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Michael Chuah "OFFICE SURVIVAL" Vinyl Figure series #01 “Pan 熊夫” & “Mr Pao 包老板 ”

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Never Ending Tales MAS TTF 2017 by Michael CHUAH

Michael CHUAH 蔡诗中 the artist behind the fantastic “The Never Ending Tales” who is part of the M.A.S collective that’s heading for Taipei Toy Festival this weekend has shown his cards with a few exclusive items and OOAK pieces that will be up for grabs. For those who are after the full-colour versions of and Office Survival series…

Never Ending Tales MAS TTF 2017 by Michael CHUAH was originally published on The Toy Chronicle

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The Never Ending Tales By Michael CHUAH

In a few days time, Michael CHUAH 蔡诗中 will be showcasing and hopefully, collectors will be able to own his new vinyl figures at the Comic Art festival in Kala lump Malaysia. Michael has already had smash hits like the Office Survival figurines  will see new versions of Michael’s “The Never Ending Tales” characters get the vinyl toy…

The Never Ending Tales By Michael CHUAH was originally published on The Toy Chronicle

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GeiMeiLia by Michael Chuah

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FIREFLY casting call

After releasing Fist of Dragon 龍拳  in Malaysia in February 2012, Evo Pictures is now preparing for their next Singapore/Malaysia joint-production--a movie tentatively titled Firefly. The action/comedy movie is a tale about a few ordinary persons who want to make a difference by donning masks and costumes to fight crimes and make a safer place for all. The movie will be directed by Michael Chuah 蔡业翰.

Michael Chuah 蔡业翰 directed Fist of Dragon 龍拳 which was a Singapore/China co-production, produced by the Producer of Ip Man 2 which stars Singapore comedian Henry Thia 程旭辉 and Fiona Xie 谢宛谕. For Firefly, Michael Chuah 蔡业翰 intends to work with Henry Thia again 程旭辉, and hopes to invite Mark Lee 李国煌 to participate in the movie as well.

Michael Chuah 蔡业翰 says “We are now looking for people from different age groups and backgrounds to join us in the movie, and there are many roles to be filled.” He hopes to find some new talented actors from Malaysia, and welcomes interested Malaysians to submit their profile and photos before May 1st. Shortlisted individuals will be invited to the casting session which will be organized in May. For any enquiries, email [email protected] or contact 010-2607616.

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Award-winning Malaysian filmmaker Michael Chuah 蔡业翰 showcases his kung fu in Fist Of Dragon 龙拳.

Showing the moves: Malaysian filmmaker Michael Chuah 蔡业翰 directs and stars in local Chinese action film Fist Of Dragon 龙拳.

Stories by SETO KIT YAN [email protected]

A GANGSTER movie with 80% action plus genuine martial artists and minimal post-production work, Fist Of Dragon 龙拳 sounds like an actioner aimed to please fans of the genre.

Playing the movie’s protagonist, film director Michael Chuah 蔡业翰, who has been practising martial arts since age nine, worked with action director Lai Kong Fai to choreograph action utilising Southern style Chinese wushu combined with modern street-fighting for a more contemporary-looking style.

Dubbed the young Donnie Yen 甄子丹, it is obvious that action is Chuah’s first love, although he made his feature film directorial debut with the horror thriller Seed Of Darkness (2005). That film won him the Most Promising Director Award at the 20th Malaysian Film Festival (2007).

Chuah, 32, was accompanied by Singaporean actor Henry Thia 程旭辉 and Malaysian actor Monday Kang 江伟翰 at a press conference held two weeks ago.

In Fist Of Dragon 龙拳, Chinese martial artist Jie (Chuah) is sent by his father to help his Chen (Thia), who runs a coffeeshop in Malacca. Chen faces constant harassment from local gangsters led by See Ming (Kang).

Despite Chen’s misgivings, Jie decides to protect the villagers by fighting back. Chen’s shop assistant Qing (Wang Xiao Chen 王晓晨) joins him.

They later discover that Chen’s daughter Lily (Fiona Xie 谢宛谕) has joined the triads and hangs out with Hao (Kelvin Lau 刘勇男).

The movie has a bit of everything to please viewers. There is Chuah and 2005 World Wushu Champion Jey Tong 贝富权 dishing out the action; Thia and Kang doling out the laughs; Steve Yap 葉良財/叶良财) and Lau as local gangsters; and Singapore’s Xie and China’s Wang to provide the eye candy.

Chuah, who said he drew inspiration from the idea that people should stand up for themselves and lend others a helping hand instead of just standing by and allowing crime to escalate.

Kang is making his big screen debut in Fist Of Dragon 龙拳. In the movie, we get to see Kang hamming it up as a flippantly violent and unpredictable junkie, tottering around on constantly unsteady feet and staring out of glassy eyes thickly ringed with ultra-black guyliner/manliner.

Commenting on Kang’s performance, a perpetually serious-looking Chuah offered: “I suggested that he takes a character in Shinjuku Incident 新宿事件 as a point of reference. But, all the actors have a free rein to interpret their characters as they saw fit.”

A lot of the scenes from the movie were shot after nightfall, prompting the director to clarify that he was inspired by action movies like SPL: Sha Po Lang 殺破狼 (2005).

“It just wouldn’t look right if we shot a gangster movie in broad daylight,” said Chuah, who is working on a Malaysianised Chinese action comedy and looking to cast Malay actor Aaron Aziz, whom he liked in KL Gangster.

The movie was mainly filmed in Malacca with early scenes shot in Beijing, where Jie was supposed to come from. Filming with both Thia and Kang also brought many fans to the set of Fist Of Dragon 龙拳.

Due to Kang’s resemblance to Edison Chen 陳冠希/陈冠希, there’d be fans clamouring for autographs and he’d happily play along and oblige them.

Thia also had his own set of supporters whom he would humour with his signature line (Have you eaten yet?) from Money No Enough 2 錢不夠用2/钱不够用2 (2008).

The release date for China is yet to be confirmed as the movie has been banned there due to its triad theme as well as its extremely graphic depiction of violence.

Fist Of Dragon 龙拳 opens in local cinemas today (Feb 23).

(source: thestaronline; story also in > The Star > Star2 > Movies > page 17 > on Thursday 23 February 2012.)

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Fist of Dragon Trailer

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