Comedy King Stephen Chow starts filming "Journey to the West: The Second Love Story"

Comedy king Stephen Chow and filmmaker Tsui Hark, the two most famous directors in the Hong Kong (China) film industry, started filming the second part of Journey to the West: The Extraordinary Love Story 2 on August 6.

The 2 most famous directors in the Hong Kong film industry: Stephen Chow & Tsui Hark

According to multiple sources, Journey to the West 2 will be produced by Stephen Chow and directed by Tsui Hark. The film is being produced with a budget of 400 million yuan (US$63.8 million) and will be released in 2017.

There are also rumors that in this episode, Yao Chen, Wu Fan and Lin Gengxin will replace the actors from part 1, including Shu Qi, Huang Bo and Wen Zhang. However, the parties involved in the production have not revealed any information about this film project.

The film Journey to the West: The Love Story was directed by Stephen Chow and released in 2013. To date, the film has grossed more than 1.2 billion yuan (US$203.5 million) in the mainland market alone and is one of the highest-grossing Chinese films.

Scene from the movie Journey to the West: The Extra Story

It is known that Stephen Chow will not interfere with Tsui Hark's directing work, although the two have different perspectives and filmmaking styles. However, the two have many things in common: they like to experiment with advanced technology and have rich imaginations.

Stephen Chow had planned to film Journey to the West 2 before, but he was not satisfied with the original script and chose to make Mermaid first.

There will be at least 10 Monkey King film projects in the next two years, including films by Stephen Chow and Tsui Hark. The most recent, the animated film Return of the Monkey King, has become the top-grossing animated film in China, grossing more than 800 million yuan in ticket sales.

According to thethaovanhoa.vn