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| Louis Koo has put a lot of thought in the event, spending 7 months on its preparation alone |
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Byeon Woo-Seok and Louis Koo have a friendly toast courtesy of on.cc
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| Mad Mikkelsen, Byeon Woo-Seok, Louis Koo and Christopher Lloyd attend the opening ceremony |
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| Byeon Woo-seok is super popular at his first Hong Kong appearance |
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| Louis Koo jokes that he has thought about dressing up as Darth Vader to attend the event |
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| Yuen Wah and Philip Ng share their memories from their years on the set |
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Crystal Fung and Fabienne Kwan show their support for Law Kar Ying courtesy of mingpao.com |
The opening ceremony of "Comic Con 2026 in Hong Kong" was held
yesterday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The
famous international animation and comic book exhibition brand was
officially launched in Hong Kong for the first time. In addition to
being invited to be an ambassador, Louis Koo Tin Lok also took part in
preparing for the Hong Kong Comic-Con and exhibited his private toy
collection. He hoped that the event would continue to take place in
the future and become of one of the major events in Hong Kong. He also
revealed that he would concoct a comic book based on the ghost-catching
of Zhongwei and make it into an animated and live-action version.
Guests attending the opening ceremony yesterday included "Hong
Kong Comic Con 2026" ambassador Koo Tin Lok (Goo Jai), Korean star
Byeon Woo-seok who became famous for the TV series "LOVELY RUNNER",
Christopher Lloyd who played the crazy scientist in "BACK TO THE
FUTURE", and Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, American actors Norman Reedus
and Giancarlo Esposito, and New Zealand actor Daniel Logan who starred
in "STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATACK OF THE CLONES". Guests greeted the
audience, followed by a eye-dotting ceremony for the lion dance and a
toast with battle bowls.
As the first guest to appear, Goo Jai said that he was very
happy to be invited as an ambassador. He originally wanted to take
this opportunity to cosplay with everyone as Darth Vader or Spider-Man,
but his colleagues said that he already looked like Dr. Doom; if he
appeared with a dark look everyone would be upset. For the first time
Comic Con was held in Hong Kong, everyone also worked hard to absorb
and learn. He believed that this event would continue to be held and
become a event in Hong Kong. Subsequently, a number of international
film and television stars appeared. Daniel Logan said that he was very
happy to witness this event and also excited; Giancarlo Esposito said
that he came to Hong Kong and saw that everyone was full of love; Mads
Mikkelsen said hello to the audience, and was happy to hear everyone's
applause; Norman Reedus was excited to come to Hong Kong for the first
time; Byeon Woo-seok greeted everyone in Korean, said that this was his
first trip to Hong Kong and he was honored to be invited to attend;
finally the 87 year old Christopher Lloyd came to the stage with Goo
Jai. Goo Jai and others stars dotted the eyes for the lion dance
and toasted.
Goo Jai said that actually this "Hong Kong Comic Con 2026" took
7 months to prepare since last year. Everything started from scratch.
How to contact different units, Hollywood companies, hotels for
international movie stars to the product booth arrangements, he has all
taken part. Speaking of figures from Goo Jai's collection being on
display, was his dream realized? Goo Jai joked, "My dream is to move
everything to my warehouse and not move them out."
Goo Jai immediately appeared at the "MIBOCOOL comics project".
He revealed that he would concoct the comic book ZK THE NEKRO-BLADE
modeled on Zhong Kui the ghost catcher, which would also go from
costume to modern. Zhong Kui would combine modern technology when
hunting ghosts, the characters must also adapt to the new world. The
comic book would be made into animation and live version, he pointed
out that now the production of comics is more and more broader freedom
than the film. He was one of the representatives of popular culture,
when talking about the development of the IP industry's vision he
believed, "Only creating an IP success is called IP, and now technology
can use AI to cooperate. This time Zhong Kui's idea would be applied
to AI creation." He believed that there is now an AI technology to
reduce the time to make comics and create more stories to be animated.
Referring to the live-action version of the comic book he would
personally perform in, but it was said that Zhong Kui was full of
facial hair. He smiled and said, "I will wait three or four years to grew a
full beard full for the shoot!"
In addition, when asked whether the film WARRIORS OF FUTURE
(MING YUT JIN GEI) would continue to make a prequel and a sequel? Goo
Jai said that because the prequel story was more complex and have
greater span, it will only be made into animation. The sequel would
be a live-action movie and use the latest technology to combine
the production, hoping to create another new scene.
Also talking about his recent role as a concert guest for other
singers, he was said to be paving the way for a solo concert? Goo Jai
said, "I'm invited, not doing it myself. I have a lot of work, making
movies, plays and comic books. My head has already exploded, so I am
not a liberty to reveal what hasn't happened yet."
He would work on the film TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: THE FINAL
CHAPTER (GAU LUNG SING JAI JI JUNG JEUNG) within days. George Au
Chun Ho was rumored to be playing his son? Goo Jai declined to spoil
anything. Recently Charles Heung Wah Keung's wife, Tiffany Chan Lan
said that he has changed from a "bad hand to a good hand". Goo Jai
said without hearing the question, "No comment!"
Yuen Wah and Philip Ng Wan Lung were guests at a forum,
sharing their memories on the movie sets. Yuen Wah revealed that
film productions before used real kung fu and every punch landed.
Even with the full safety precaution measures getting injuries all over
was inevitable. He described being an action actor required toughness
to take a beating and tolerance for pain.
Ng Wan Lung said that when he got a script for a movie, he
would rely on his imagination to set the character's personality. He
also discussed with the action director and then design the fight
choreography. "Playing Wong Gau in TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN
(GAU LUNG SING JAI JI WAI SING), a very self pitying character who
only turned vicious after being bullied. He designed the
character to love being outrageous. A villain could be played very
madly, with little restrictions than playing the hero. Playing the
bad guy is more fun."
Law Kar Ying witnessed his film character the Venerable Monk
Tang's 30th anniversary figure. His program YUM CHA co-hosts Crystal
Fung Ying Ying and Fabienne Kwan Fung Hing showed their support. Law
Kar Ying said that for decades in the business, he found connections
with Cantonese Opera and film. His collections were almost Erhu
instruments, opera costumes and fashion. He was very happy to receive
his first figure due to the role of the Venerable Monk Tang, which also
helped him make a lot of money and still has a path to "money" for him
today. Turning 80 this year, he was preparing to release an
autobiography at the Book Fair. The book would chronicle his family
background, highs and lows in life and love. He said that he had no
secret but would have a bottom line.