Aaron Kwok is going to need to bulk up to carry that sword.
Up above you've got the first concept art of how Kwok will look as the Ox King in Soi Cheang's upcoming big budget, 3D update of the classic literary epic Journey To The West. Titled simply as The Monkey King, it has long been known that Donnie Yen was taking the title role but the addition of Kwok, Peter Ho, Chen Qiao En and Chow Yun Fat - as the Jade Emperor - has just been confirmed.
Now, concept art should always be taken with a grain of salt - it's one thing to draw something, another thing entirely to put it on film - but they're clearly aiming big and burly with this one, going for a full on spectacle. I can only hope that in the quest to make the visuals big they don't bite off more of the sprawling tale than they can actually fit comfortably into the film.
Up above you've got the first concept art of how Kwok will look as the Ox King in Soi Cheang's upcoming big budget, 3D update of the classic literary epic Journey To The West. Titled simply as The Monkey King, it has long been known that Donnie Yen was taking the title role but the addition of Kwok, Peter Ho, Chen Qiao En and Chow Yun Fat - as the Jade Emperor - has just been confirmed.
Now, concept art should always be taken with a grain of salt - it's one thing to draw something, another thing entirely to put it on film - but they're clearly aiming big and burly with this one, going for a full on spectacle. I can only hope that in the quest to make the visuals big they don't bite off more of the sprawling tale than they can actually fit comfortably into the film.
Wow, someone's been playing a certain recent videogame.
Soi Cheang is a great director and the cast is awesome.
I have high expectations on this one, especially after the both Wu Xia films "Dee Ren Jie" and "Reign of Assassins".
lol..
wtf!?
COMPLETE PLAGIARISM!
DarkSiderS's artwork edited and turned to Monkey king.
I'm gonna tell the authorities!:P
Sumone post this on http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/
lol china.
I can't tell if that's an Ox King or a goddamn Decepticon. Looks like Satan's Unicorn. Don't like.
So apparently one of the designers took some Darksiders artwork, ran it through photoshop to change things up a bit, and then submitted it and hoped nobody would notice? What a loser.
Are you guys sure this "artwork" is not a fake?
That looks fucking stupid.