[2025.08.12] THE TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS TEAM RECEIVES 9 MILLION FROM THE GOVERNMENT

Louis Koo and Aaron Kwok's exchange in TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN has left a deep impression with many viewers

The Clifton Ko directed film has invited Sammo Hung to star
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The Louis Koo Tin Lok, Raymond Lam Fung and Aaron Kwok Fu Sing co-starred movie TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (GAU LUNG SING JAI JI WAI SING) won word of mouth and box office last year, and the film's producer Wilson Yip Wai Shun and director Soi Cheang Pou Soi would work together again on a new film with a grant of 9 million from the Hong Kong Film Development Fund. However another film KUNG FU JUNIORS (LINGNAN GONG FU SIU NIN) with Clifton Ko Chi Sum as its film director after 7 years has been approved by 10 million -- is more than the golden combination of TWILIGHT and surprised many!

With the Hong Kong film market in a depression, many film companies would rather take a "wait and see" approach. The first half of this year had rather few film productions. When filmmakers wanted to start productions they also had to look for more "ways" to raise funding. One of the ways was to write a proposal to apply for funding from the Hong Kong Film Development Council. Last year with over 100 million at the box office, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (GAU LUNG SING JAI JI WAI SING)'s producer Yip Wai Shun and director Cheang Pou Soi both have filed applications. The two will shoot the new film NON-HUMAN (BUT SI YUN), which were approved for 9 million in October last year. In fact the Hong Kong Film Development Fund has always been very supportive of TWILIGHT. In addition to approving $9 million for the new film, it also allocated $8.95 million to support the TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN film set exhibition and approved $1.2 million to support UNDERWORLD (GAU LUNG SING JAI SHUT YAT JUEN), which was selected for the "Content Development Scheme For Streaming Platform".

With a number of film projects in hand, Cheang Pou Soi was asked when he would start filming NON. He said, "Everything is being arranged." He admitted that he had a great time working with Koo Tin Lok, Kwok Fu Sing, and others, and both of them loved to challenge different roles. Thus he had the opportunity to work together again in BUT. Just completed the last show of his concert series in Macau a few days ago, Sing Sing had a large number of fans who shared clips on social platforms. Among them Sing Sing's beyond fit condition immediately aroused heated discussions online, as some praised the 59-year-old for having firm muscles all over his body and did not at all resemble he was about to "reach 6(0)". "At most 35, he's too energetic", "Now this is called the top stream". They also praised him for still looking handsome since his debut, and pointed out that he is in such good shape all because his life is self-disciplined. He is a role model for many young actors.

In addition to Cheang Pou Soi's new film application for funding, director Clifton Ko Chi Sum also applied for funding. His film KUNG FU JUNIORS was finally approved for $10 million, which is more than Cheang Pou Soi's new film. It turned out that the Hong Kong Film Development Council earlier launched the "Film Production Grant Scheme for Promoting Chinese Culture" earlier, aiming to encourage Hong Kong directors to integrate Chinese cultural elements into their film works and show the audience the excellent traditions of Chinese culture. Ko Chi Sum's screenplay met the criteria so it received the scheme's highest grant amount of HK$ 10 million for its production. Another project that also received HK$ 10 million in grant was the Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting directed THE BUTTERFLY BONE (SUP GOR HOK YI DIK SIU NIN).

In an interview a few days ago Ko Chi Sum pointed out that the film has an investment of about 28 million, and has already started filming in Foshan. Kung fu movie star Sammo Hung Kam Bo has been invited to star, and the film will look for young actors and actresses in Lingnan. This time the new film would mainly promote Lingnan culture and martial arts heritage, and he pointed out that the film would also participate in different film festivals, including the Toronto Chinese Canadian Film Festival, the Chinese American Film Festival and the Asia Pacific Film Festival. He was rather confident about then new film.