film began to shoot. Japanese actor Shun Oguri played Yang Guifei's former husband in this film.[5] But the concepts between the director and the production company were different, the production company intended to replace the director Kwak Jae-yong, who resigned lately. It was reported that the production company said Kwak refused to shoot the film according to its requirements which emphasized a traditional Chinese understanding of the Tang dynasty.[6]

In March 2012, Tian Zhuangzhuang participated in this film, but his position was unknown.[7] while Japanese investors announced the divestment.

In August 2013, after a year-long script modifications, the film planned to restart.[8] However, only Fan Bingbing remains on the casting list.[9] The film's launch event was held in Beijing on Sunday, September 1, 2013.[10][11] The shoot period lasted four months, ending on 31 December 2013, according to Fan's weibo.

References

  1. ↑ "杨贵妃2013". chunqiuhong.com. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ ""杨贵妃"导演另有其人 张艺谋田壮壮只是友情协助". mtime.com. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. ↑ 王朝的女人·杨贵妃 (2014). movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ ""杨贵妃"亮相釜山". ent.qq.com. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Newly Married Shun Oguri Busy Working for "Yang Guifei"". chinesefilms.cn. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "South Korean director fired by 'Yang Gui Fei'". cultural-china.com. March 12, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  7. ↑ "片方称田壮壮接棒执导《杨贵妃》不太准确". ent.sina.com.cn. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "范冰冰无需增肥 陈冲演贵妃". http://ent.sina.com.cn''. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Film "Yang Guifei" to be Reshooted in September". chinatopix.com. August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Zhang Yimou to co-direct "Lady Yang"". news.yahoo.com. September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Zhang Yimou on Board New Film 'Yang GuiFei'". cri.cn. September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.

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