UNIVERSE at Cannes 2004

Dear friend,

 

Universe Films would like to meet you at Cannes in Riviera F9-01(Hong Kong Pavilion) to present you the most exciting line-up and a list of library titles. Please feel free to schedule appointments with us for further discussion on our business potential. We will be grateful to schedule any convenient date and time for our meeting.

 

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For further enquires before or during the market, please feel free to contact our distribution team, Ms. Koris HA and Ms. Alice LEUNG as below. Hope to see you soon! 

 

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Yours truly,

 

Alvin Lam

Chief Operation Officer

Universe Films Distribution Co., Ltd.

 

   www.oneniteinmongkok.com

Producer & Director : DEREK YEE (Full Throttle, Lost in Time)

Casting : Daniel Wu (Hit Team, Enter the Phoenix) / Cecilia Cheung **Best actress of the 23rd Hong Kong Film Award** (Lost in Time , Running On Karma), Lam Suet (PTU)

Genre/Language : Action Drama/ Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: US$2.8 million

Log Line: A killer and a prostitute are rummaged around by police and gangsters in the most densely populated place and the hotbed of illicit business, Mongkok. Their lives are in extremely danger no matter who will catch them first...

**World Premiere at Cannes**

Saturday, 15th May at 4:00pm in Riviera 4

Sunday, 16th May at 12:00 noon in Riviera 2

 

Producer & Director : ANN HUI (July Rhapsody)

Casting : Nicholas Tse (Gen-X Cops, New Police Story) / Zhao Wei (Shaolin Soccer, Warriors Of Heaven And Earth) / Liu Yunlong

Genre/Language : Drama / Mandarin

Production Year : 2003

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: US$2 million

Log Line: An anti-drug enforcement policewoman falls in love with a drug dealer and struggles between love and hate; sensibility and legality...

**Cannes Premiere**

Thursday, 13th May at 11:30am in Palais E

Sunday, 16th May at 4:00pm in Riviera 4

 

 

Director: DANNY PANG (Bangkok Dangerous, The Eye 1 & 2)

Producers: Pang Brothers

Casting : Ekin Cheng (Heroic Duo, The Stormriders) / Twins- Charlene Choi (Twins Effect)

Genre/Language : Action Comedy / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : In-production

Production Budget: US$2.3 million

Log Line: Twin brothers taste the soul of love and meaning of life after accidentally exchanging their identities...

 

Director: OXIDE PANG (The Eye 1 & 2, The Tesseract)

Producers: Pang Brothers

Casting : Race Wong / Rosanne Wong

Genre/Language : Thriller / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : In-production

Production Budget: US$2 million

Log Line: A photography student becomes obsessed with the idea of taking pictures at the moment of death. She attracts the attention of a psychotic killer who finds her unusual behavior interesting.

 

Director : DANTE LAM (Hit Team, Twins Effect)

Producer : Chan Hing Kai

Casting : Aaron Kwok (The Stormriders) / Eason Chan / Yumiko Cheng / Dave Wang

Genre/Language : Action Comedy / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : Post-production

Production Budget: US$3.2 million

Log Line: Two police partners find that they have to set aside their big egos if they want to solve a crime that could cost them their jobs...

Producer & Director : BENNY CHAN (Gen-X Cops, Heroic Duo)

Casting : Aaron Kwok (The Stormriders) / Daniel Wu (Purple Storm) / Ekin Cheng (Heroic Duo)

Genre/Language : Action Drama / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : Pre-production

Production Budget: US$5 million

Log Line: The three people have different lives and characteristics, but they are related together by some cases. Each of them seems to possess some qualities that don't suit their identity, will it engulf them into the whirlpool? 

 

    www. rosenoire2004.com

Directors : DONNIE YEN (Blade I & II) / BARBARA WONG (Women's Private Parts)

Producer : Carl Cheung (Twins Effect)

Casting : Ekin Cheng (Heroic Duo) / Twins-Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung (Twins Effect)

Genre/Language : Action Comedy / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: US$3.8 million

Log Line: A Black Rose Training Camp for Heroine is a trap but finally brings two girls to become real Black Roses to help people...

 

Producer & Director : BENNY CHAN (Gen-X Cops, Heroic Duo)

Casting : Leon Lai (Three) / Ekin Cheng (Twins Effect) / Francis Ng (Infernal Affairs II) / Karena Lam (Inner Senses, Floating Landscape) / Xu Jinglei

Genre/Language : Action / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2003

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: Over US$3.8 million

Log Line: Kin, a G4 elite member, and Lai, a psychologist gets closer to the truth of crime and find out that the crooks' plans are far more ambitious than they thought...

 

Director : CHEANG POU SOI (New Blood)

Producer : Amy Tsui (May & August)

Casting : Twins- Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung (Twins Effect) / BoyZ / Alex Fong

Genre/Language : Horror Comedy / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2003

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: US$1.8 milliion

Log Line: A 100 million heritage brings all the old man's offspring back to his old haunting house in which weird things happen and they see the spirit of their father wandering in the house. They discover a great secret at the end...

 

Producer-writer-director: PANG BROS. (Bangkok Dangerous, The Eye 1 & 2)

A promo reel will be screened on 18th May at 8:00pm in Riviera 5 in conversations with Pang Bros.

 

C R I M E & the city

 

Director: JAMES YUEN

Producer: Henry Fong / Derek Yee

Casting : Eason Chan (Enter the Phoenix) / Francis Ng (Infernal Affairs II) / Joey Yung

Genre/Language : Action Drama / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : Pre-production

 

 

Producer & Director: DEREK YEE (Full Throttle, Lost in Time)

Casting : Miriam Yeung (Sound Of Colors) / Daniel Wu (Purple Storm)

Genre/Language : City Comedy / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : Pre-production

 

Anna In Kungfu-land   www.annainkungfu-land.com

 

Director : RAYMOND YIP

Producer: Chan Hing Kai, Jimmy Law

Casting : Ekin Cheng (Heroic Duo) / Miriam Yeung (Sound Of Colors) / Kurada Hoshou

Genre/Language : Action Comedy / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2003

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: US$3.2 million

Log Line : Kin, a PR firm staff, organize a martial art competition in which he meets Anna, who is sent by the Shaolin master. Her aim is to become a movie star, but later she devotes to fight for the championship in order to accomplish her father's dream...

 

 

 

Director : BILLY CHUNG

Producer: Bee Chan

Casting : Francis Ng (Infernal Affairs II) / Athena Chu / Nick Cheung (Fate Fighter)

Genre/Language : Thriller / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2003

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: US$1.2 million

Log Line : Sammi is involved in an accident and begins to have hallucinations about horrific crimes and is driven to the verge of nervous breakdown...

 

 

Director : HERMAN YAU

Producers: Ng Kin Hung / Simon Loui

Casting : Jordon Chan (Men Suddenly In Black) / Candy Lo (Truth Or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat) / Patrick Tang (Truth Or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat)

Genre/Language : Romantic Drama / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

Production Year : 2003

Production Status : Completed

Production Budget: US$1.2 million

Log Line : The lord-daughter of a longstanding herbal tea store falls in a confusing relationship with her tenant...

 

TV Series * TV Series * TV Series * TV Series * TV Series * TV Series * TV Series * TV Series *

 

 

Producer : Poon Man Kit

Directors : Ko Sin Ming / Lee Ping Kwong / Chan Ho Wai / Poon Man Kit

Casting : Dicky Cheung / Anthony Wong (Infernal Affair) / Sandra Ng (Golden Chicken) / Twins / Joey Yung  

Genre/Language : TV series / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

No. of episodes/ Duration: 33 / 45 minutes each

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : Post-production

Production Budget: US$6 million

Log Line : A group of kung fu talents join the soccer team and change the destiny of Chinese soccer by mixing the two...

 

 

Producer & Director : Poon Man Kit

Casting : Francis Ng (Infernal Affair II) / Dicky Cheung / Lo Ka Leung / Andy Hui

Genre/Language : TV series / Cantonese, with Mandarin dubbing

No. of episodes/ Duration: 30 / 45 minutes each

Production Year : 2004

Production Status : In-production

Production Budget: US$6.5 million

Log Line : Three brothers, with diverse characters, endure the hardship in the process of career attainment, but end up finding the joy of life from cooking...

 

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