Actress Qi Shu attends the closing ceremony and 'Le Glace Et Le Ciel' ('Ice And The Sky') Premiere during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2015 in Cannes, France. (Photo : Getty Images / Ian Gavan)
Sony's 1997 hit "My Best Friend's Wedding" now has a Chinese version after 19 years and will be shown in Australia just in time for the Chinese Valentine's Day. The original film stars Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett and its remake is this time, for an entirely new audience. It is set to release on Aug. 9, just in time for the Chinese Valentine's Day.
The remake, which is in Mandarin, will follow P.J. Hogan's original story about two journalist friends, a male and a female, Rin Lan and Gu Jia. The two are very close as they grew up together.
One day, the guy called his best friend that he falls in love with a wealthy Chinese woman who studies in the United Kingdom. He asked her his female best friend to come for his wedding.
The female friend realized she loves her friend and is determined to ruin the wedding. She then goes to London a few days before the wedding to win her friend back by breaking his relationship with his fiancée.
"My Best Friend's Wedding" Chinese version stars Taiwanese actress Shu Qi and Victoria Song aka Song Qian of K-pop group f(x), who play the roles of Roberts and Diaz. Feng Shaofeng portrays the groom, Mulroney's role in the original film.
Alexi Tan directs and produces the movie through his firm, Play Productions. He studied in NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in London and began directing TV commercials. He also produced content for luxury brands.
Tan's movie "Blood Brothers" in 2007 was selected in the Venice International Film Festival as the closing night film, according to Variety. Tan also directed the 2010 Chinese film, "Color Me Love."
The Chinese Valentine's Day or Qixi Festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. Many couples celebrate the day with a date night or going to the movies. Hence, Australian couples who will celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day this month will be able to catch the rom-com in cinemas with English subtitles across Australia, SBS Australia reported.
Here is the trailer of the Mandarin version of Sony's 1997 hit.
