Zhang Yimou

Date of Birth

1950-04-02

Place of Birth

Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Known for

The Big Parade

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Avengers, Dredd, Final Fantasy VII, Full Metal Jacket, A Quiet Place

Posted 2 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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Zhang Yimou is set to direct a feature film version of Three-Body Problem

Posted 2 years ago

While the Netflix show based on the trilogy of books will be continuing with two more seasons, a movie is also in the works from the director of Hero.

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Matt Damon suffered depression making The Great Wall?

Posted 3 years ago

Matt Damon recalls having to go through with The Great Wall even though he knew while filming it would be a bad movie.

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The Great Wall: Matt Damon knew Chinese creature feature was ‘a turkey’

Posted 5 years ago

I was surprised when I heard that Matt Damon had signed on to star in a movie like director Zhang Yimou's large-scale creature feature The Great Wall (watch it HERE) – and it sounds like that was a decision Damon...

The Great Wall: Matt Damon knew the film was a disaster while filming it

Posted 5 years ago

Matt Damon has been in his share of hits and critically lauded efforts but even he can admit when something misses the mark. In this case, Damon is looking back at the 2016 medieval epic, The Great Wall. Five years...

The Great Wall (Movie Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: Sometime during China’s Song dynasty, two European mercenaries find themselves captured by the Great Wall of China’s steadfast “Nameless Order,” an army of hundreds committed to protecting the wall, and everything beyond, from a horde of ancient creatures. REVIEW:...

Review: The Great Wall

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: In Song dynasty era China, a roving mercenary (Matt Damon) and his partner (Pedro Pascal) are interrupted in their quest for an elusive black powder by a supernatural attack that ends with them prisoners of a Chinese Military order...

Chinese monster movie The Great Wall is getting a graphic novel prequel

Posted 9 years ago

Opening this weekend in China is director Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL, the "Matt Damon vs. monsters" movie that those of us in the United States will have to wait until February 17, 2017 to check out. Scripted by Carlo...

Matt Damon flick The Great Wall gets an epic Chinese trailer

Posted 10 years ago

The bonkers Matt Damon monster war flick THE GREAT WALL has just received a brand new international trailer that's about as long as the wall itself. This nine-minute epic preview is all in Chinese, but with a movie like this, do...

Check out 9 minutes of International trailers & TV spots for The Great Wall

Posted 10 years ago

Directed by Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS), THE GREAT WALL follows an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. This marks the largest film ever shot entirely in China, as well...

NYCC 2016: The Great Wall interviews with Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and more!

Posted 10 years ago

THE GREAT WALL has been in the works since 2012, when Ed Zwick was attached to direct Henry Cavill in the period-fantasy about the creation of the iconic Chinese structure and the mythical creatures it is meant to keep out....

Matt Damon vs. monsters movie The Great Wall gets another trailer

Posted 10 years ago

Matt Damon vs. monsters. I can't say that's a match-up I ever expected to see, but that's what we're getting in director Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL. As it turns out, when Damon decides to fight monsters he doesn't just take...

There be monsters in new trailer & images for Zhang Yimou’s The Great Wall

Posted 10 years ago

The new trailer for Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL dropped during the NYCC panel today and looks to up the ante on what we saw in the first trailer, this time giving us our first peek at the monsters and...

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