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March 16, 2006

SEVEN SWORDS TV SERIES BEGINS

For those who felt that Tsui Hark's SEVEN SWORDS was rushed and choppy, the 40 episode TV series version of the same story begins airing in China Friday. Shot simultaneously with the movie, based on the same source material ("Seven Swords of Mount Tian") but utilizing a different cast, the movie covers 20 years in the lives of its seven sword-slinging heroes. Starring good old Zhao Wen-zhuo (THE BLADE), Ada Choi and young Mainland star, Wang Xuebing, the series has already aired in Taiwan where it was selected as the number one Chinese TV series of the year.

In the TV show, Tsui Hark says he wants to explore the idea that these aren't just a bunch of chivalrous icons but are instead people who live in an zone of dubious morality where the bad guys aren't all bad and the good guys aren't all good.

Heck, it already sounds way better than the movie.

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March 16, 2006 at 06:13 PM in News | Permalink

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I'm confused. I was under the impression that this series aired in HK already; I vaguely recall hearing that it was successful enough that it was expanded from 40 to sixtysomething episodes. Is that just the ganja talking again?

Posted by: Michael Wells | Mar 17, 2006 7:06:30 AM

According to what I read, the series hasn't aired in China yet, so I would assume that would include Hong Kong. It did air in Taiwan and part of Korea (although I'm not sure what that means).

Posted by: Grady Hendrix | Mar 18, 2006 6:35:19 AM

Ah, I had it wrong. The series aired in China in February of this year. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Grady Hendrix | Mar 20, 2006 4:36:40 AM

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