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Slam Dunk Live-action Movie in Production

Date: 7 March 2007
Source: Variety

Chang Hong Television Group (Taiwan) and Shanghai Film and Television Group (China) will begin production work next week on a live-action adaptation of Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk manga.
A 101-episode anime series and four animated movies were spin-offs from the manga.

The live-action film will be shot in studios in Shanghai and on location in Taiwain. With a budget of US$10 million, it is slated for a Winter 2008 release. The cast will feature Jay Chou, Charlene Choi and Chen Bo Lin. Slam Dunk is set to be directed by Kevin Chu Yin Ping ("Expect a Miracle").

Foreign distribution rights have already been sold for Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, and an international sales agent will be appointed in the next several months.