Her name's not on the poster...

hm. i'm not too keen on this even though it's wong kar wai and tony leung (love his acting, but not recent projects). zhang ziyi is a bit of a red flag and when i think of song hye kyo and acting, it's usually in terms of "acting? snerk".

i still like his "in the mood for love" best. very hard to resist the power combo of tony leung and maggie cheung <3

i don't see her name on the poster... :)

Hopefully working with wong kar wai has improved her acting skills. Always thought her acting range was pretty limited. We will have to see.

I always wonder how these projects with actors from different countries work, do they all speak one language in the film?

"do they all speak one language in the film?"

Have you seen 2046? :D

glad she is back. miss her in drama. I love Way Home good movie.can't wait the grandmasters and nobody somebody.

Wong Kar-wai's work rules my world. "Chungking Express" and "Happy Together" are just gems.

My crush on Song HG renders me incapable of saying she isn't a good actress so I'll say her acting abilities are like tiny, wee, minuscule, melting, invisible particles of faerie dust.
But She.Is.Dreamy.

A good story, a fantastic director and some acting colleagues worth their salt might do wonders. I'll see it for sure.
Fingers crossed.

"And can you believe that I’ve never seen a Wong Kar-wai film? "

In The Mood for Love is his most accessible film. Chunking Express is the film that made his name in the West.

But the proper movie to start is "Days of Being Wild"

OOhh!! I really want to watch this!!

lee jung hyang! i LOVE LOVE LOVED the way home... oh, thinking about it gets my tear ducts runny! excited to see what she does next...

Would expect Zhang Ziyi had the true starring role, though WKW kinda makes up his movies as he goes. The fact that SHK's finished shooting her scenes doesn't reflect that Grandmaster's story has been set. It's all improvisation in the editing room.

As for SHK's acting, WKW is totally different territory (almost no script, almost no real "story", all improvisation), and she might thrive in it. WKW loves iconography more than he loves "acting", and that is why a Faye Wong or Kimura Takuya can resound beautifully in his work. Or a reckless, beautiful thespian like Leslie can be so iconic as to be the Eternal Shadow of WKW's art for essentially the rest of WKW's film discography. Almost every WKW movie really is a dialogue with Days of Being Wild.

I know a lot of people love Leung but I don't cuz he's just too petite and I don't like petite men; his acting is pretty good. Ziyi is pretty good as an actress but she is one tough cookie and it's hard to like her. As for Song, I'm still waiting for Full House II...??? I like her. Random thoughts, sorry.

I love her, I think she is beautiful and loved her in Full house. Wish her luck with her future projects. does anyone know is she is still with Hyuin Bin I hope they are still together loved them in Worlds Within.

yayyy can't wait!!

"She’s headed straight into her next project, as if she’s purposely trying to make me look lazy or something."

I can honestly say that most (if not all) korean stars make me feel this way. Perhaps we can learn from them? Or not.

Either way, I haven't seen much of her work aside from Full House years ago. Maybe this is my chance to play SHG catch up.

JB: Word! Everything you said about WKW's earlier works.
I've watched DOBW and ATGB a stupid number of times and yet no rewatch can take away its magic.

The WKW film "Fallen Angles" has a scene with the "manager" of the hitman just walking , all you see is her feet walking and the music ... quite perfect
As for Zhang Ziyi it is like she is made of stone, her face doesn't move @11 muge mentioned "cold" I agree with that.

Love the poster for the Grandmasters. Reminds me of the old Shanghai mob movie.

This is all good news to me, but what would be GREAT news is to hear her making a comeback to TV for a k-drama.

Something like Full House, with a touch of Autumn Tale Starring alongside Rain and Won Bin. Ok, you can wake me up now.

I am happy to see that you like Tony Leung coz I am a huge fan of his as well. He is like THE best Chinese actor of his generation. Fell in love with him when I watch him in Dr. Mack year ago. Have you ever seen that movie? Tony owns the role. One of his most charismatic, funny and charming performance.

*sighs* I really miss this lady in dramas that are interesting and a must watch.
Hope she finds one soon to star in. : )

I miss seeing her on screen. Love her !

i really cant wait for this movie!!!! WKW's movie always owns my heart too, especially in martial arts!! Ip Man, i've seen the movie, it was such a great movie. but i was wondering what else can they story to us about Ip Man? they didnt just remake the story right?

anyway about SHK, i'm sure she did well in the movie. i dont think WKW is a 'blind' man. and truly, although i'm not her fan, i miss hearing her news. she's been so quiet these days...

i really cant wait for this movie!!!! WKW's movie always owns my heart too, especially in martial arts!! Ip Man, i've seen the movie, it was such a great movie. but i was wondering what else can they story to us about Ip Man? they didnt just remake the story right?

anyway about SHK, i'm sure she did well in the movie. i dont think WKW is a 'blind' man. and , although i'm not her fan, i miss hearing her news. she's been so quiet these days...

Okay, I get that it's an awesome team etcetera but what with the lack of ideas?! Hong Kong has done the Ip Man story twice in "Ip Man" and "Ip Man 2" starring Donnie Yen in the past TWO years. C'mon!

Wong Kar Wai has a lot to measure up to. The other two movies were box office hits.

I am not exactly sure if I am "waiting" for the movie?
If anything goes, WKW have the potential/habit to "delay" stuffs...

This movie was suppose to have the idea buzzing even before the Ip Man movies starring Donnie Yen happened and that movie already have a sequel and maybe even a prequel in the work... it also spark off some other movie of the same story ie about Ip Man; Bruce Lee's master or some kungfu related movies...

That aside, I watched almost every movie that WKW made, including As Tears Goes By, that was before Days of Being Wild, Chunking Express... INMFL, 2046... But for some compelling reason I have no idea why I wasnt hyped to watch Blueberry Nights... thus with this swings by... I should go watch it. Am curious what role will SHG play and worse, I hope its not dub beyond recognition or maybe she will speak Cantonese/Mandarin!

While I think SHK still needs improvements, I admire of her hardworks. I hope for her success.

I like SHK a lot as an actress and am eager to see her latest works.

bookmarking this thread so that I can watch all the movies mentioned, lol. I am a new convert to Wong Kar-Wai, and am definitely a Tony Leung fan, so will check out The Grandmasters for sure. If only I could go to Cannes...

p.s. regarding Zhang Ziyi - I don't think she's a particularly compelling actress, but she kicks butt. I've only seen her in wuxia films, so maybe she's cast for her fighting rather than her acting skills?

Can't wait for her new movies.
hope she'll comeback to small screen.

I didn't see her name of poster as well, she probably was invited to be the guest actress. Besides, the main actors and team are from H.K. and Mainland sides.

Anyway, it's good for her to expand her acting knowledge by joining the foreign team. Hope she to do well.