Tony Leung Reunites With Wong Kar Wai For THE FERRYMAN

It appears that Wong Kar Wai will reunite with his favorite leading man for his upcoming project The Ferryman with reports that Tony Leung has signed on to play the lead. Having previously starred for WKW as the lead in In The Mood For Love, The Grandmaster and others, Leung joins a picture that will be backed by Chinese media giant Alibaba as part of their first foray into film production.

Adapted from a short story published by Zhang Jiajia as part of his collection I Belonged To You, word of The Ferryman first broke back in June with Hong Kong based Mei Ah announced as the financial backers. There does not appear to be any word just yet whether Alibaba have supplanted the earlier backer in this deal or if they will collaborate.