Friday 5 August 2016

JACKIE CHAN TO PRODUCE NEXT BLOCKBUSTER FILM IN NSW

Legendary movie action hero Jackie Chan will star in and produce his next blockbuster film Bleeding Steel in NSW. This is the first time Jackie Chan has filmed in Australia for almost 20 years.

Acting Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant said the NSW Government secured the production of Bleeding Steel for Sydney through its recently announced $20 million Made in NSW fund, which provides incentives to attract international film and high-end Australian television drama production to NSW.

“Bleeding Steel is set to be a box office smash in China, where it will showcase our magnificent city and its iconic locations, such as the Sydney Opera House, to the largest growth market for tourism in NSW,” Mr Grant said.

“The production will pump more than $20 million into the local economy and support local film industry professionals, including stunt, safety and rigging crews, by providing them with the opportunity to work on a film alongside one of the world’s leading action heroes.”

Minister for Skills John Barilaro said this is the biggest budget Chinese film to ever shoot in Australia and will cast 40 NSW actors and dozens of local extras as well as create 200 production jobs.

“Securing Bleeding Steel is a great win for NSW and the highly skilled jobs demanded by the screen industry will create hundreds of new opportunities for those young people who’ve undergone training for our creative industries,” Mr Barilaro said.

“Locally trained stuntwoman Maria Tran from western Sydney will now have an opportunity to realise her dream of working alongside lifetime idol Jackie Chan and his stunt team.”

Mr Chan will discuss his work and iconic films at an In Conversation event on 6 August at the Sydney Opera House, in association with Screen NSW.

Heyi Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, the China production arm of the Village Roadshow Group, are co-producing Bleeding Steel.

Heyi Pictures

Launched in August 2014, Heyi Pictures is the film production company of Youku Tudou Inc., China’s leading online video company. As a film company that draws heavily on online content business models, Heyi Pictures has a strong commitment to exploring innovative uses of “big data” for strategy, marketing and brand development in its film production process. Heyi aims to establish an open platform for cooperation in the film industry in order to realize and enhance commercial value. To date, Heyi Pictures has co-produced and co-financed films with total box office receipts of ¥9 billion RMB, including Surprise, Detective Chinatown, Saving Mr. Wu, The Master and 34 other films. The company’s co-financed Monster Hunt earned ¥2.44 billion RMB at the box office to become the highest-grossing Chinese film of 2015.

Village Roadshow Pictures Asia

Village Roadshow Pictures Asia was established in 2011 to undertake the development, financing, production, marketing and distribution of films for Greater China. Village Roadshow Pictures Asia works closely with creative talent and producers, co-financiers and distributors throughout the Greater China region to identify, develop and co-produce films for release primarily in Mainland China and other Asian markets. The majority of VRPA’s projects are structured as Sino-foreign co-productions and filmed in Greater China. Recent releases have included Stephen Chow’s Journey to the West, Leste Chen’s Say Yes!, and Peter Pau’s Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal, as well VRPA affiliate Irresistible Films releases Go Away, Mr. Tumour! and Cold War 2. Upcoming films include Mountain Cry, Hide and Seek and Reborn.

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