Having seen Kung Fu Hustle and loved it, I got all excited at this news (see, we’re not all downbeat here!), from Moviehole:
The funnyman of fight-flicks, Stephen Chow, has announced a sequel to his surprise chop-suey hit “Kung Fu Hustle”.
According to Cri Online, “Kung Fu Hustle 2” will shoot as early as September, with Chow hoping to have it wrapped by year’s end.
The original cast…have agreed to return, even Chan Kwok-Kwan…
…The $15 million dollar sequel – with the action again being handled by Yuen Wo-Ping – will again be distributed by Sony.
Fantastic! If you haven’t seen the original, then go do so now, or at least go and read my review from the link above, it’s a superb movie. If it were a meal, it would undoubtedly be one of the best ever banquets you would ever have, comprising of every type of food…must be tea time again!
It’s also great to see a studio recognising a good foreign film and keeping it that way, I would have half expected Sony to suggest remaking it in Hollywood with an all US cast. Thankfully not though, and the biggest news is that Chow is back in the driving seat, this promises to be another high action-comedy-musical!
https://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2005/05/kung_fu_hustle_2.html
Scroll down to my comment from back whe this was just a rumor.
My thoughts haven’t changed much. :/
I want to marry Stephen Chow.. eh hem.. that aside.
I think this might work actually. I remember hearing about this a while back and thinking that I wish he would just make an entirely new film and idea and so on. Hearing it now for some reason sounds really good though.
I mean would they pick up from the end of the last one? Would Chow still be super strong and would there be an even bigger and badder tough guy? I think it could be pretty cool. Honestly though, these days, there really is not much Chow could do that would be bad.
Guy is a damn genius.