Three Kingdoms (2008) Andy Lau, Maggie Q, Sammo Hung

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Three Kingdoms - Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)




Three Kingdoms - Resurrection of the Dragon, a US$25 million budgeted movie by Mainland China and Korea held its first press conference during the Pusan International Film Festival last weekend. The movie will narrate the story of Three Kingdom general Zhao Yun's life story, this role will be taken up by Andy Lau. Sammo Hung and Maggie Q also attended the press conference. The movie will start shooting in March 2007.

Andy expressed that he had read the Three Kingdom's comic when he's young and playing the role of Zhao Zi-long whom was full of courage and wits was his dream and it finally come true with Three Kingdoms - Resurrection of the Dragon. Sammo whom will be the arts director will also cameo as Zhang Fei.

Maggie Q whom had been cast in several Hollywood movies will be playing a new character, Cao Cao's grand-daughter Cao Yin, she will be having a love relationship with Zhao Yun. According to Korean media, another major character Zhou Yu will be played by Leon Lai.

Daniel Li whom is the director and scriptwriter reveal that the movie's characters' image will get inspiration from Japanese's gaming company KOEI Co. Ltd's Dynasty Warrior. "Zhao Yun is just a first-class general, when comparing with Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan, he's one grade lower, but he's the most familiar character in Three Kingdom for youngsters nowadays."

"During the script writing, I maintain the Three Kingdom classic story, for example the battle at Chang Ban Po, on the other side drawing inspiration from the game, in order to let the characters get accepted by the younger audience."


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