It’s always a tough choice when selecting directors for a big block-buster film. There are huge budgets, and the story must lead into the next franchise. After much ado, the man for the job is James Wan, why him? Here’s what Toby Emmerich, film chairman at Warner Bros., says about choosing …
Read More »The Dark Tower based on Stephen King Novel
After many years, and many attempts, Stephen King’s fantasy horror epic, The Dark Tower has become a film. The adaptation is about a Gun Slinger, Idris Elba, travelling through different worlds to stop the evil man in black, performed phenomenally by Matthew McConaughey. Both Stephen King and the movie’s director and co-writer, …
Read More »Legend of the Naga Pearls: Chinese Fantasy
An epic battle is about to break out in this Chinese fantasy adventure Legend of the Naga Pearls! Set in a fictional world, the story revolves around a street punk, a Winged detective and a human prince who accidentally get their hands on a mysterious box containing the magical Naga Pearls. …
Read More »Wu Kong based on a novel
There have been many adaptations based on the Journey to the West. Wu Kong seems to be in the same form, a Chinese fantasy, historical drama with some Monkey King experience. It is set in a time before the heroes became mythological characters. Wukong was born in Huaguo Mountain. He has …
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