movie " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege " is currently in theaters. It has already earned 461 million yuan in box office in the mainland and has a Douban score of 7.4. The "Four Young Masters of the Walled City" in the film are very popular, among which the adopted son of Tornado and "the second in command of the Walled City" Xinyi (played by Liu Junqian) has attracted countless fans.
Many viewers have called for a sequel to "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City". Starring actor and World One Film Company boss Louis Koo once responded that he would consider it. "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" is adapted from Yu Er's novel "Kowloon Walled City". There are still many plots in the novel that can be adapted to the big screen.
Recently, it was rumored that the drama "Kowloon Walled City" is expected to start filming. As early as March 12, the "Streaming Platform Content Development Plan" under the Hong Kong Film Development Fund announced the ten shortlisted works for the first phase, among which "The Legend of Kowloon Walled City" is among them.
The purpose of this program is to cultivate cross-film and television creative teams that develop works for streaming platforms, and to promote the Hong Kong film industry to enter new distribution markets by creating high-quality streaming platform works. The shortlisted team will receive a script development fee of NT$600,000 to NT$1.2 million to write a complete production plan and script for the entire streaming series in the second stage. Teams shortlisted for the third stage will receive a grant of NT$4.5 million to produce the first episode or two episodes. Including script development fees, each winning team can receive a maximum total of 5.7 million yuan in prize money.
Currently, "Kowloon Walled City Letters" is in the script development stage. It is rumored that "The Story of the Kowloon Walled City" will be produced by Cheng Baorui, the director of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City", directed by Li Zijun, and directed by Shum Junqian, but this has not been confirmed by the parties involved.
text | Reporter Hu Guangxin
