Stephen Chow

Hong Kong ‘comedy king’ Stephen Chow to launch Douyin mini-drama series amid booming popularity of the format

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Hong Kong ‘comedy king’ Stephen Chow to launch Douyin mini-drama series amid booming popularity of the format

Hong Kong filmmaker Stephen Chow Sing-chi, a popular actor in mainland China known as the king of comedy, has inked a deal with Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, to make an exclusive series, as A-list talent and Big Tech join hands to take advantage of a mini-drama frenzy. The project – code-named “9527” in … Read more

Costume martial arts meets slapstick comedy in Stephen Chow and Wong Jing’s Royal Tramp and sequel Royal Tramp II

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Costume martial arts meets slapstick comedy in Stephen Chow and Wong Jing’s Royal Tramp and sequel Royal Tramp II

Here we talk to expert on Asian films Frank Djeng, who provided the audio commentary for the Eureka Entertainment release of both films. The martial arts sequences are choreographed by Tony Ching Siu-tung, who set the style for the wuxia revival films of the early 1990s, and are as good as those in some non-comedic … Read more