Zhang Yimou's The Great Wall (Matt Damon)

[terry78]

Well, that's not a downgrade. He doesn't need another role like this like Cavill and Walker did though.

 

[kvz5]

EXCLUSIVE: Heisenberg, on the Great Wall of China? Bryan Cranston is in early talks to co-star in The Great Wall, the Legendary Pictures film the great Chinese helmer Zhang Yimou signed on to direct. This development closely follows Deadline’s Saturday scoop that Legendary and Matt Damon are trying to see if they can work out his busy schedule (he shoots Ridley Scott’s The Martian and likely follows with the Paul Greengrass-directed Bourne Identity sequel) so that he can play the lead in the China-set epic.

http://deadline.com/2014/09/bryan-cranston-the-great-wall-matt-damon-838751/

 

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The Great Wall, meanwhile, opens opposite Disney’s animated Moana and has been given the following official synopsis:
Directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), the Untitled Great Wall Project tells the story of an elite force making a last stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure.
The first English language production for Yimou is also set to be the largest film ever shot entirely in China. Production is set to begin in Spring 2015. It will be released in the U.S. in 3D by Universal Pictures with the goal of being released in China in early December 2016.

 

[Rowsdower!]

So I guess Cavill is no longer attached to this in any way, then?

 

[Octoberist]

By the way, if I'm not mistaken, this isn't some realistic war movie. It's…supernatural.

 

[kvz5]

http://www.thewrap.com/game-of-thro...oin-matt-damon-in-great-wall-movie-exclusive/

“Game of Thrones” breakout star Pedro Pascal is in negotiations to join Matt Damon in Legendary’s untitled Great Wall historical epic, multiple individuals with knowledge of the project have told TheWrap.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Well, I like Pascal a lot, and Damon is always good. But shouldn't, I don't know, at least ONE of the main characters be Asian?

 

[terry78]

There will be one asian chick as a love interest.

 

[Rowsdower!]

That's really lame. I guess it's pointless hoping that they'll eventually learn how fed up people are getting with Hollywood whitewashing. I mean, we just had the whole Exodus fiasco and soon we'll have Gods of Egypt, featuring everyone's favorite Egyptian actors Gerard Butler, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites and Geoffrey Rush. And now this. Granted, Pascal is Chilean but a movie about the construction of China's most famous landmark should feature a primarily Chinese cast.

 

[kvz5]

http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-damon-out-chris-hemsworth-to-scale-the-great-wall/

The Tracking Board is exclusively hearing that there may be a casting shake-up for Zhang Yimou’s international monster epic, THE GREAT WALL. Back in late September, it was announced that Matt Damon was in negotiations to nab the lead role in the China-set medieval adventure, however it may now appear that those talks could have fallen through. Word is that Chris Hemsworth has now been offered the starring role, suggesting that Damon is no longer involved. The role in question is that of Will, a strong, capable solider who is a member of a group of mercinaries. Hemsworth has time and again proven himself an audience draw and a capable leading man, and his casting could be the force that propels the long-gestating project off the ground. The film, which follows a band of mercenaries locked in battle against large-scale monsters in ancient China, is expected to be the largest production ever completely shot in the China.

As for the remaining cast, we’re hearing that Chinese actress Jing Tian is in discussions to land the lead female role, Mae-Lin, a leader in an elite group of warriors. In a rather surprising bit of casting news, film director and occasional actor Andrew Lau may be in the running to portray Wang Zhen, a scientist that develops new weaponry. Bryan Cranston was previously announced to be in negotiations for a supporting role, but those talks have fallen through. Game of Thrones actor Pedro Pascal was recently confirmed to be in talks as well.

 

[terry78]

Can I call it or what?

 

[Rowsdower!]

Hemsworth again? I like the guy, but does Hollywood not realize there are more than 6 actors out there?

 

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Willem Dafoe Joins Matt Damon in Epic The Great Wall

The Great Wall
By Max Evry ON
February 13, 2015


Hot off of Best Picture contender The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Hollywood Reporter says actor Willem Dafoe is lending his trademark grin to director Zhang Yimou’s epic The Great Wall, in which he will star opposite Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal.



There is no word on whether this is the same role that Dafoe’s John Carter co-star Bryan Cranston was up for last year, as details are being kept under wraps. Dafoe is currently set to voice a role in the Pixar sequel Finding Dory, in addition to headlining My Hindu Friend for director Hector Babenco (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
The Great Wall centers on a British soldier (Damon) who comes to 15th century China with a group of mercenaries in order to bring back gunpowder to Europe. There they happen upon the hurried construction of the massive wall, which isn’t just to keep out the Mongols — there is something inhuman and more dangerous.
Originally to be helmed by Edward Zwick, the film was conceived by Legendary CEO Thomas Tull and Max Brooks, with a screenplay by Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Tony Gilroy. Production is set to begin in spring 2015, with Universal Pictures and Legendary releasing The Great Wall in 3D in the U.S. on Nov. 23, 2016.

 

[terry78]

Bring it.

 

[Bim]

Ooh, interesting! Consider me intrigued...

 

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...ctures-announces-full-cast-for-the-great-wall

Damon, Dafoe, Pedro Pascal...and the rest of the cast are famous Chinese actors.

 

[chamber-music]

Andy Lau finally in a American movie, albeit one shot entirely in China.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I've never heard of Wang Junkai before, but he has the best stage name ever.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I'd be skeptical about this film, but Zhang Yimou is an absolute master. It's gonna be pretty cool.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I've never heard of Wang Junkai before, but he has the best stage name ever.

Typical ignorance, to find humour in a Chinese name just because it sounds like something dirty in English.

I'll have you know that Wang literally translates into "low-hanging snake" in Mandarin, whereas Junkai literally translates into "squishy flappy organs applicable to either gender" in Toisanese. Shame on you for finding humour in this! Shame!

 

[Rowsdower!]

Lmao!!!!

 

[terry78]

Typical ignorance, to find humour in a Chinese name just because it sounds like something dirty in English.

I'll have you know that Wang literally translates into "low-hanging snake" in Mandarin, whereas Junkai literally translates into "squishy flappy organs applicable to either gender" in Toisanese. Shame on you for finding humour in this! Shame!

"Toisanese?"

Now you're just making up jibberish.

 

[Apollo]

I hope it is good! Hero and House of Flying daggers are two of my favorite movies! t:t:

 

[Apollo]

 

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"The Great Wall" Begins Production

By Garth Franklin Wednesday April 15th 2015 04:36PM
Production has begun on Zhang Yimou's first English-language film "The Great Wall," a project that also marks the first effort of Legendary Entertainment's Chinese offshoot Legendary East.
The period supernatural blockbuster follows an elite force making a last stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. Filming will take place at the China Film Group Studios at Huairou, near Beijing, and the coastal city of Qingdao.
Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng star in the film which will continue shooting until July.
Crew members include cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh, costume designer Mayes Rubeo, production designer John Myhre, VFX supervisor Phil Brennan and film editor Craig Wood. The film is currently slated for a global release on November 23rd 2016.
Source: Variety