In a quick bit of news it looks like Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster is finally going to make it here to the US and Canada. This isn’t a surprise to me at all and neither is the fact that the rights were picked up by The Weinstein Company. In fact, I had actually thought that TWC had picked up the rights to this ages ago from WildBunch because, despite how long it took to actually finish the film, this was going to be a movie people in the States would want to see,I mean IT IS Wong Kar Wai. TWC will also be releasing this in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
The film has already had a successful opening in China and, not only has it has been critically acclaimed, but it’s Wong Kar Wai’s most bankable film to date.
The story of two kung fu masters: he comes from China’s south; she is from the north. His name is Ip Man; hers is Gong Er. Their paths cross in his hometown of Foshan on the eve of the Japanese invasion in 1936. China is in turmoil and the country’s south teeters on the brink of partition from the north. Gong Er’s father is a renowned grandmaster. He too travels to Foshan. The legendary brothel The Golden Pavilion, where the country’s best martial artists converge, is to be the venue for his retirement ceremony. This tale of betrayal, challenge, honour and love plays out against the chaotic backdrop of war and occupation.
As you can tell, this is another Ip Man movie but at least it’s one that might live up to the expectations.
The Grandmaster stars Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen,let’s hope we’ see it by the end of 2013 as I’m sure they’ll make an Oscar push for it come awards season, otherwise it’ll be another Asia film that TWC picks up and waits forever to release it.
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