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June 05, 2006
ZHANG ZIYI AND TWC
The rumors continue to float around about the Donnie Yen/Weinstein Company/SEVEN SAMURAI remake, but they seem to mostly be a lot of talk. However, over the weekend, Sina.com, one of China's major internet portals and a source of entertainment gossip, reports that Zhang Ziyi signed a three-film contract with The Weinstein Company at Cannes this year. They report that two of the films are MULAN, and SEVEN SAMURAI.
Sina.com has often nabbed stories before English-language press outlets pick them up, and by the time the trade magazines in the US get a story Sina.com has sometimes been done with it for weeks. But they've also reported stories that don't exist or are based on the flimsiest of rumors.
So which is it? Any Chinese readers are invited to chime in and let us know: does Sina.com have facts the rest of us don't?
June 5, 2006 at 04:00 PM in News | Permalink
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sina is definitely a mixed bag. they get everything from exclusive visit to closed productions (latest jiang wen etc), to as you said dustbunnies working the corners of rumor mills, signed deals the stars' managers don't even know about.
alas they have to compete with the rest of chinese showbiz media, and gossip, extremely colorful/ "creative" distortions of the most innocent quotes are Daily Vitamin. they just want readership, like any trade blog (Lol)
my fave is mainland paparazzi using HK celeb quotes to trash HK rags: kettle calling the pot black:P
Posted by: ed | Jun 5, 2006 6:15:33 PM
Ziyi is not committed to any future project at the moment. Monkeypeaches has a good update tracking down the source of this rumor.
Posted by: Chris | Jun 5, 2006 6:53:36 PM