New Kung Fu Cult Master

New Kung Fu Cult Master (2022)

倚天屠龍記之九陽神功

Wudang master Zhang Cuishan who lives in the Shangri-La Ice and Fire Island with his family, away from the dissension and bloodshed, ambushed and leaving his young son Zhang Wuji orphaned.

Date of release
2022-01-28
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (28)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Action, Fantasy
Director
Wong Jing, Venus Keung
Collection
New Kung Fu Cult Master Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 (倚天屠龍記之九陽神功) is a 2022 wuxia film loosely adapted from the novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, it was directed by Wong Jing and Venus Keung, serving as a reboot of the 1993 film Kung Fu Cult Master. The film starred Raymond Lam, Janice Man, Sabrina Qiu, Yun Qianqian, Louis Koo, Rebecca Zhu, and Donnie Yen. The film was theatrically released on 28 January 2022 in Singapore, while it was released on streaming platforms on 31 January 2022 in China. A sequel, New Kung Fu Cult Master 2, was released on streaming platforms on 3 February 2022 in China.

Production

On 21 December 2019, Wong Jing posted a teaser poster of the film on his Sina Weibo account and stating that Zhang Wuji will finally meet Zhao Min in Dadu, hinting he will be making a follow-up to his 1993 film Kung Fu Cult Master, which ended in a cliffhanger. Principal photography began for the film began in January 2020 at the Hengdian World Studios.

On 2 January 2022, Wong announced on his Sina Weibo account that the film had been split into two parts, New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 and New Kung Fu Cult Master 2, to be released during the Lunar New Year. This later led to speculations that the cast was having disagreements with the production over salary disputes, but cast member Donnie Yen later responded to this by stating that he knew that it was going to be a duology from the start.

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