Director Jacob Cheung (A Battle of Wits) is back with a wuxia-fantasy 3D film titled The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom. Penned by Liang Yusheng (The Bride with White Hair, Seven Swords), the film revolves around a pair of star-crossed lovers – a devilish outlaw (Fan Bingbing) and the righteous Taoist leader (Huang Xiaoming), and their love that could change the fate of the nation.
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom also stars Vincent Zhao, Wang Xuebing, Yan Kuan, Li Ruxin, Du Yiheng and Nicholas Tse.
Given Fan Bingbing’s rising popularity around the globe, we’re sure that a company like Well Go USA has already acquired the film’s North American rights. Until then, feast on the trailer.
Update: Scope out the newest poster. | Newer poster, as well as an English-subtitled trailer. | The release date for The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom has been moved from April to early August of 2014, due to the its competitive time slot.
BREAKING NEWS: Here’s a couple of new posters, featuring Wang Xuebing and Fan Bingbing.