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With Stephen Chow officially off The Green Hornet movie, many have suggested that the task of recasting Kato was nigh-impossible. But director Michel Gondry may have found the actor to step into Chow's domino mask. More »
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Michel Gondry may be a good replacement for Stephen Chow as director of Seth Rogen's The Green Hornet, but does a new casting call reveal that Chow has dropped out of starring in the movie as well? More »
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A hit movie despite critics hating it, Stephen Chow's ET "homage" CJ-7 is to return to Chinese cinemas next year as an animated character. Well, we did call the original movie "Hello Kitty-ish." More »
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Even though Stephen Chow passed on the Green Hornet picture with Seth Rogen, he's not done playing with the super-genre. In fact, rumor has it he's cast Anne Hathaway in a new superhero comedy. More »
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Did Stephen Chow's departure from Seth Rogen's Green Hornet kill, not just our interest in the movie, but also the movie itself? That seems to be the rumor going around right now. More »
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Not only has Stephen Chow dropped out as director of Seth Rogen's Green Hornet, but now it's being hinted that he may also be thinking about quitting as co-star. Interest levels in movie... fading... More »
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Get ready to be disappointed in the upcoming Green Hornet movie. Stephen Chow, the one man who could make us overlook Seth Rogen's stoner parody schtick, has announced that he'll no longer be directing it. More »
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Holy robot glory — A Chinese Odyssey director Jeffrey Lau is making a Chinese Transformers movie. No matter how many things Michael Bay blows up in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, it still won't have Stephen Chow in it. Which means it's China 1, America 0. More »
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Seth Rogen's Green Hornet movie was looking like a weird mutant hybrid, with a script by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, but direction by Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow. How would Chow be able to make Rogen's trademark slacker comedy work? But now there's some excellent news: Chow is taking a hand in rewriting the Hornet script himself, and contributing a lot of his own silly ideas. Promoting his new movie Zack And Miri Make A Porno, Rogen also gave an update on the animated Monsters Vs. Aliens and explained why he's not on board for Ghostbusters 3, even though he's already fan-cast in it for life. More »
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Now that "superhero movies" have become Hollywood's biggest summer genre, we're going to see a flood of films deconstructing superhero tropes in various ways. But the most exciting superhero revamp may not be Watchmen or Kick-Ass, but rather the Green Hornet, the Batman-esque action-comedy starring co-writer Seth Rogen. Why? Because of its new secret weapon, co-star and director Stephen Chow. More »
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Stephen Chow's E.T.-inspired CJ7 opens this weekend, and although it's been critically kicked around like the lowest dog on Earth, we loved the cute little thing. It's not your typical science fiction movie, and it's not even a typical Stephen Chow movie, who is best known for comedies like Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. But this tale of a boy and his cute alien friend was the most fun we've had going to the theater in a long time. Spoilers and clips below. More »
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The good news: Stephen (Shaolin Soccer) Chow's venture into science fiction, CJ7, has been a huge box-office smash in China, in spite of record-breaking snow storms. The movie has made an impressive US$18 million in its first two weeks, meaning that other Chinese film-makers may be tempted to ditch martial arts for space adventure. The bad news: Everybody pretty much dislikes it. More »
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We've been saying for ages that Stephen Chow's CJ7 is a quasi-remake of ET, and now Chow is sort of admitting it. Says Chow: "I watched [ET] many times... I was amazed that science fiction could be filmed like that. I knew then I wanted to make a movie like that. Spielberg's work inspired me to become a director." CJ7 even mirrors Spielberg's daddy issues, with its story of a boy whose relationship with his alien dog affects his relationship with his father. [Xinhua] More »
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We've been hoping that CJ7 will spark a new wave of Chinese science fiction films, and this newly released trailer definitely shows a ton of potential. Stephen Chow is abandoning the kung-fu comedy that made Kung-Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer so successful, in favor of cute alien critters. Mild spoilers below. More »
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The new science fiction movie from Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer, Kung-Fu Hustle) features this insanely cute alien dog. It turns out the toy that Chow's character finds in a dumpster for his son isn't just alien tech, but an alien creature. It also confirms our original suspicion about Chow's CJ7. (More cute doggy pics after the jump.) More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=335369&view=rss&microfeed=true A shy fanboy buys a weird alien figurine that starts making all his wishes come true, including a supermodel date, in The iDol. But everything comes at a price, and the doll's original owner is coming from outer space to look for it. The iDol looks like another zany Japanese comedy like Squid Wrestler, but it has a surprising source. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=333340&view=rss&microfeed=true Science fiction may replace martial arts as the hottest genre in Hong Kong, if Stephen Chow's new movie CJ7 takes off. Chow helped reinvigorate the sagging martial-arts genre with Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. And the long-awaited CJ7's blend of CGI and zany stunts could do the same for science fiction. That's as long as it doesn't stray too far into heartwarming family movie territory. More »
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An alien living among humans realizes he was sent to destroy us. But instead he decides to protect the human race from the alien attacks that are on their way. That's the premise of Dragonball Z, the mega-popular anime series which will spawn a live-action movie next summer. Will the film be a searing look inside the identity crisis of an unwitting alien sleeper agent? More »
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