When I first heard the casting news, I did a double take, and then had to check five times to make sure it wasn’t some elaborate April’s Fools punk. Of course it’s not, and the reality only makes it more surreal since I can’t fathom how much this movie is going to wallow in bromance manpain and the collective pretty. Famed HK-producer-director-actor Bakmin Wong’s upcoming epic movie-version of Saving General Yang (杨家将) has just announced the seven lead actors playing the famed seven brothers of historical lore.
Only two of the actors have been confirmed to play a certain brother (Louis Koo as Big Brother and Wu Zun as Sixth Brother), but I can pretty much guess which brother the other five leads will be playing. Ekin Cheng I suspect is Second Brother, Raymond Lam is likely Third Brother, Vic Zhou could play Fourth Brother in his sleep (OMG the angst), Deng Cao would be perfect as stoic Fifth Brother, and Feng Shao Feng as playful Seventh Brother. Okay, you can start screaming now folks, because that above, is the epic cast for the upcoming The Yang’s Clan movie.
The historical folk legend of the Yang’s Clan and the seven brothers (and their awesome General Daddy) who set out for war on behalf of the Song Dynasty against its enemies, and only one brother returned, has been made into movies and dramas so many times I have lost count. The story extols family honor and patriotic virtue of the Yang’s Clan and their willingness to give their lives for their Emperor.
The drama adaptations tends to focus on the younger brothers more, with Sixth Brother usually the lead since he’s the only one to return from the battle, though other versions have chosen to focus on Fourth Brother. I adore this story since I watched it as a kid and totally swooned over the brothers and their camaraderie and general awesomeness – they use spears as weapons, each has his own OTP, they fight all the time just for fun, they always have each other’s back. And it spawned a very famous proverb – “The Yang’s Clan, 7 sons left, 1 son returned.”
The confirmed cast also includes wuxia veteran Adam Cheng as the all-powerful and wise Daddy Yang. This movie version will supposedly center around the seven brothers’ rescue of Daddy Yang, likely from evil varmints of some invading nation. The poster above was made by C-netizens at Baidu, and at the end of the cast list naming each of the guys I listed above is this awesome tagline “and a bunch of Yang’s wives, too.” Mwahahaha, yup, don’t forget the wifeys. The movie starts filming this August, likely scheduled for a Fall 2012 release.
[Credit: Ifensi news]
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OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!
Husband walked in to see what the high-pitched shrieking was about.
My throat is mentally parched from all the muffled screeching I've been doing all afternoon as I wrote up this post. I don't care if this movie sucks, these 7 dudes playing the 7 Yang's bros? I am so in it's not even funny.
I love the excitement in the air... ;-) Keep it up!!!!
LOL...that was my exact reaction! OMG...and I'm still saying it!
CANNOT wait is a total understatement!
Love all of them! Seriously how did they get all these guys to appear in the same movie?! However, I think Ekin should play the oldest brother though...and Louis should be the 2nd brother. They're all my faves (not all of them are great actors, but I like them anyways...hehe). The only actor I'm not familiar with is Deng Chao...but I'm sure he'll be good.
超期待 “楊家將”！:)
Wow. Star power! I will watch. But it's so sad to know the end. I hate war (and war movies/dramas) and all the heartache that it brings. But I will watch this one. Thank you for this info. So much to look forward to. Please keep us informed! :)
Viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic!!!!!!!!!! <3
lol
LMAO I KNOW!!!! ;-) Action movie for a change....
I'm not familiar with this story, but OMG THE CAST! alskjdklaskdj
Oh my...
Wow, just WOW!
So ZaiZai [Vic] will have the leading role in the MOVIE? cuz if it is WuZun I'm afraid he still have a long way to go [in what being an actor means] Sorry fans I like him very much but don't like very much he's acting ><'
I understand honesty is appreciated here ;-)
Vic Zhou and Feng Shao Feng?!....*aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh*
I believe you've achieved your goala koala!
*goal
Oh. My. God.
How... just... HOW did that kind of cast get put into the SAME MOVIE? The screens are going to explode with their collective awesome. Omgomgomgomgomg. *incoherent* I hate sad stories as a general rule, but this I absolutely HAVE to watch. Feng Shao Feng, Vic Zhou and Louis Koo on my screen!
Ok so this why Wu Zun dropped Sunshine Angel....hmmm well I thought he was under contract from what I heard he is not under any contract from Sunshine Angel....well an angel is always an angel panic here. Hang Geng has been filed a law suite as per Wiki Pedia, so that was bad. Well good luck with WU ZUN's career and Vic oooh this I wanna see!!!!
I think you're confusing Absolute Boyfriend and Sunshine Angel. Wu Zun didn't drop Sunshine Angel; in fact, it's set to air this May. However, he did put filming for Absolute Boyfriend on indefinite hold sometime late last year, and ended up dropping it in the end.
Ah yeah sorry ahihihi ;-)
i'm just curious. u post news about many asian entertainment. not only are u capable of korean, u know japanese and chinese too? as in can read and speak? sorry if i come off impolite