Update to the Gallery with 30 new images:
I’ve also re-added 7 pages to the filmography section (Gormenghast, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lion in Winter, Elvis, Michael Collins, The Tribe, and The Governess). More on the way.
Added 4 new images from “The Children of Huang Shi” to the Gallery (2 Behind the Scenes, 2 Stills).
There’s a behind the scenes video up from the making of “The Children of Huang Shi”. It shows some footage of Jonathan filming a scene with Michelle Yeoh. Thanks to Michelle Yeoh Web for the link.
Readded 1 image and added 3 new images from behind the scenes of “The Children of Huang Shi” to the Gallery thanks again to Tingting.
Added 7 new stills from “The Children of Huang Shi” to the Gallery thanks to Tingting, a Jonathan fan from China, and Michelle Yeoh Web.
Added the first photo from filming of “The Children of Huang Shi” to the Gallery (thanks to Kathleen for the find.)
According to Variety and Production Weekly, Jonathan has been cast in a new period drama called “The Children Of Huang Shi” and set in China.
From Production Weekly:
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh will star in the period drama “The Children Of Huang Shi.” Roger Spottiswoode will direct from a screenplay by Jane Hawksley, about young British journalist, George Hogg (Meyers), who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse (Mitchell), saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese invasion of China in 1937. Faced with advancing Japanese troops, he leads the children on a 1000 mile trek across China to a safe haven. Filming is set to begin on November 13 in the western province of Gansu, the studios of Hengdian in south-east China, and Melbourne, Australia.
From Variety:
Thesp leads ‘Children’
Rhys Meyers to topline historical pic
By NICOLE LAPORTE
Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been cast as the lead in “The Children of Huang Shi,” which Roger Spottiswoode will direct.
Hyde Park Intl., Sony Classics and Dendy Films will distribute the Chinese-Australian-German co-production.
Also cast in the pic are Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat and Radha Mitchell.
Shooting begins Nov. 13 in the Chinese province of Gansu.
Set in war-ravaged China during the late 1930s, “Huang Shi” is based on true events. It’s the story of a young Englishman, George Hogg (Rhys Meyers), who led 60 orphaned boys on a journey across the Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert.
Jane Hawksley penned the script.
Arthur Cohn, Wieland Schulz-Keil, Ming Prods.’ Peter Loehr, Bluewater Pictures’ Jonathan Shteinman and Zero Fiction/Zero West’s Martin Hagemann produce. Chinese distribution and production house Qixinran is co-producing.
Hyde Park will sell select international rights to the pic at AFM next week.
