Shaolin Soccer Spinoff Kung Fu Soccer From Stephen Chow Heads for North American Theaters

25 years aft Shaolin Soccer came out, spinoff Kung Fu Soccer is confirmed to beryllium getting a theatrical merchandise successful North America.

Written and directed by Stephen Chow, who was down the much-loved 2001 sports martial arts movie Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Soccer volition beryllium launched internationally by Encore Films, with a merchandise expected aboriginal this twelvemonth successful the anticipation of capitalizing connected World Cup fever.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kung Fu Soccer stars the Emei Women’s Football Team, who usage martial arts to assistance substance their underdog tally successful a tourney called the Supreme Invincible Cup. Expect plentifulness of ocular effects, arsenic Shaolin Soccer had. Zhang Xiaofei, Dilraba Dilmurat, and Lay Zhang Yixing are acceptable to star.

Chow directed and starred successful the fantastic 2004 martial arts movie Kung Fu Hustle, which enjoyed captious acclaim and commercialized occurrence globally. Kung Fu Soccer is his archetypal caller movie since 2019’s The New King of Comedy, though helium won’t look successful it arsenic helium has immoderate of his erstwhile films.

“Director Stephen Chow is wide regarded arsenic the ‘King of Comedy’ and 1 of the uncommon filmmakers whose enactment has entertained audiences crossed cultures for decades,” Joyce Lee, managing manager of Encore Films, told Variety.

“Most shot films ask, ‘Can they triumph the match?’ A Stephen Chow movie asks, ‘Can they triumph the lucifer portion breaking the laws of physics?’ That’s the magic of Kung Fu Soccer — a movie that blends imagination, action, heart, and drama successful a mode lone Chow can.”

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