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Filming Commencement of Meeting The Giant 《再见巨人》!
By InCinemas / 20 Aug 2013 (Tuesday)
Meeting The Giant, the Singapore-China co-production by G & J Creation, Stellar Megamedia International, Aquila Energy and Clover Films has commenced filming early August.
The filming will begin in Singapore and the group will proceed to China for rest of the shoot later this month.
Based on a true story, Meeting The Giant centers on foreign sports talent imports in Singapore. It is the brainchild of veteran actor Zhu Hou Ren and it marks Singaporean actor Tay Ping Hui’s directorial debut.
Meeting The Giant adopts many young talents into the movie from both Singapore and China. As the main cast are required to be skilled in playing basketballs, multiple rounds of auditions were held in both Singapore and China to achieve the optimal cast mix.
(Read Synopsis of Meeting The Giant!)
The main basketball players featured in the movie are from both Singapore and China, namely: Li Guang Ming, Delun Goh Kok Chiang 吴国江, Lim Sheng Yu 林圣宇, Chua Seng Jin, Ng Hanbin 黄汉斌. Apart from these new faces, MediaCorp artiste Ian Fang方伟杰 also stars as a basketball player in the movie. Two up and coming young actresses from China - Na Guangzi 那 广子 and Zhuyan Manzi 朱颜曼滋 will also be starring in the movie. Na Guangzi stars as the secretary of Boss Long and Zhuyan Manzi is the love interest of one of the lead basketball players.
Meeting The Giant is slated for release in the 2nd Quarter of 2014 and is scheduled to be released simultaneously in Singapore and China.