http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/2007/100701.html
Tsui Hark planning HK’s ‘biggest action film’
News | Upcoming | by Mark Pollard | 2007.10.07
SEVEN SWORDS may have not been the big comeback that director Tsui Hark had hoped for but he’s not giving up the fight yet. Chinese news media reports that he is planning an ambitious martial arts action movie with Donnie Yen and Simon Yam as possible candidates to lead an ensemble cast.
Tentatively called 13 REGIMENTS, Tsui’s latest project is being impressively billed as the biggest action film in the history of the Hong Kong film industry. The film will feature a variety of martial arts styles including kung fu, kendo, judo, freeform sparring, and wrestling.
The story will center around 13 individuals, each with unique abilities, who travel around the world recovering scattered Chinese relics and returning them to a national museum in China.
Yam, a non-martial artist, is expected to play the brains of the team while Yen is the fighting lead. Possible co-stars include Nicholas Tse (as a sniper), Gordon Lam (ELECTION 2), Michael Miu (JIANG HU), Alex Fong, Zhang Jie, Wei Chen, and Sun Hong-lei (as the lead villain).
Because audiences are reportedly tired of seeing the same few Hong Kong actors onscreen all the time, Tsui is planning to introduce new talents from mainland China.
Production on 13 REGIMENTS is scheduled to begin at the end of the year.
Source: Wu-Jing.org
