Stephen Chow Official Press Conference for his next movie, YANGTZE RIVER 7

(Credits to Karazen Staff and monkeypeaches.com)

BEIJING Aug 24, 2006 - It is official - Stephen Chow's next project will be Yangtze River 7 (literal title) as announced at a press conference today in Beijing. Given the success of Kung Fu Hustle, many eager fans have been waiting for Stephen's next film. This US$20 million sci-fi project will go into production this month. Stephen Chow refused to reveal the story but vaguely said something about aliens and dinosaurs.

It was previously announced that in the film, which will be shot in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo, Chow plays an astronaut who accidentally lands on a foreign planet and befriends a group of young aliens.

He also said the title "Yangtze River 7" is actually referring to a Chinese satellite, inspired by China's Shenzhou manned space flight program. The mission of Shenzhou 6 has completed last year and Shenzhou 7 is set to launch in 2008, a year after the scheduled release of Yangtze River 7.

Chow said it would have more CG effects than any movie he had done and he promised there would be something new to see. Little known young actress Zhang Yuqi is picked as the female lead and Lam Chi-Chung plays the second male character, a kung fu master.