Initial D Movie

[funkymonkey]

Media Asia Films has recently revealed its HK$100m manga adaptation Initial D at a press conference in Japan. The event was graced by a stellar guest list, including the film’s directors Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, as well as their Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Japanese cast of Edison Chen, Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Anthony Wong, Chapman To, Kenny Bee, Jordan Chan and Shawn Yue. Mr. Peter Lam, chairman of Media Asia Group, was also present to support the gang.

Initial D is Jay Chou’s theatrical debut, and this nuanced leading man naturally became the media’s attention. “There’re lots of racing scenes in the film,” the pop idol said jokingly, “but fortunately the ubiquitous paparazzi has perfected my driving skill.”

[Craved]

awesome, this would be great if they do justice to the series! anymore info on this Shan? like has it started filming? release info etc????

[funkymonkey]

well its a honky production, so it'll be unadultered by the yanks with their "live my life 1/4 mile at a time... bruh" shit. So should be true to the original anime series.

Apparently they've finished shooting...

[funkymonkey]

Tsui Hark was supposed to be the original director, but he quit so they brought in Andrew Lau.. both are awesome asian film directors so meh

[Craved]

keep us updated Shan!

[EnricoPalazzo]

PLEASE PLEASE dont butcher a cult anime. I hope its the goods.

[Intensevil]

is it in japanese? Just isn't the same without the japanese voice acting

[Lepperfish]

Hahahaha, hope its good, Love the anime series..

Wonder if its going to be old story lines or a new story?

[AeroGrace]

[AeroGrace]

[funkymonkey]

from the looks of it, it'll be in cantonese? old story line apparently with a snow battle scene, so might have a lil bit of season 3 in it. thing i dont get is there taiwanese, cantonese and japanese actors in it, so i dunno?

watchin season 4 fansubbed version and the graphics and flow is absolutely shit hot now.

[funkymonkey]

eugh... tak's movie counterpart's uglay, the chick is hot... nicely done

[Parag0n]

I prefer the anime series of course, if I wanted to watch live action drift I would grab a tengoku dvd

[funkymonkey]

think this one's gonna be a special FX movie than a live action drift movie... its already got a huge FX budget, and one of HK's best animation studio's workin on it.

[hippy]

i really doubt hk's ability to make this type of movie ... i've seen lots of hk films ... and lets just say i've seen lots of crap ones .. (some good ones .. but mostly crap imho) ... i hope its good ... jay chou can sorta sing ... never seen him act ... it'd be funny for asian people who can understand ... u got hk people, taiwanese people, then u got japanese ... hows that going to work??

[funkymonkey]

half the cast can sing... and have albums out.. hope they don't break out into a song instead of uber cool euro beat...

[hippy]

i think the problem hk cinema has is that it always tries to do things on a budget ... hence all the shitty twins movies etc ... hell they can't even sing LOL ... i hope they put the 100mill to good use ... i'm sure the owners of initial D won't let them screw up ...

[funkymonkey]

if the movie is a hit i might put my original Initial D manga up for sale (which the anime series is based on) which I picked up for a 3 bucks when I went to Japan in highschool

I think the producers and marketing execs realise that there's a HUGE potential for spinoffs and merchandise, not only in japan but also in most asian countries (coz the stars are from most of the major asian countires) AND in western countries where the initial D series is a hit (albeit with "bruh" dropping voiceovers and wierd hip hop soundtracks). So if they fux0r the movie then all that is lost, so I'm sure they'll make a good attempt of it and won't let the budget stop em.

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

can't WAIT!!!!

this has made my day. I hope its true to the storyline.

mark

[Laurence]

Hmmmm, I watched a lot of crappy HK movies...

I hope they don't make Natsuki into some whiney Honky chick instead of multitasking jailbait like she should be! I don't think HK cinema can cope with her as she was in the Anime.