Sha Po Lang Picked Up For Distribution Pretty Well Everywhere But Here ... Hong Kong Release Date Se

Man ... remember how I said yesterday that there was a lot of buzz around Sha Po Lang at this year's HK Filmart? Well, here's a wee example of how much. It was announced yesterday that Darclight Pictures had picked up international sales rights for the film and I just got a note from Chelle at DonnieYen.us - if you think I'm a fan of the man you aint seen nuthin' till you've headed over there - saying that distribution rights have already been sold for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and France, with Darclight having already made arrangements for Pathe to distrubte the film in France. That, boys and girls, is a good day's work. The rest of the world can't be too far behind. She also pointed out that the film has now been assigned a mid-November release date in its native Hong Kong. It's a bit longer than I'd really like to wait but at least this means that things are falling into place and - thinking purely on selfish terms - a November HK release could very well mean a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September. I know you're reading this Mr. Geddes. You shall bend to my will.

A full news article on this is up here and I just noticed that they've also converted the trailer into Real Player format for those who'd prefer to download it.