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Jaycee to shape-up against action rival Jacky

Who would win if Jackie Chan's son and young Jet Li had a fight? This question will be answered in Invisible Target (Nan'er Bense), an action/crime film starring Jaycee Chan (pictured), son of Jackie Chan, and rising mainland kungfu star Jacky Wu.

Directed by Banny Chan, the man behind several Jackie Chan pictures, the film revolves around a long-lasting war between three young cops and a gang leader.

Target is a film featuring the young generation of Hong Kong actors. At a time when the island's film industry is suffering from a shortage of young talent, director Chan says while there is high risk in making a film starring all young actors, not having to pay big names keeps costs down.

The film will premiere on July 19.

Doraemon to hit screens

Following the four turtles named after Renaissance artists and the mighty transformers, another popular cartoon character is hitting China's big screen.

Doraemon the Movie 2006, featuring a Japanese robot cat that is highlighted in a popular children's TV cartoon series, will open on July 20 in China.

Doraemon the robot cat was originally a cartoon character created by Fujiko Fujio. Later it became the lead for a series of animations in which the cat helps its owner fulfil his wishes by pulling out various tools from its magic belly pocket.

Every year since the 1990s, Japan would release a film version of the cartoon. 2006 is the first Doraemon film that will screen in China. In this story, the cat and its owner trek back to the Cretaceous Age to help a little dinosaur.

Wang's movie misses the boat for Venice festival

Young director Wang Xiaoshuai's new film Zuo You (a working title which literally means left and right) will miss this year's Venice Festival, which runs from August 29 to September 8, due to some problems in the postproduction.

Wang's producer Huang Bin says that they spent a lot of time purchasing the copyright of some foreign music they used in the film.

Wang is now busy editing the film, and the post-production is expected to wrap-up at the end of August, meaning they miss the deadline for Venice.

Zuo You tells the story of a divorced couple who have another baby to save their daughter who is dying from cancer. The problem is, they have both remarried. Wang's last work Shanghai Dreams (Qing Hong) won the Jury Prize in 2005 Cannes Festival.

China Daily

(China Daily 07/20/2007 page18)