PROTEGE NEWS

There's some more info about Derek Yee and Peter Chan's US$4.6 million drug film, PROTEGE, in this Screendaily article. It's mostly about the production companies involved and how this represents the first film for Artforce, a new production company that Yee and Chan have started. But the most interesting thing in there is that the cast includes: Andy Lau, as a druglord; Daniel Wu, as his protege; Louis Koo, as a junkie; and Anita Yuen.

Anita Yuen!?! There was a time in the mid-late 90's when she could do no wrong, raking in the cash Miriam Yeung style as she bounced from comedy to romance. But suddenly she seemed to disappear at the height of her fame, vanishing into the land of television. This is the first big film with her in a big role since 1998's underrated TIL DEATH DO US PART, although she has popped up here and there since in minor movies (like in - ugh - KUNG FU GIRLS in 2003; and LOVE TRILOGY in 2004).

(Thanks to the sharp-eyed reader who sent this in)