[2025.05.05] TONY LEUNG KA FAI HAS CONSIDERED WHETHER HE WOULD LIVE TO SEE SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT RELEASE

Juno Mak and Tony Leung Ka Fai appear at the next episode of THE POPCORN SHOW to promote their film SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT
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The Juno Mak Chun Lung directed film SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT (FUNG LUM FOR SHAN) started filming in 2017, wrapped up production the next year and has not been released for 7 years since then. The production cost has been rumored to go from the original HK$ 150 million to 400 million. The film tells the story of a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong who was killed in a bombing incident, which led to a tug of war between drug dealers and law enforcers. In addition the heirs of a wealthy businessman created chaos behind the scenes, claiming to create a "drug-free world". Earlier SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT reportedly would be released this year, and the 78th Cannes Film Festival to be held in the middle of this month has selected the film for the midnight screening unit. It became the only Chinese film on the list this year.

Mak Chun Lung released a 15-second clip of SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT for the first time on social platforms last month, with the five leads Takeshi Kaneshiro (Gum Sing Mo), Louis Koo Tin Lok, Sean Lau Ching Wan, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Gao Yuanyuan appearing in turn and street explosion scenes. Vincent Kok Tak Chiu's ViuTV program THE POPCORN SHOW the night before showed the preview of the guests on a new episode, as he interviewed Mak Chun Lung, Leung Ka Fai and Nina Paw Hee Ching. Mak Chun Lung talked about one of the leads Gum Sing Mo. When he took the role in SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT, because Juno personally went to Japan to lobby him mishaps happened. "I went to Japan to ask Gum Sing Mo to make the film, and asked him to meet at a place. He said: 'I have arrived, no such place!'" SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT has been said to be an "urban legend" level film work in Hong Kong. Best Actor Leung Ka Fai could not help but joke, "I once thought, do you want to wait for me to die to release the film?" Many online said that they were looking forward to watching this episode of THE POPCORN SHOW.