16 - 10 - 09 : The Blood Bond Saga (part 11)

Have Stunts, Will Travel

There's one part of our 'Blood Bond' troupe that I can't say enough good things about, and that's our stunt team. As mentioned earlier, our action directors Louis Fan and Ken Yip put an awesome team together, and they have their own kingdom of p...Read more

17 - 10 - 09 : The Blood Bond Saga (part 12)

A funny thing happened on the road to Purma...

Making action movies tends to be a serious business. These scenes involve physical action sequences that are intensely demanding and potentially dangerous, and this business should not be taken lightly.

Having said that, I can't remember laughing as often or as hard as I have with Michael Biehn and the rest of our 'Blood Bond' family.

Here are some fun memories from the story so far.

Our associate ...Read more

15 - 10 - 09 : The Blood Bond Saga (Part 10)

Simon Says

I’ve known Simon Yam for about as long as I’ve been in this business. He starred in the very first film on which I worked as a producer, ‘Guns and Roses’. This was a Hong Kong actioner shot on location in my then hometown (God help me…) of Birmingham, in London and also in Paris.

14 -10- 09 : The Blood Bond Saga (part 9)

Our Greatest Fan!

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I first knew of actor Louis Fan (AKA Fan Siu-wong) when he starred in the cult classic ‘Riki-Oh’ (AKA ‘Story of Riki’). This Golden Harvest-produced manga-inspired splatterfest was greeted with horror when first released in Hong ...Read more

13-10-09 : The Blood Bond Saga (Part 8)

Wheels of fury

Note to all you writer/producers out there : be aware that what's easy to describe may be a challenge to shoot.

From the earliest drafts of the 'Blood Bond' screenplay, we had a car chase sequence scripted. Now, car stunts are not my forte, but, given ...Read more

12 -10 - 09 : The Blood Bond Saga : Part 7

Emma Pei : Martial model?

This business constantly throws surprises at you. Producing a movie is like being the guy spinning plates on sticks at the circus, with the added bonus that a clown keeps throwing curveballs at you.

We felt we had The Blood Bond pretty much cast, at least in terms of the major rol...Read more

11 - 10 - 09 : The Blood Bond Saga (part six)

Gunning for trouble.

Today, action director Ken Yip and I headed to Guangzhou to find guns for the movie. Guangzhou was probably once a beautiful southern Chinese city. Today, its the Birmingham of the east, a monstrous g...Read more

6 - 10 - 09: 'The Blood Bond' Saga (Part One)

To begin at the beginning...

I've just begun pre-production on the new film, The Blood Bond. This is actually a project that I conceived at least 10 years ago, and have been working on over the last year and a half.

Given my unique position as a Western person living in Hong Kong who has wor...Read more

9 -10 - 09 : The Blood Bond Saga (part four)

The Biehn Machine.

I first met actor Michael Biehn when I helped cast him in a film called 'Dragon Squad'. The director, Daniel Lee, was a huge fan of his work in 'The Rock', and was delighted when Michael agreed to play our antagonist.

As can happen between director and producer, the relationship between Daniel and I became stressed as the film progressed. By the end of shooting, the atmosphere on the set was very tense, and I was counting my blessings that I had Michael,...Read more

10 -10 - 09 : The Blood Bond Saga (part five)

Training the Phoenix

It's one thing to write a Kung Fu fighting female bodyguard. It's another to commit this character to the screen in a manner that's fresh and original. There have been previous attempts to create martial monkettes, Charlotte Lewis in 'The Golden Child', Cynthia Rothrock...Read more