BEIJING, Feb. 18 -- Pop star-turned director Jay Chou thinks Chinese people lack a superhero who can rival Spiderman and Batman, so he is determined to create two, not one, Panda-men
Chou on Monday held a press conference in Beijing to introduce the concept for his small-screen directorial debut, "Pandamen".
"We have seen such Western superheroes as Spiderman and Batman," said Chou, "but Chinese people need their own heroes, and that will be the pandamen."
"Pandamen" depicts two future superheroes in the year 2030 who fight to protect the city they live in. A rendering of the superpanda unveiled at the press conference shows a human-like panda wearing tight, leather suit and a red scarf resembling the cape of Superman.
Chou, who is also an actor, will appear in the drama but not as the pandamen, the star says. The two protagonists will be portrayed by Devon Song and Zhan Yuhao from the Taiwan music group Nan Quan Mama.
Shooting will begin on February 25.
"We have seen such Western superheroes as Spiderman and Batman," said Chou, "but Chinese people need their own heroes, and that will be the pandamen."
"Pandamen" depicts two future superheroes in the year 2030 who fight to protect the city they live in. A rendering of the superpanda unveiled at the press conference shows a human-like panda wearing tight, leather suit and a red scarf resembling the cape of Superman.
Chou, who is also an actor, will appear in the drama but not as the pandamen, the star says. The two protagonists will be portrayed by Devon Song and Zhan Yuhao from the Taiwan music group Nan Quan Mama.
Shooting will begin on February 25.
The Panda-men Press Conference & News:
Pandamen, the new Jay Chou TV series he is developing to give China a superhero, has cast its female lead. And like Chou wanted, it is an unknown actress named Cao Yan.
A few days ago, after they denied the female lead in the series 'Pandamen', directed by Jay Chou, was going to be Sara and Jacqueline Li, this has become a main focal point of movie fans' attention. Today there's finally new news, Jay Chou has seen a performing arts student Cao Yan (20) of Zhejiang University of Performing Arts, she has big eyes and eyebrows, completely matching Jay Chou's criteria. From the details, she is from Zhejiang Ningbo, she has a certain level of performing arts fundamentals, with the help of Jay Chou, she'll definitely be a big star in the movie industry.Yesterday reporters found out from the head of the Pandamen series Mr Li, at present Jay Chou's company have already signed Cao Yan and she will be the female lead in Pandamen, as to why Cao Yan was chosen to be the 'J Girl', the film company expressed they would give an introduction at the start of filming ceremony to let the media get familiar with this lucky girl. The film company expressed newcomer Cao Yan would play a pretty and innocent girl, she will have lots of scenes with Yuhao and Jessie Chiang.
News and Pictures taken from:-
(a)Asiafanatics Forum
(b) Xinhuanet English
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