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One of the biggest Chinese movies of the year is about to start shooting in Dubai, the cast and directors have at a press conference at The Palm Atlantis.
Action and fashion extravaganza ‘Dwelling In The Fuchun Mountains’ will film key scenes at Atlantis, The Palm and other Dubai landmarks, including The Burj Arab and the Burj Khalifa, with the support of the Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing.
The US$20M production will be filmed across six cities - Dubai, Hangzhou, Fuyang, Taipei, Tokyo and Milan - and is the first Chinese film to be predominantly produced outside China. Dubai's filmworks is assisting the Chinese team with practicalities like visas and location permissions, as well as accomodation for the 100+ strong Chinese crew, and will also be assisting to provide the bodies and equipment that will ultimately see a crew of around 300 on set, as well as helping to supply a host of equipment locally.
The cast features China’s leading stars including Andy Lau from Hong Kong, best known for House of Flying Daggers and The Warlords, who director Sun Jianjun describes as 'like Tom Cross and Michael Jackson rolled into one'. Tong Dawei and Zhang Jingchu from China, and Lin Chi-ling from Taiwan.
Jianjun added: "We have seen Mission Impossible IV, and sometimes people are tempted to exagerrate the bad things, but we can guarantee our film will show Dubai better than that. We only want to show Dubai in the best light - there'll be no sandstorms or exaggeration of reality. We want to show the real fantasy world that is Dubai in our film."
Music to the Department of Tourism's ears, no doubt, bearing in mind the film's projected 300M audience when the film is released in China later this year.
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