Legendary heroes Wind & Cloud return in The Storm Warriors. Following Asian box office smash The Storm Riders, this highly anticipated sequel is set to be China's biggest CGI martial-arts movie ("Wuxia")to date. Written by the godfather of Hong Kong comics - Ma Wing-Shing - and directed by The Pang Brothers (The Eye, Re-Cycle, Bangkok Dangerous), The Storm Warriors will be simultaneously released in Australia and Asia on December 10, 2009.
The US$12 million budgeted The Storm Warriors, directed by Hong Kong-based twins Oxide and Danny Pang (the Pang Brothers) premieres in Australia on December 10, released on the same date and day as Asian cinemas.
The Pang Brothers – who built an international reputation as directors and editors thanks to the crossover success of horror and martial-arts action films (The Eye, Bangkok Dangerous, Infernal Affairs, Re-Cycle) – say they have tried to reinvent the "Wuxia" (fantasy kung fu film) genre with their spectacular CGI-laden production.
Zack Snyder's 300 (2007) set the bar for the realisation of comic-inspired cinema, and The Storm Warriors is set to bring the massively popular "Fung Wan" comic franchise to Australian audiences in similar style. Produced extensively across three custom-created bluescreen soundstages (60,000ft), with sets and scenes expertly rendered in CGI by FatFace Productions (Warlords, Re-Cycle), this highly anticipated sequel is screening to Australian fans on the same day & date as its Asian release - December 10.
The Storm Warriors is taken from the wildly successful comic series Fung Wan (Wind and Cloud), by Ma Wing-shing, the Godfather of Chinese comics. The Storm Riders (1998) starred Asian idols Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng, and raked in HK$42 million (RM18.5 million) from the local box office that year. It still ranks as Asian cinema's 12th all-time top earner.
Returning stars Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng are multi-award winning pop icons in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore & Malaysia. Aaron Kwok joins Jackie Chan as the only actor to ever win 2 Golden Horse awards ("The Oscars of Asian Cinema") for Best Actor.
CineAsia [http://www.cineasia.com.au] partners with Event Cinemas, Greater Union & Village Cinemas to bring the latest and greatest in Hong Kong and Chinese films to NSW, VIC & QLD on the same day and date they are released in Asia.
Showtimes & tickets for The Storm Warriors, coming to Australian cinemas December 10, at http://www.cineasia.com.au
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Theatrical Trailer - Final
Sneak Peek Footage - Battle Scene
Artwork (Channel Partner Use only)
Cast & Crew
Release: December 10, 2009
Cast:
Ekin Cheng (Wind)
Aaron Kwok (Cloud)
Simon Yam (Lord Godless)
Kenny Ho (Nameless)
Kenny Wong (Lord Wicked)
Patrick Tam (Chinese Emperor)
Tang Yan (Chu Chu)
Nicholas Tse (Heart)
Charlene Choi (Second Dream)
Lam Suet (Piggy King)
Anson Leung (Earth)
Byron Pang (Sky)
Directors: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang (The Pang Brothers)
Executive Producers: Daniel Lam, Chiu Suet Ying, Song Dai
Producers: Alvin Lam, Pang Brothers, Cheung Hong Tat
