‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II' Starts Filming in May - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon‘s marial arts epicness earned it a place at the top of our “Best Martial Arts Fight Scenes” list, and Ang Lee’s multi-Oscar-winning film still remains a favorite of moviegoers worldwide. That said Crouching Tiger was a pretty self-contained cinematic tale – which is why eybrows are sure to be raised by the news that The Weinstein Company is gearing up to start production on the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel (which could be titled Iron Knight, Silver Vase – but more on that later…). Deadline reports that the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel is set to start filming this May in Asia. Ang Lee is not coming back to direct the sequel; he could be replaced by Ronny Yu, who is currently in talks with TWC. Yu directed the 2006 Jet Li film, Fearless - but he also directed Freddy vs. Jason, and the action flick Formula 51 (aka, Samuel L. Jackson in a kilt). Basically, three films that have gained something of a cult following for being terrible. It’s not necessarily a known fact to the average moviegoer, but even though Crouching Tiger seems like a self-contained story, it is in fact part of a five-volume series of books written by early twentieth century Chinese author, Wang Dulu. In order of story chronology, Crouching Tiger is actually the fourth book; it is followed by the concluding book, Iron Knight, Silver Vase, which will be the basis of this sequel film. Handling script duties is John Fusco, who is best known for writing films like Young Guns, Hidalgo and The Forbidden Kingdom (another film that made our “Best Martial Arts Scenes” list). Those aforementioned Fusco projects all came with a solid mix of action, adventure and heart, which is encouraging for this Silver Vase project – even if the choice of director is not. Added bonus: Fusco is a fan of Wu Sia, the Chinese genre of storytelling (about wandering heroes like those seen in Crouching Tiger), so this is a passion project for him. No casting news yet, but there is speculation that acclaimed Crouching Tiger fight choreographer Wo Ping Yuen (The Matrix) could return for the sequel. Aside from Fusco (and Wo Ping possibly turning) this project seems to be teetering on the line between legitimate sequel and franchise cash-grab; to that point, The Weinstein Company and Sony were once battling for the rights to Wang Dulu’s work, as the late author’s family felt they were not sufficiently compensated for Lee’s movie. Deadline notes that the Weinstein’s “feel” they secured the rights – but the possibility of a legal challenge doesn’t seem to be out of the question. The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel (titled Iron Knight, Silver Vase?) will start production in Summer 2013; a release date is unknown at this point.[/QUOTE] [url]http://screenrant.com/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-sequel-iron-knight-silver-vase/[/url] [IMG]http://cdn1.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Chow-Yun-Fat-in-Crouching-Tiger-Hidden-Dragon.jpg[/IMG]

Sick, hope it is as good as the first, awesome film

[quote] Iron Knight, Silver Vase[/quote] What a weird name. Not to say that the original film's name wasn't weird either, but at least you probably understood it was an eastern traditional action film because of the importance of tigers and dragons in their culture. Unless this one is more about European middle ages knights and stuff like that (which I doubt considering it's still an asian film), I don't see the relation.

I remember seeing the first one, but it was so long ago I cannot remember if it was good or not.

[QUOTE=NO ONE;39356009]I remember seeing the first one, but it was so long ago I cannot remember if it was good or not.[/QUOTE] I have a rough memory of it, and it was cool as shit. But fuck I was like 10 or some shit so it really depends on whether or not you trust a 10 year olds memory of a kung fu film.

[QUOTE=NO ONE;39356009]I remember seeing the first one, but it was so long ago I cannot remember if it was good or not.[/QUOTE] It was a really good movie, and it was a pretty beautiful movie as well.

Different director and possibly different choreographer is making this pretty far from a promising start, but fuck if I remember anything from the first one beyond running on trees and something about a poison dagger.

oh good, I'm not the only one who remembers absolutely nothing about the first one.

is that the film where they duel with swords on top of a really thin tree that bends from their weight

I wish they would stop making reboots and over cinematic sequels from decades old films, what happened to originality. Don't get me wrong I can appreciate a (good) sequel like the next guy but I'm just tired of seeing the same shit with "2" slapped on the end of the title.

Am I the only person who thought the first film was fucking awful and stupid

[QUOTE=koeniginator;39355987]What a weird name. Not to say that the original film's name wasn't weird either, but at least you probably understood it was an eastern traditional action film because of the importance of tigers and dragons in their culture. Unless this one is more about European middle ages knights and stuff like that (which I doubt considering it's still an asian film), I don't see the relation.[/QUOTE] it sounds much better in chinese

can't wait, maybe they can expand from "Chinese People Flying over Rooftops" in the first to "Chinese people moving buildings with their minds" in the second. :-) [editline]26th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=mikeyt493;39365595]Am I the only person who thought the first film was fucking awful and stupid[/QUOTE] it's an exhilerating film, like no other.

I remember nothing about the first one apart from thinking it was utterly appalling.

[QUOTE=AK'z;39365708]can't wait, maybe they can expand from "Chinese People Flying over Rooftops" in the first to "Chinese people moving buildings with their minds" in the second. :-) [editline]26th January 2013[/editline] it's an exhilerating film, like no other.[/QUOTE] It might have been because I expected the film to actually be a realistic one, but it was really dumb and I felt like an idiot while watching it. The entire thing was really fucking silly. To be honest though I really do not enjoy martial arts films (for reasons stated above) so it's possible that it's just not my thing. Yet to see a martial arts film I liked... I've only seen a few but they're pretty highly regarded ones.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;39365780]Yet to see a martial arts film I liked....[/QUOTE] damn.. it's worth seeing a few just to see the craft of them. The plots can be garbage but it can still be a euphoria seeing it, especially some Jackie Chan ones (not the american ones he did).