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HONG KONG  March 04, 2006   Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) Teaser and Website

The website for Dragon Tiger Gate is now online with a short teaser available. Visit the official site here. The $10 million action flick, from director Wilson Yip (SPL), is adapted from Hong Kong cult comic book The Gate of Dragon and Tiger and is scheduled for a Summer 2006 release date in Hong Kong.

The film stars Donnie Yen (Seven Swords), Nicholas Tse (A Chinese Tall Story) and Shawn Yue (Initial D), with art direction by William Chang (2046).

Dragon and Tiger Gate, which was created by media magnate Tony Wong in the 1970s, was a milestone in the history of Hong Kong comics. Its tales of heroism and heart-pounding martial arts scenes has mesmerized more than one generation of Chinese youngsters.

Produced by Raymond Wong, and directed by Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen, the US$10 million comics adaptation stars Nicholas Tse, Donnie Yen, Shawn Yue, Dong Jie and Li Xiao Ran.

Nicholas Tse, a self-proclaimed fanatic of martial arts films who is thrilled to be on a pure martial arts movie, promises to put in double the effort on martial arts scenes. Shawn Yue, who takes on a Kung Fu role for the first time, has been training intensively with Nicholas Tse. He hopes to meet the strict demands of Donnie Yen, whom he considers a very professional martial arts director. Donnie Yen, who is after realistic action scenes that do not feature extraneous use of wires like flying, would use his own means to shape them up, believing that he would be able to dig out their potential, especially Nicholas Tse, who has some basic foundation. He insists on bringing out his own look and feel for the action scenes, hoping to capture that certain mood of the comics, but without making the fights as exaggerated as in the comics.

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