Chow signs on as bad guy in Chinese film

After taking on the ancient sage Confucius, Chow Yun-fat has signed on to play an early 20th century bad guy in a $19 million Chinese frontier film.

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Chow Yun-Fat Drops Out of `Red Cliff'

Chow Yun-Fat's withdrawal from a major Chinese historical epic directed by John Woo — the man who made him an icon — has raised questions about whether a local son has forgotten his roots.

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Midway announced today that a demo for the action-packed and award-winning, 3rd person action adventure title, Stranglehold, will be available for download on Xbox Live and PC in early August...

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The Chinese government has censored the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie because it "vilifies and defaces" Chinese culture and maintains "Hollywood's old tradition of demonizing the Chinese."

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Is this third installment an overblown, drawn-out spectacle with more plot twists than a pretzel factory? Perhaps. Does it still deliver a visually stunning, wham-bam conclusion to a rousing pirate trilogy? Absolutely.

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High-quality photos of advertising posters for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End have been released. These may not be final, but they should be pretty darn close. Overall, they look pretty cool, and strongly reflect the darker tone of the group's adventures in Asia.

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From the article: [In "Curse of the Golden Flower,"] Chinese director Zhang Yimou achieves a kind of operatic delirium, opening the floodgates of image and melodrama until the line between tragedy and black comedy is all but erased.

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