The comedy movie "Kungfu Women's Football Team" (English name: Kungfu soccer) written and directed by Stephen Chow has released the official poster and confirmed that it will be released on July 11.
On the poster, a female player unleashes a powerful aerial crochet kick, followed by a burning giant ball, with the slogan: "The fire in my heart will never go out!
At the same time, the film also released a trailer called "Chau Tinh Tri has returned! " and officially opened ticket sales first.
Along with the release date, the film crew announced the list of actors participating in the film. The main actors confirmed are Truong Tieu Phi, Dich Le Nhiet Ba and Truong Nghe Hung. The film also features two special guest actors, Luu Gia Linh and Sato Takeru.
True to Stephen Chow's characteristic style, the ticket sales poster shows the members of the Kungfu women's football team showing off a series of martial arts techniques such as horizontal crossing, aerial hook kicks... combining martial arts moves with football on the field.
Since "New Comedy King", fans have been waiting for Stephen Chow's new movie for 6 years.
According to media reports, this work marks Stephen Chow challenging 3 seemingly impossible things.
First of all, the "speedy" release schedule is rare. The film is scheduled to be released on July 6 and released in theaters on July 11, which is less than a week away. This can be considered one of the most urgent release schedule announcements of Chinese cinema.
Previously, works with urgent release schedules were mostly small films, almost no promotion. Meanwhile, "The Kungfu Girl" is a large project, released right in the summer movie season - the most competitive time - so this approach is almost unprecedented.
Secondly, the amount of promotional materials for "The Kungfu Women's Football Team" is unbelievably small. From the completion of filming to the confirmation of the screening schedule, the film has hardly released behind-the-scenes photos, the number of official posters is very small, and there are only 2 promotional videos.
In which, the first video is just a clip of Stephen Chow confirming that the film will "flexibly schedule screenings", even he does not appear in front of the camera.
Conversely, most Chinese films at this stage have released dense trailers, short clips, behind-the-scenes footage and promotional activities of the cast.
Third, the idea of the film is considered so bold that it seems impossible. The combination of martial arts and women's football in a mass entertainment style is something that almost no director has done before.
Experts believe that for many years, audiences have often divided Hong Kong (China) comedy films into two groups: films by Stephen Chow and comedy films by others. His cinema always has its own color, no matter how strange or illogical it is, it still makes viewers feel interested and easily accepted.
Kungfu Women's Football Team" is expected to become a comprehensive upgraded version of "Shaolin Football Team" - a work directed, co-written and starring by Stephen Chow, released 25 years ago.
