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At Some Came Running, Glenn Kenny is skeptical about a rumored remake. “A couple of my esteemed colleagues have expressed slightly guarded enthusiasm over the extremely shaky prospect that Quentin Tarantino will direct Britney Spears in a remake of Russ Meyer's 1965 exploitation classic Faster Pussycat...Kill! Kill!, but I can't say it pushes any of my buttons, personal or otherwise.

For this year's fringe-a-thon, MONDO is sending two writers on a theatrical whirlwind tour of the city's stages. Keep an eye out for reviews from Matt McGeachy and Daina Valiulis as the event progresses. The Toronto Fringe Festival runs from July 2-13.

Equally known as The Eye 10 and The Eye: Infinity in the international market, the writing/directing duo of the Pang Brothers take their in-name-only sequel in a new direction to pump some fresh blood into the series for what is mostly its final outing.

For June 2008, Turner Classic Movies has been featuring films and discussion about Asian Images in Film. To that end, last week they showed a bunch of Charlie Chan films and preceded the showings with discussions between TCM host Robert Osborne and film studies professor Peter Feng.

-- Forbidden Kingdom -- Having worked with Yuen Wo Ping a number of times, Ngai Sing, who plays Jade Warlord in the recently released Forbidden Kingdom, describes him as one of martial arts directors he most enjoys working with. Whenever Yuen Wo Ping invites him to join a project, he would not turn down him down.

Official song for the 100-days countdown (April 30) to Beijing Olympic 2008, titled “Beijing Welcomes You” and sang by dozens of pop stars and celebrities. The song is written by Xiao Ke and lyric by Lin Xi.

Disney celebrated Earth Day by announcing Disneynature, a new production shingle exclusively devoted to making documentaries about the environment. Films in the pipeline include Oceans, the lastest from Winged Migration director Jacques Perrin. Jackie Chan has been recruited by the MPA as the poster boy for a new campaign targeting piracy in China.

Best film: “The Warlords” Best director: Peter Chan (”The Warlords”) Best screenplay: Wai Ka-fai, Au Kin-yee (”Mad Detective”) Best actor: Jet Li (”The Warlords”) Best actress: Siqin Gaowa (”Postmodern Life of My Aunt”) Best supporting actor: Andy Lau, (”Protege”) Best supporting actress: Susan

“The Warlords” dominated the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards which were presented at Hong Kong Cultural Centre on Sunday (April 13), claiming eight gongs including the best film, best director and best actor awards.

Background on Forbidden Kingdom   Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the two most revered martial arts superstar actors in the world today, have come together for the very first time in filmmaking history to pit their skills in The Forbidden Kingdom as Lu Yan and the Silent Monk respectively.