Did you hear? There's a Shaolin Soccer sequel in the works, though now it's a Japanese production, and it will star Kou Shibasaki (of Battle Royale fame). Stephen Chow IS involved, somehow, as well as a stable of Hong Kong actors.
en1.chinabroadcast.cn/308...213606.htm
Teaser/trailer here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbZBsST5g8
Just on the fact that it's a sequel, I don't think it'll have anywhere near the freshness of the original, but Kou Shibasaki doesn't hurt, and Chow's official involvement seems to lend the project some kind of weird legitimacy. Wait and see, I say, but I probably wouldn't get my hopes too high.
en1.chinabroadcast.cn/308...213606.htm
Teaser/trailer here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbZBsST5g8
Just on the fact that it's a sequel, I don't think it'll have anywhere near the freshness of the original, but Kou Shibasaki doesn't hurt, and Chow's official involvement seems to lend the project some kind of weird legitimacy. Wait and see, I say, but I probably wouldn't get my hopes too high.
