Second Teaser For 'The Great Magician'

 

A second teaser trailer has been released for 'The Great Magician', a new period drama directed by Derek Yee. Loosely based on the Steven Millhauser story 'Eisenheim the Illusionist', the film stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai as a master illusionist who gets the girl and saves his country with magic tricks.

Synopsis

1916. General Yuan Shi-kai has just died and the Japanese are encroaching. A mysterious magician Zhang Xian catches the eye of local warlord, Lei Daniu, who hopes to use him to win the affections of Liu Yin, a woman he forced into being his seventh concubine. Unbeknownst to him, Zhang is the fiancé of Liu who has been waiting for him to rescue her. Zhang, who was hellbent on destroying Lei, discovers that the man behind the evil deeds is actually his head butler Liu who has joined forces with the Japanese in his misguided efforts to unite the country. To defeat Liu and win back the heart of his love, Zhang pulls out his ultimate magic trick.

'The Great Magician' co-stars Lau Ching Wan and Zhou Xun. It is due for release across China on the 22nd December, 2011.

 

 

 

Source: Film Smash

Posted November 04, 2011