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The Chen Kuo-Fu produced, Wuershan directed PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION (WAT PEI II) earlier held a Beijing press conference to officially announce the film's summer release.  Leads Chen Kun, Feng Shaofeng, Mini Yang Mi, Chen Ting-Chia attended the event and introduced seven mysterious posters.

The posters of the two female leads Zhou Xun and Vicki Zhao Wei were cold blue ice and water based.  Zhou Xun's "Xiao Wei" bared her shoulder with cold beauty while Zhao Wei's "Princess Jing" coolly covered her face with a golden mask.  Chen Kun's "Huo Xin" with a short sword and sharp eyes was raging with masculine fire.

Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei and Chen Kun reunited four years after.  What kind of story did they perform?  Chen Kun performed tai chi when he discussed his character, saying "Huo Xin" could either be a demon or a human.  As for the relationship between the two heavyweight female stars he said that the posters already clearly stated everything.  In the film he was like fire, Zhou Xun was cold and distant like ice and Zhao Wei was completely clear as water.  Fire, ice and water originally could not be together but in the end they all melted into one.

PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION was also the first film that Feng Shaofeng and Yang Mi worked together on.  Feng Shaofeng said that he was a "demon catcher with very little ability and has never seen a real demon."  Yang Mi humorously said that she played a "bird person" but being able to pick on the demon catcher was a benefit.  As for their relationship Yang Mi pointed out that their relationship between human and demon exceeded nature.

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Vicki Zhao Wei yesterday attended a certain brand name watch opening event.  The event invited Anke Bui, Cara G. and Leanne Li Yanan to model.  Zhao Wei revealed that she just finished her new films PAINTED SKIN 2 (WAT PEI 2) and LOVE.  In the future she will personally direct a romance that will be based on a novel and start production early next year in Beijing.  Was directing a dream that she has always had?  Zhao Wei pointed out that she has already reached the research level in her drama study and needed to direct a film to complete her study.  This time to direct this film she turned down eight movies.  Because she did not reach negotiation she did not know how much she lost.  She only knew that directing definitely would not pay.

Will Zhao Wei direct and star?  She said that she has not considered it but she probably would not perform.  She was afraid that she would lack the energy.  As for the leads, she was already seeking.  She said, "The male lead had to be young, handsome and knew how to act, like a little Prince Charming.  Yet I haven't found anyone yet."  Would she ask her good friend Faye Wong to guest star?  She said that Faye Wong was not someone who guest starred, perhaps she would ask her to sing the film theme song?

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With 550 workers and 120 days in production, the original team of PAINTED SKIN (WAT PEI) Zhou Xun, Vicki Zhao Wei and Chen Kun starred PAINTED SKIN II has already been completed three shoots in Beijing, Hebei and on the plains of Inner Mongolia.  Currently the location shoot has partially moved to Tibet; over 300 workers and 40 vehicles that transported costumes already arrived on the 15th for the 20
day shoot.

Shooting in Tibet, photography director Arthur Wong Ngok Tai said, "We found an extremely peaceful vacant feeling.  To the PAINTED SKIN II creative team, Tibet has a sapphire blue sky and all white
buildings that feel incredibly pristine and symbolize the purity and the nobility of love.  Everything coordinate well with the movie's subject.  Thus, the 4,500 meters of extreme beauty on the roof of the world will
appear for the first time in an Eastern fantasy epic."

Aside from the intense production, the film PAINTED SKIN II's promotion is also heating up.  The first concept poster and trailer will be unveiled in early November.

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The 20th China Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Film Festival opens today in Hefei.  As the festival image ambassador, Vicki Zhao Wei on the 18th afternoon appeared at a Hefei cinema for a Zhao Wei film exhibit opening ceremony.  Zhao Wei revealed that after completing PAINTED SKIN 2 (WAT PEI 2) she will begin work on her debut as a director.  She might star as well.

This year's film festival will have opening ceremony, new national film introduction and screening, Hong Kong and Taiwan special topic film exhibit and other activities.  The 19th Chinese Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Best Actress Zhao Wei would appear twice, on the 18th for her film exhibit and on the 19th for the opening ceremony.  She might perform the film festival theme song DREAMS COME TRUE.

From the nominations, this year's Golden Rooster Award competition would be fierce.  Best Actress nominees included Golden Horse Best Actresses Xu Fan and Lu Liping, who have been nominated with AFTER SHOCK and CITY MONKEY respectively.  Also nominated are THE PIANO IN A FACTORY's Qin Hailu, CLOSE TO ME's Yan Bingyan, MOTHER's Na Renhua, and SUI SUI QING MING's Qian Peiyi.

As for Best Actor, LOVE FOR LIFE's AIDS patient Aaron Kwok Fu Sing would compete with THE PIANO IN A FACTORY's Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actor and Shanghai International Film Festival Media Award Best Actor Wang Qianyuan and the Huabiao Award winning film SHEN ZHOU 11's Liu Zhibing, veteran actor Zhu Xu and others.

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Zhou Xun two nights ago attended a certain skin care brand event.  Speaking of the film PAINTED SKIN 2 (WAT PEI 2)'s production progress, she said that it just completed.  Did the dispute rumors with Vicki Zhao Wei bothered her?  Zhou Xun said, "No, actually on the set we made fun of that because that news seemed to be about children.  We are so grown up, have certain intelligence quotient and wouldn't do anything like that.  So we just joked around with it."

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