The Coolest Action Actor of 2004

Donnie attended the MTV Style awards China 2004 show with his wife Cecilia in shanghai, 21st November and received the "Coolest Action Actor of 2004" award.

The MTV Style Awards China 2004 is jointly held by the world entertainment giant MTV, China Centeral Television 6 and Shanghai Media Group. More than 40 stars and singers performed at the annual galamedias.

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photo & video clip courtesy of sina.com
http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/2004mtvsd/index.shtml
http://ent.tom.com/1129/1507/20041118-107528.html


Donnie will receive Remy X.O Excellence Award & Coolest Action Actor of 2004 award

Donnie will attend The Fourth Annual Concert of Excellence sponsored by Remy Martin X.O and Second Generation, at Lincoln Center, New York, US on 22nd, November, 2004 .Donnie will receive the Remy X.O Excellence Award with other 2 Asian artists ,Pat Morita & Kelly Hu, for their artistic achievements and career excellence of this year.

The day before, Donnie will be in Shanghai for an MTV awards show on which he will also be honored with the "Coolest Action Actor of 2004" award from MTV Channel.

Seven Swords is in production.

Tsui Hark's Seven Swords now is in shooting in Xinjiang, mainland China. Donnie takes the role of Chu zhao Nan, heart and the eldest of the Seven Swords.The movie is expected to be finished by the end of November and will be released in summer of 2005.

Sha Po Lang is moving towards post-production.

The shooting of Sha Po Lang is completed.The movie is moving towards post-production and is expected to be released in the Spring of 2005. Sammo Hung and Donnie, the 2 martial arts superstars are expected to present a knockout screen fight in the film.

 

Sha Po Lang is shooting in HK.

Donnie's upcoming action drama ,Sha Po Lang(working title), directed by Wilson Yip Wai-shun, cast of Sammo Hung, Simon Yam and Wu Jing, is currently shooting in Hong Kong. Donnie is also the action director of this film. The HK$30m (US$3.8m) film is produced by Carl Chang with backing from Abba Chan' s Abba Movies. It' s scheduled to wrap in September for a November release.

HERO soars to late August Record

"Hero," which is presented in Mandarin with English subtitles in about 2,031 mainstream theaters from 27th August in North America, earned $18 million in its opening weekend. The film keeps its No.1 throne of weekend box office in the week-end of 3rd September with $8.8 million.

Through Monday and Tuesday this week , "Hero" had a solid showing with roughly $1.8 million and $1.5 million, respectively, according to tracking service Exhibitor Relations Co Inc.

Donnie joins 'Seven Swords'

Donnie is set to replace leading man Song Seung-heon in Tsui Hark's Seven Swords Leave Mt. Heaven after the Korean actor quit as a result of being tied up with other projects. Donnie, who is currently in the United States to promote Miramax's release of Hero, was recently in Hong Kong shooting Sha Po Lang as action director and leading man with co-stars Simon Yam, Sammo Hung and Wu Jing.

source: http://www.kungfucinema.com/news/2004-08-19-01.htm

 

Hero Premiere in US.

Wed Aug 18, 2:17 AM ET

Actor Donnie Yen (L) one of the stars of the film 'Hero' poses with his wife Cecilia at the film's United States premiere in Hollywood August 17, 2004. The film also stars Chinese actor Jet Li and actress Zhang Ziyi and tells the story of the soon to be first Emperor of China during the Qin dynasty over 2,000 years ago. The film opens August 27 in the United States. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

source: yahoo

 

Donnie attends Twins Effect II primiere in Beijing.

The Twins Effect II: The Huadu Chronicles : Blade Of The Rose has first premiere of its global promotion in Beijing on 8th, August. Donnie has attended this premiere and his next stop is Shanghai on 9th, August then back to Hong Kong. This time Donnie has a quite intense schedule in Beijing. Besides the news release meeting which is part of premiere, Donnie is interviewed by several famous media websites such as sina.com , tom.com. Please click the following links to obtain more detailed news.

http://ent.tom.com/1129/1229/200489-91327.html
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/f/twinseffect2/index.html

 

Director's cut of Hero is officially released!

The director-cut version of Hero will be released by Guangdong face audio & video production Co. ltd on 16, July 2004. There will be 3 packages to be introduced to the public: Diamond Prestige D9 package of 180 mins, Ordinary D9 package of 150 mins and Ordinary D5 package of 118 mins.

Visit cnave.com special page for more details:
http://www.cnave.com/shop/special/2004/hero/

 

My daughter and my wife are the centre of my universe

Donnie becomes the Cover Star of B International Magazine, Issue June 2004. New images disclosed!Donnie talks about his sweet angel Jasmine.

Visit the official site of this magazine to appreciate more of Donnie's latest photos.

 

Pretty family is always Warm!

Donnie is married with his wife Cecilia last year and they have a sweet daughter, Jasmine, who is 4 months old now. Gallery section is newly updated with a special part of donnie's family and his beloved angels.

Enter the gallery page for more pictures

 

Destined For Glory
Donnie won Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Action Choreography.

Donnie's outstanding talents is proven again in the spring of 2004. This 40th Golden Horse Award winner continues his success story by winning the Best Action Choreography award of 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong Culture Centre on 4th April 2004, Hong Kong.

The Twins Effect picks up 7 nominations and walks off with 6 awards. The others include Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume & Make Up Design, Best Sound Design and Best Visual Effects.

picture courtesy of tom.com

 

Universe Laser (HK) releases the DTS version DVD
of "Protege de la Rose Noire" on 3rd april,2004.


Product Information:
Region Code : All Regions
Picture Format : NTSC
Language : Cantonese, Mandarin
Substitle(s) : Traditional Chinese , English , Simplified Chinese
Duration : 91 Minutes

Source: yesasia.com

 

DVD release of Twins Effect in North America.

Twins Effect (retitled Vampire Effect) is released on DVD by Columbia Tristar on March 30th. This region 1 DVD is about 20 minutes shorter than the original, but includes both English and Cantonese audio tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1.

Technical Information

Run Time: 88 minutes
DVD Features:Theatrical Trailers

Source:Kungfu Cinema,Amazon,Sony Pictures

 

Fighting with Jackie again!

Donnie is now in Canton to shoot the action scenes of "The Twins Effect2" with Jackie .According to previously disclosed synopsis, they are supposed to be fighting in a secret weapon treasure with smoke all around to emphasis a mysterious atmosphere. The film will be finished by the first week of April.

CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE! http://twinseffect2.emp-hk.com/

 

Piano/Candle/Diamond---Donnie plays Romance

Donnie has a special appearance in Gigi Leung's new film: Love on the Rocks. Donnie's role is a perfect gentleman loves Gigi, who is well-educated, graceful-mannered, super-Kung Fu master . There is a scene in luxury suite of deluxe hotel, Donnie plays piano himself to propose marriage to Gigi with a 5 karat diamond ring, thousands of candles surrounded, romantic dreamy story.


Iron Monkey Platinum Edition is released by HKL(Hong Kong Legends) on 1st March, 2004.

DISC 1 SPECIAL FEATURES

Digitally re-mastered and restored 16:9 anamorphic transfer.
Brand new DTS audio track
New optimum bit-rate transfer
Brand new fully animated menus
Dual language format

DISC 2 SPECIAL FEATURES

Behind the action featurette with Master Yuen Cheung-yan and famed stuntman, Alex Yip
"Tracking a Legend"-an exclusive interview with legendary producer,Tsui Hark
Dragon Immortal featurette with leading man Donnie Yen
"Warrior Prince"-interview with leading man Yu Rong-kwong
"Little Phoenix"-interview with Tsang Sze-man
Live at the Macau Wu Shu World Championships with leading ladies Tsang Sze-man and Li Fai
Trailer and animated photo galleries.

Source: Hongkong Legends.
http://www.hongkonglegends.co.uk/index.php?tle_id=149&art_id=1

 

Onimusha 3--Demon Siege Premiere Release in Japan

PlayStation 2 game Onimusha 3, with action director and choreographer Donnie Yen, is released in Japan on February 26,2004. A special making-of DVD comes with the game in limited edition.

Check out the official Oni-Musha 3 web site:http://www.oni-musha.com/


Donnie's Effect again!

Donnie is nominated for the Best Action Choreography on 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards after the winning of Golden Horse Award. Hongkong 2004.


Honored General--The Twins Effect 2: The Battle for the Flower Capital

Production is underway in China's Yunnan Province for The Twins Effect 2: The Battle for the Flower Capital, sequel to EMG's 2003 blockbuster vampire actioner The Twins Effect. The supernatural theme has been sacked following concerns by Beijing and instead, Twins pop duo Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi return for a 1000-year old historical fantasy.

Donnie will play a general of the ancient time, who protects the ousted prince Jaycee Chan Cho Ming and helps him reclaim the throne and defeat the enemy troops.

Source: Kungfu Cinema


Premiere--Protege de la Rose Noire

Donnie's "Protege de la Rose Noire" had its Hong Kong premiere in JP theater,Causeway Bay on Monday night 2 February 2004. Chris Yen, Ekin Cheung, the Twins and Teresa Mo have participated the premiere. The action/comedy opened February 3rd in Hong Kong and has shot to number one at the box office with over HKD $850,000 earned on its first day.