HBO Co-Produces New Martial Arts Film Series With China Movie Channel

Leslie Cheung over 8 years ago

HBO Asia will co-produce a new Chinese language martial arts action film series with China Movie Channel. The first two of the series will be available on HBO and CMC by late 2016.

Master Of The Drunken Fist: Beggar So and Master Of The Shadowless Kick: Wong Kei-Ying are executive produced by Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen, and Chinese action choreographer and director Guo Jian Yong is currently filming both films in Heng Dian, China.

According to the press release, the films are "set in ancient China at the end of the Qing dynasty, which boast of gritty combat sequences executed by a cast of Chinese actors professionally trained in mixed martial arts, kung fu and muay thai."