[2009.05.20] THE MESSAGE DELAY CAUSES STARS A MILLION

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The Huayi Brothers and Emperor Motion Pictures collaboration THE MESSAGE is heating up in production. Due to the production delay, Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming's next films have been impacted. They would rather turn down and compensate over 100 million yuan worth of work. Producer Tao Kun again expressed appreciation. THE MESSAGE is China's first commercial espionage film. The production delay is due to the time consuming prop and set, which included a cliff side mansion and a metal bridge. Another reason for the production extension was while the directors were satisfied with the performance the cast asked for another take. At most they used up the total length of the ordinary film in one day. Zhou Xun even stated that THE MESSAGE would be her representative work.