Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2
Traditional 西遊伏妖篇
Simplified 西游伏妖篇
Mandarin Xī Yóu Fú Yāo Piān
Cantonese Sai1 Jau4 Feok6 Jiu2 Pin1
Directed by Tsui Hark[1]
Produced by Stephen Chow
Written by Stephen Chow
Based on Journey to the West
by Wu Cheng'en
Starring Kris Wu
Lin Gengxin
Yao Chen
Mengke Bateer
Production
company
The Star Overseas
Alibaba Pictures
Release dates
  • January 28, 2017 (2017-01-28)
Country China
Language Mandarin
Budget US$63.39 million[2]

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2 (Chinese: 西遊伏妖篇) is a 2017 Chinese fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Tsui Hark and written and produced by Stephen Chow. The film is a sequel to the 2013 film, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, which was directed, written, and produced by Stephen Chow. The film, based on China's ancient fantasy novel Journey to the West, stars Kris Wu, Lin Gengxin, Yao Chen, Lin Yun, Bao Bei'er, Da Peng, Wang Likun, Wang Duo, Zhang Mei'er and basketball player-turned-actor Mengke Bateer. The film will be released in Chinese theaters during the Spring Festival which falls on January 28, 2017. [3]


Cast

Production

Principal photography has begun in October 2015.[5] This is the first major collaboration between the "King of Comedy" actor-turned-director Chow and wuxia film wizard Tsui. They had never worked together until Tsui Hark finally appeared in Chow's The Mermaid with a cameo role during Spring Festival 2016. Chow wrote and executive produced the sequel of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, with Tsui directing. [6]

Promotion

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2 had its first teaser released in China on November 8, 2016. The plot still remained mystery but a few hilarious scenes can be seen in the trailer. At the end scene of the first teaser released yesterday, Chow unexpectedly appeared with Tsui in a short clip and hilariously questioned why there were no special visual effects in the trailer. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Clifford Coonan (February 2, 2015). "Stephen Chow and Tsui Hark in Talks to Collaborate on 'Journey to the West' Sequel for Alibaba Pictures". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Zhang Rui (August 7, 2015). "Tsui Hark starts filming 'Journey to the West 2'". China.org.cn. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Stephen Chow, Tsui Hark's blockbuster releases teaser". China.org.cn. China Internet Information Center. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "西游伏妖篇 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Film in Production". english.entgroup.cn. EntGroup Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Stephen Chow and Tsui Hark's upcoming Monkey King film". China.org.cn. China Internet Information Center. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Stephen Chow, Tsui Hark's blockbuster releases teaser". China.org.cn. China Internet Information Center. Retrieved November 9, 2016.

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