Huayi Brothers has unveiled the second trailer for Mikael Hafstrom's Shanghai to the Chinese online media and its less spoilerific than the last one. Meanwhile at the Weinstein Company, there hasn't been any official word on its long-awaited distribution plan, other than a spokesperson from Huayi, stating the US release is "now tentatively scheduled for September." Here's the official synopsis:
Nothing is what it seems in this Casablanca-style international thriller set in the ancient Chinese city a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. Secret Agent Paul Soames (John Cusack) has just arrived to investigate the murder of his best friend, only to become quickly immersed in a web of conspiracy and lies that beset the city. Shadowed by a Japanese intelligence officer Tanaka (Ken Watanabe), Soames' investigation quickly centers on a charismatic local gangster, Anthony Lanting (Chow Yun-Fat) - and Lanting's beautiful wife, Anna (Gong Li). Before long, Soames and Anna are involved in an affair that will put everything they have at stake. As national loyalties are traded fast-and-loose for those of the heart, Soames and Anna must race to solve the mystery and make it out of occupied China before the city's collapse.The film opens across China theatrically on June 17th. You'll find the second trailer embedded below.
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Wow, this looks really good. Great looking cinematography and I dig the subject matter. Looking forward to it.
Ditto. Very cool. Gong Li (woohoo!)
The Weinstein Company is still around? Who knew?