Legendary Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director Yuen Woo-ping, who has been associated with films like the Matrix trilogy, the Kill Bill movies, Kung Fu Hustle, Once Upon A Time In Shanghai and Ip Man 3, is back with a Mandarin-language fantasy-wuxia film called The Thousand Faces of Dunjia.
The film, based on Yuen's own 1982 martial arts fantasy comedy The Miracle Fighters, is set during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126 CE), and features a group of martial arts warriors coming together to secretly protect the human race from evil outer space creatures and the potential of a great calamity. Yuen has stated that apart from sharing the Chinese title (Qi Men Dun Jia), the remake is an attempt to tell the story in a completely different manner and redefine the form of the wuxia film. Based on the filmmaking power attached to the project, we can't wait to check out this combination of traditional martial arts with science and aliens.
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia has been produced by Le Vision Pictures, Acme Image, Beijing Jinhui Yinghua and Star Century Picture. The China release date for the film is December 15, 2017. Another eagerly-awaited Yuen Woo-ping project is the Max Zhang starring Ip Man 3 spinoff.
