Yip Man The Movie?
February 27, 2008 by Bob Patterson
From the Associated Press:
Ip Man, a pioneer in the kung fu style that influenced Lee. Hong Kong filmmakers hope to change that by bringing Ip’s story to the big screen.
On Tuesday, action stars Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung from the U.S. TV series “Martial Law” prepared to start shooting one of two planned movies about Ip. They joined Ip’s sons in paying tribute to their father at his hometown in the southern city of Foshan, a four hours northwest of Hong Kong.
Looks line Donnie Yen is going to play Yip Man and I’m not sure what role Sammo Hung has in this production.
Slightly related — while looking at the Wikipedia article on Yip Man I noticed a reference to Wing Chun Magazine. Fans of WC might want to check the magazine out. It appears to be freely available online but you do need Adobe to read it.
~BCP
I’ve heard too a little bit about this news, I wonder was Yip Man had strong influence in Bruce Lee?
Thanks for sharing this news, hope to hear more about it.
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I would much prefer Tony Leung Chiu Wai to play the role of Yip Man. Martial arts notwithstanding, I want to see a superb performance - acting performance - and not just another chop-socky kung fu film because Donnie Yen is a martial artist. And above all, this is going to be a film (a tribute even) to Yip Man. A martial artist does not an actor make.
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I’ve not heard on update on the status of this movie. If I get time I’ll research it and make a post.
Yes, I too hope it’s serious but to make it appealing to martial artists it will have to showcase wing chun. Does not mean it has to be chop-socky.