The New King of Comedy
Traditional Chinese新喜劇之王
Simplified Chinese新喜剧之王
Hanyu PinyinXīn Xǐjù Zhī Wáng
Directed byStephen Chow
Written byStephen Chow
Ivy Kong
Kelvin Lee
Zhao Bojun
Story byStephen Chow
Based onKing of Comedy
by Stephen Chow and Lee Lik-chi
Produced byStephen Chow
Ivy Kong
StarringE Jingwen
Wang Baoqiang
CinematographyMazloum Saba
Edited byYeung Kai-wing
Music byRaymond Wong
Wendy Zheng
Production
company
Distributed byLian Rui (Shanghai) Film Industry Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • 5 February 2019 (2019-02-05) (China)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget$8 million (50 million RMB)
Box officeUS$106.6 million

The New King of Comedy (Chinese: 新喜剧之王) is a 2019 Chinese comedy-drama film directed, written, and produced by Stephen Chow.[1][2] It is a remake of Chow's own 1999 film King of Comedy, this time set in Mainland China with different characters.

The film tells the story of a young woman who is dreaming and striving to pursue the actors' dream despite being an extra and stand-in. It was released in China on 5 February 2019 during the Lunar New Year 2019.[3] With a budget of $8 million (US) along with few months of filming and post-production, it is believed to be the smallest project of Chow's career as a filmmaker.

Cast

  • E Jingwen as Ru Meng
  • Wang Baoqiang as Ma Ke
  • Zhang Quandan as Charlie
  • Jing Ruyang as Xiao Mi
  • Zhang Qi as Ru Meng's father
  • Yuan Xingzhe as Ru Meng's mother

Production

Stephen Chow began writing the film in 2015.[4] Filming began in October 2018 and lasted only a few weeks.

For the movie, Chow cast people who could relate to the life of a struggling actor. He intentionally sought out Wang to play the male lead role, due to the latter's experience in working as an extra early in his career.[5][6] Actress E Jingwen also worked as an extra prior to The New King of Comedy, similar to the character she played in the film.[7]

Chow recruited the Chinese girl group Ji Feng Shao Nu (Chinese: 疾风少女; lit. 'Storm Girls'), whose members were eliminated in the Chinese version of Produce 101, to sing the film's theme song.[8]

Release

The New King of Comedy was released in China on 5 February 2019.

References

  1. Su (January 15, 2019). "Cecilia Cheung Will Cameo in Stephen Chow's "The New King of Comedy"". jaynestars. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  2. Addy (December 2, 2018). "Stephen Chow to Release "The New King of Comedy" in Time for Hong Kong's LNY Season". jaynestars. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. Heidi Hsia (December 4, 2018). "Stephen Chow unveils "The New King of Comedy" poster". yahoo.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  4. 周星驰《新喜剧之王》正式杀青定档! 主演一看就是王宝强. Sohu (in Chinese). November 29, 2018.
  5. Rui, Zhang (January 13, 2019). "Stephen Chow seeks to inspire losers with new film - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  6. Fan, Xu (January 18, 2019). "New Chow film walks the extra mile - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  7. Lee, Jan (February 6, 2019). "Hong Kong director Stephen Chow picks unknown actress for The New King Of Comedy". The Straits Times. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  8. "Stephen Chow's Chinese New Year movie offers inspiration to those who dare to dream". The Straits Times. January 14, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
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