John Woo’s Red Cliff 2 Posters

Five new international posters for John Woo’s historical epic “Red Cliff 2“ (”Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia”) have been released. The first of this two-part epic motion, “Red Cliff” adapted from China’s novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” written by Guanzhong Luo (1330-1400) is the most expensive film ever made in Asia.

The second part, “Red Cliff 2″ had its premiere in January 2009 in China.
The film stars Chen Chang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chiling Lin, Shido Nakamura and Wei Zhao.

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.

You can watch “Red Cliff 2″ trailer HERE and read more about first part of the movie at “Red Cliff” FF Movie Page

Update: Red Cliff US poster

Red Cliff poster

Full House For “Red Cliff” on Opening Day

The costliest Chinese film seems to have the potential to be the most profitable as well. John Woo’s “Red Cliff” opened on Thursday, attracting a full house at almost every theater screening the film. “Red Cliff”, reportedly Asia’s most expensive ever film, gained 27 million yuan (3.91 million U.S. dollars) of box office on its first-day release, setting the highest record among homemade movies.

The first of this two-part epic motion, adapted from China’s classic historic fiction Romance of the Three Kingdoms, hit cinemas in Asia on July 10.

Its first-day box office was the highest among all movies released in the mainland so far this year and higher than last year’s Hollywood blockbuster “Transformers” whose first-day box office was 22.41 million yuan.

Despite its grand premiere last week, it was the first time the two-hour and 20-minute film was screened in its entirety.

An audience member in Beijing told Sohu that she heard that John Woo had spent five years making “Red Cliff,” which aroused her curiosity in the film.

Moviegoers were also impressed by the film’s magnificence, Sohu says. “Red Cliff” is based on a well-known historical battle in 208 AD in which thousands of ships were burnt. The biggest scenes involved 2,000 actors and crew members, and around 1,300 special effects are used, an earlier report on Shanghai Daily says. Continue Reading…

‘Red Cliff’ 9-minutes Cannes promo

Over the weekend a 9-minute Cannes promo reel for John Woo’s Red Cliff showed up online.

‘The War of the Red Cliff‘ is movie with a budget of $36 million which is the most expensive ever in Chinese Cinema history.

Film is based on historical events that took place in China 1,700 years ago and on a chapter in the popular novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” Some 600 years after its publication, the book is still widely read in China.

‘The War of the Red Cliff’ has 2 parts.The first movie “The War of the Red Cliff,” is set to premiere July 10.

Production of the second movie is expected to wind up within the year, and is tentatively scheduled for a December release.

Watch “Red Cliff” Cannes promo after jump Continue Reading…

John Woo’s ‘The War of the Red Cliff’ New Photos

John Woo will be developing his first Chinese-language film “The War of the Red Cliff” after 10 years.

Chow Yun Fat has been offered the starring role and that is the first time they have worked together since the classic ‘Hard Boiled‘ in 1992.

‘The War of the Red Cliff’ is movie with a budget of $36 million which is the most expensive ever in Chinese Cinema history.

“Red Cliff” is based on historical events that took place in China 1,700 years ago and on a chapter in the popular novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.” Some 600 years after its publication, the book is still widely read in China.

‘The War of the Red Cliff’ has 2 parts.

The first movie “The War of the Red Cliff,” is set to premiere July 10.

Production of the second movie is expected to wind up within the year, and is tentatively scheduled for a December release.

These days, John Woo and the cast, which includes Tony Leung, Chang Chen and Taiwanese supermodel Lin Chi-Ling, promote the films at 61st Cannes Film Festival. Continue Reading…