'TURANDOT' EPIC MOVIE
DYLAN SPROUSE JOINS GUAN XIAOTONG IN THE CAST
Guan Xiaotong will be princess Turandot |
TURANDOT a fantasy romance, follows Princess Turandot (Guan Xiaotong),
who is cursed by a mysterious power emanating from three Mazovian
bracelets that were given to her as birthday gifts. The life draining
effects of the bracelets cause the princess to become cruel, and
gradually she loses her humanity.
Foreign princes who
come to court her must solve three riddles, one for
each bracelet, and only then will she be freed from the power of the
bracelets. In the event any of the questions is answered incorrectly,
the attempted solver would be put to death. One day, Calaf (Dylan Sprouse),
an ordinary citizen, risks his life to answer the riddles to save her
and inadvertently uncovers his own extraordinary past. The film,
directed by Xiaolong Zheng, is now shooting.
Disney star Dylan Sprouse will take the male lead |
'THE LEGEND OF RAVAGING DYNASTIES 2' SEQUEL
POSTERS & TRAILER ARE IN!
Speaking of stunning Asian fantasy movies, check out the breathtaking character posters and trailer for Chinese computer animated motion capture action fantasy adventure film THE LEGEND OF RAVAGING DYNASTIES 2 written and directed by Guo Jingming, which should be released in China on 6 July!
THE LEGEND OF THE RAVAGING DYNASTIES 2
has the story set in the Odin Mainland which is separated into four countries, Water, Wind, Earth and Fire, and in each lives a group of soul masters protecting their county with their soul powers. The most powerful seven of them are known as Noble Lords! Asian superstars Fan Bingbing, Kris Wu, Cheney Chen, William Chan, Lin Yun, Amber Kuo, Wang Duo, Roy Wang, Karry Wang, and Jackson Yi lead the cast of the fantasy adventure.
has the story set in the Odin Mainland which is separated into four countries, Water, Wind, Earth and Fire, and in each lives a group of soul masters protecting their county with their soul powers. The most powerful seven of them are known as Noble Lords! Asian superstars Fan Bingbing, Kris Wu, Cheney Chen, William Chan, Lin Yun, Amber Kuo, Wang Duo, Roy Wang, Karry Wang, and Jackson Yi lead the cast of the fantasy adventure.
Given the actors, I take it that "Turandot" will not actually be the opera, but just the story. Too bad. The music is always the best part of operas. The stories are never actually worth a damn.
ReplyDeleteyes, just the story, I can't remember China ever doing a musical :)
DeleteWell, well. I thought the days of the Sprouse brothers were over. My girls used to love their Disney show so I am sure they will be thrilled to see Dylan Sprouse starring in a new film.
ReplyDeletehe's back and he is all muscly. I never liked the boys when they were little, too fake and talentless. Maybe he learned how to act in the meantime?
DeleteProbably not. Either you got it or you don't. I'm going with the latter for that one.
Deleteit goes for Bridget Mandler or Handler too, forgot her name, still remember how my beloved Undateable got cancelled after she ruined the third season with her fakeass acting :( Emily Osment and Greg Skulkin are the only Disney stars of the recent generation that I can handle.
DeletePuccini's Turandot is immortal; so is the aria in the final act performed by the late Pavarotti (Nessun Dorma). Now a chinese movie based on the opera; interesting and intriguing!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I totally forgot Nessun Dorma was from Turandot! Loved that aria. My fave opera is probably Borodin's Prince Igor!
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