Best of luck to Mr. Reeves today on the release of his directorial debut! May the day be everything he hoped it would be!
Chatter on the weibo pages indicate that there will be a midnight showing. As the release time approaches, articles about the film are popping up on the Chinese news sites. All of the articles related to the release will be collected in this post. If any reviews or other types of press coverage appears, depending on the content, they may be given their own post.
The World of Chinese has an article up in English on the release of Man of Tai Chi. There is a nice photo from the meet and greet in Hangzhou. Link via a google alert.
With the release of Man of Tai Chi in a couple of hours in Beijing, Ent.qq has a post up recapping the film. There are 16 movie stilsl, many of which we have already seen. The accompanying text is all in Chinese and doesn’t really contain any info we haven’t read or heard before. Thanks Ayako!
M1905 has posted a video of Tiger talking about Man of Tai Chi. The entire clip is in Chinese. I’m posting for those who either understand the language or or Tiger fans. There is not much new in the way of footage or photos that are included. Thanks Ayako!
Variety has a post up on Man of Tai Chi‘s IMAX release in China. Several points of note in the piece:
- Keanu Reeves is the first North American to make a Chinese language movie in China that is a co-venture with the Chinese film industry.
- The film will open on 1600 conventional screens.
- There are 110 IMAX screens and MOTC will be competing with Man of Steel for IMAX screen space.
Thanks V!