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Review: ALONG WITH THE GODS: THE LAST 49 DAYS Sacrifices Focus for Franchise-Building

I'll admit that eight months ago I may have brought a certain amount of prejudice with me when I went to see Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds, the fantasy epic blockbuster that would become the second most successful...

THE GRANDMASTER Sweeps Asian Film Awards

Wong Kar Wai's martial arts bio-pic of Ip Man, The Grandmaster, took home seven awards including Best Film at the 8th Asian Film Awards, hosted in Macau last night. Wong was named Best Director, while Zhang Ziyi collected the Best...

China Box Office: FAST & FURIOUS 6 Speeds Into Pole Position

Justin Lin's Fast & Furious 6 races to the top of the Chinese box office this week, despite giving Roland Emmerich's White House Down a 4-day head start, while M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth plummets to fifth place. Rank Title...

Chinese Trailer For Korean Gorilla Baseball Comedy MR. GO

Huayi Brothers continues to push the promotional campaign in China for the potential summer blockbuster film of Kim Yong-hwa's Mr. Go with the launch of the first trailer. Chinese actress Xu Jiao (Starry Starry Night, CJ7) star as Wei Wei,...

Watch A Gorilla Blast A Home Run In MR. GO Clip

As a joint co-production between Huayi Brothers of China and Showbox of Korea, its only natural that Kim Yong-hwa's Mr. Go will receive a heavy push as a must-see Pan-Asian summer blockbuster event in both countries.  A "superstar" conference was...

Second Teaser For Korean Gorilla Baseball Comedy MR. GO

The chances of Korean sports comedy Mr. Go successfully winning over the hearts and minds of the family-friendly crowd rest squarely on the broad shoulders of the Baseball-playing Gorilla, a CG character created through director Kim Yong-hwa's own studio Dexter...

Get Behind the Scenes of Korean Gorilla Baseball Comedy MR. GO

Just yesterday, Showbox unveiled the first teaser for their major summer title Mr. Go via Naver and now, there is a behind-the-scenes video via Daum that features the technical process of creating this CG character and integrating it in a...

Gorilla Hits a Baseball In MR. GO Teaser

Last week brought us our first look at Mr. Go, a Baseball-playing Gorilla headlining Showbox's new Korean comedy, but how does he look in action? Naver has the answer with the first 30-second teaser, featuring this CG character indulging in...

Teaser Poster For Gorilla Baseball Comedy MR. GO

[UPDATE: Added teaser poster and another concept art in our gallery.] Meet Mr. Go, a gorilla who also happens to be a professional Baseball player.  And he may very well establish a benchmark in Korean visual effects for a photorealistic...

Gorilla To Play Baseball In Korean Sports Comedy MR. GO

You had me at baseball-playing gorilla.  Filming has already begun for Mr Go 3D (미스터 고 3D), a sports comedy based on a popular manhwa (Korean comic) by Heo Yeong-man - his other works has also been adapted for Le...