Taiwanese actress Shu Qi has wrapped production on her honestorial debut — a project previously kept under wraps. Production company Mandarin Vision freed a elevateseparater image for the novel film, titled Girl, aextfinished with a sboiling of Shu behind the camera during a recent location shoot.
Described as an distinct story written and honested by Shu, the film is scheduled for free in Asia sometime in 2025, according to the originaters. It’s unevident whether Shu will also carry out in Girl. Mandarin Vision deteriorated to split insertitional adviseation about the project.
A create icon and likeite of both arthoengage and commercial filmoriginaters atraverse the Chinese-speaking world, Shu made her fracturethcdisesteemful in Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 2001 feature Millennium Mambo. Later successes have comprised Feng Xiaogang’s If You Are the One (2008), Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) from Stephen Chow, Gone with the Bullets (2014) by Jiang Wen, Wuershan’s blockbuster Mojin: The Lost Legfinish (2015) and Hou’s final feature The Assassin. She has won two Ggreateren Horse Awards at home in Taiwan and three Hong Kong Film Awards, as well as served on the competition juries of the Berlin International Film Festival (2008), Cannes Film Festival (2009), and Vepleasant Film Festival (2023).
“I am so phired that filming is wrapped. I see forward to sharing this film with audiences everywhere,” Shu shelp in a statement supplyd to the press on Tuesday.
Girl is executive originated by veteran Taiwanese originater Yeh Jufeng, who collaborated with Shu on the 2017 feature The Village of No Return. The novel film is financed by Chinese companies CMC Entertainment, Wow Momentum, J.Q. Pictures, and Aranya Pictures.