“Ebola Syndrome” Chinese DVD Cover
With dozens of credits as a cinematographer and director, Herman Yau (The Untold Story, Ebola Syndrome, Taxi Hunter) is one of the most prolific filmmakers ever to have worked in Hong Kong cinema. Considering that he’s gone all respectable with historical action pictures like The Legend is Born: Ip Man and The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake – not to mention edge-of-your-seat blockbusters like Shock Wave – it’s easy to forget that Yau got his start in the grimy, nasty world of Category III.
Now, Yau is taking a stab at the COVID-19 pandemic with a thriller titled Zhan Yi Tianshi (roughly translated to Angels of the Pandemic). The upcoming film will reunite Yau with his Shock Wave and Shock Wave 2 star Andy Lau (Chasing the Dragon, The Adventurers). Yang Zishan (Till the End of the World) co-stars (via AFS).
Zhan Yi Tianshi is just one of the many films that revolves around the COVID-19 pandemic. Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau is also working on similarly themed film titled Chinese Doctors.
We’ll keep you updated on this project as we learn more. For now, we leave you with the Trailer for Yau’s other virus film, Ebola Syndrome:
