Trailer: ‘The New King of Comedy’
By Phil Mills | Jan 23, 2019
‘The New King of Comedy’ (新喜剧之王) is a 2019 Hong Kong-Chinese comedy-drama written and directed by Stephen Chow.
The film, which is a pseudo-sequel to 1999’s ‘King of Comedy‘, follows an aspiring actress who is about to give up on her dreams when one big director suddenly decides to take a chance on her. The cast includes E Jingwen, Wang Baoqiang, Jing Ruyang, Zhang Quandan, and Zhang Qi.
Synopsis: A woman with dreams of stardom, Rumeng (Jingwen E), has been in the film industry for more than a decade, but she is still an unknown actress. In her day-to-day life, she is bullied and ridiculed by the crew and other actors on the set, and at home, she is accused by her father who hates her and even threatens to break off the father-daughter relationship. However, Rui Meng always smiles in the face of adversity and grasps every hope of a slim opportunity. In the meantime, she befriends Li Yang, who is a keen runner, and Ma Ke (Wang Baoqiang), a child actor who has long been out of fashion but thinks highly of himself, and sees the truth about herself and love once and for all. [© Far East Films]
‘The New King of Comedy’ is due for release across China on February 5, 2019.
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