YUEN WO-PING KEEPS KICKING

The Hong Kong Filmart is in full swing and one of the projects being pre-sold is Yuen Wo-ping's THE WAR, described somewhat cryptically as being about a war between Japan, Korea and China and it can't be too offensive since it has backers from all three countries. Yuen is also working on LITTLE EAGLE, directed by Wu Tian-ming and written by MARCH OF THE PENGUINS writer Michel Fessler. Wu Tian-ming directed KING OF MASKS, but more importantly he was head of the Xian Film Studios in China during the 80's when Zhang Yimou and other Fifth Generation Directors were getting their start there. If anyone could be considered the Godfather of the Fifth Generation, it's Wu Tian-ming. Still doesn't change the fact that KING OF MASKS wasn't that great of a movie.

The same article in Variety also mentions that Fruit Chan's NEON GLOWS OVER MYANMAR, which is in presales at the HK Filmart, is a US$7 million martial arts movie.