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Donnie Yen’s Playing Ip Man?! Holy Crap! Best News Of The Day!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
This is amazing news, and if it’s old news to other people, so be it. I hadn’t heard it yet, and now I’m excited to see what the heck Donnie Yen’s going to do with this amazing story.
Ip Man was famous for teaching Wing Chun, a particular Chinese martial art, and Bruce Lee was his most famous student. His influence in martial arts in general was tremendous, and many of the people he taught went on to teach martial arts to others.
Here’s a link to the AP story that I was sent in the first place, and then some highlights.
Craziest part of this story? That this is going to be one of the dueling Ip Man projects, with no less than Wong Kar Wai also planning to shoot a film about him soon.
Thanks for the heads-up, "Kimcheekitty":
FOSHAN, China (AP) -- Bruce Lee is the master to many martial arts fans, but less is known about his master, 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.
Performers staged a traditional Chinese lion dance featuring four bright orange lions on outdoor platform near a memorial hall that honors Ip.
Yen posed next to a bust of Ip and performed a series of maneuvers against a wooden mannequin - a common practice in kung fu's wing chun style, which is known for its practical, no-frills style.
Yen, a veteran action star whose credits include "Blade II," "Hero" and "Shanghai Knights," said his role as Ip would be his most challenging ever.
"We all know that teacher Ip Man promoted Chinese kung fu around the world. He's also the teacher of my idol Bruce Lee. So when I took this role I put a lot of pressure on myself," he said.
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Sounds interesting, hopefully it will be a big budget piece.
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is me
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bruce lee would have loved it esp. if the panda was chinese
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Feb 29, 2008 7:35:22 AM CST
Damn, for a second, I thought Donnie Yen would be in Ironman
by stalkeye
Via cameo as the Mandarin.Now that would fuckin' make my day.But anything regarding Bruce Lee is great news.Still pissed at Snipes & Goyer for removing most of Yen's fight scenes in Blade II though.
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Ip Man as in Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman, etc. Or Internet Protocols Man....
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I'm pretty sure that's right.
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http://tinyurl.com/2ddweh
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who studied under Simon Lau, who in turn studied under Yip Man. It always felt cool to know I had some connection to my idol Bruce Lee, however tenuous it may be. Anyway, I'm excited by this project, it will be interesting to see how they handle this, will Bruce Lee make an appearance?
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every reference i've ever seen to the guy had that, at least. and i've read a ton about Bruce Lee.
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Feb 29, 2008 12:14:41 PM CST
also, calling Yen was completely wasted in BLADE II
by reverend jack sayer
like, seriously. it's the only thing i fault that film for.
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clean off for not being a real bear.
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...Donnie Yen. He wears his shirts macho style.
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does whatever an internet provider can. *sigh* yeah I'm bored.
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All CGI Bruce Lee movie produced by a Korean company? That had fail written all over it.
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Donnie Yen plays a man who makes internet surfing that much more interesting.
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Don't remember if the names are different depending on the region. Aren't his sons spelling their names Ip Chun and Ip Ching?
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The definitive portrayal of Yip Man on film is in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Top it, Donnie Yen, if you dare!
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