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From the web site World Countries:http://china.world-countries.net/archives/1253The director has been busy making preparations for a World War II epic, Tiger, which explores the friendship between...

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Yes, RAF 112 Squadron in North Africa--who in turn got it from the Germans! But it never looked as good on a Bf-110 as on a P-40.Well, Hollywood for nearly a hundred years has been putting Americans...

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Oh boy. If "Iggie's" right they're going for the mash-up. You'd think, with examples like "Band of Brothers" and "Flags of Our Fathers" before them, they might go for authenticity. Guess not. BTW,...

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The AVG had two sorts of thirty-calibre guns, though there's some dispute over just what guns they were. (The documents give one story and Chuck Baisden gives another. He was an armorer, so his view...

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Here is Chuck Baisden's recollection, posted today on the AVG vets' forum. He is contradicting an earlier post that mentioned .303 British machine guns: For your information, All AVG P-40 B aircraft...

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capt lou said, "One thing I forgot to mention was that the Hollywood Reporter and others like it seldom report actual facts. If they don't have anything, they make it up."Now I used to write for the...

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In an odd twist, a Mr. Deng Meiying has reportedly copyrighted the name "Flying Tigers" in China. I assume he's involved with the John Woo film somehow. If not, I imagine he soon will be, if the movie...

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Or it might be a bit like cyber-squatting--copyright or trademark the name and hope to extort money from those who'd like to use it? I don't think filming has begun. There was a reference to it a few...

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In the HengDian studios about 200 miles from Shanghai (where they have the 98% scale set of Beijing forbidden city) they just filmed a history TV drama show to capitalize on the popularity of the...

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That's great news--thanks! I don't suppose you have a photo of the man who played Chennault? Or any stills from the series, even a screenshot of a Chinese telly? I'd love to post one or more pictures.

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There is page on IMDB listing the film as "In Development" with a 2012 release date. It's maddeningly short on details, but there are links to a couple of articles. From earlier posts I believe some...

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I've read what I was told is a script for Mr. Yoo's film, and it is nothing like what has been talked about. Rather, it's a pretty straightforward yarn involving real people and no significant Chinese...

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Okay, Mr Woo now favors Liam Neeson as Chennault, co-starring with a younger Chinese actor who plays the role of a CAF pilot trained by Chennault. And filming, it says here, will begin in September:...

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CLICK HERE for the latest on the the possibility of a two-part feature film and six-hour television series (in English) about the Flying Tigers by John Woo.

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Cyrte, China Film Board John Woo’s ‘Flying Tigers’ http://variety.com/2013/film/news/cyrte-china-film-on-board-flying-tigers-1200407779/

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From personal knowledge of China I am not surprised the way this film project is developing. For the Chinese, any American who was involved in air operations in China during the "War of Japanese...

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Great, now it sounds like they're mixing in CNAC with the "running missions to fly supplies to Chinese forces" thing. (Nothing against CNAC, of course.)

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CHECK HERE for a report in Variety about a proposed 10-hour TV miniseries for the U.S. market and three feature films for theatrical release in China.

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Well, that certainly sounds serious, except for the verb "pitched". I envision a tattered screenwriter (Bill Macdonald?) in front of a steely-eyed banker, sweating and changing the plot every few...

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Oh gosh, here's another one, the wonderfully named Moon Flower of the Flying Tigers: http://english.cri.cn/6666/2014/04/21/102s822974.htm (perhaps it sounds better in Chinese: FEI HU YUE LIANG HUA)....

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Here's the Variety story on the project, which also mentions the two other Flying Tiger projects currently simmering: http://variety.com/2014/film/news/paula-wagner-flying-tigers-1201164150/

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