Post by Jackie on Jul 24, 2003 14:49:27 GMT -5
Very Romantic Lin Hsinju Han Jae Suk Falls In Love in France
Chinatimes, 7/25/03
Korean TV series popular in Asia, Korean actors have box office guarantees, invitation to act in Chinese serials are increasingly becoming more frequent. Moreover the asking price is extremely high. After Chae Rim's top price of U.S.$10,000/episode (plus perdiem spending for assistant(s)) to be in CTS' "Qing Ding Ai Qin Hai", Korean series lead actor Han Jae Suk, a month ago also signed on for a 40 episode contract w/ a Taiwan producer, will team up w/ TV series #1 leading lady, Lin Hsinju, for a love story [taking place] in aromatic wine country of France! [Last sentence kinda hard to translate, so bear w/ me].
Han Jae Suk, Lin Hsinju's new series is temporarily called "Zi Teng Zhi Lian" [English trans: Love of the Chinese wisteria]. Currently on vacation, Han Jae Suk, plans on going to Taiwan in late August to promote the series. Then will immediately head for France to shoot on location. "Zi Teng Zhi Lian" is an artistic modern love story. The story takes place in a French Bordeaux wine village. Lin Hsinju is a girl who grew up in the wine village, will have a romantic love story w/ Han Jae Suk. The entire series has two male/female leads. The producers planned on shooting first, then sell. For the sake of the Asian market, presently still searching for the other group of male/female lead, locking in on China-TW-HK's box office actors.
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Han Jae Suk gave the producers the scheduled time frame of September-December. "Zi Teng Zhi Lian" will start shooting in September. The procuders had already started looking for a vineyard and wine village in France. But, b/c the owner of the wine village was afraid that the lighting will have an effect on the quality of the wine, the producers also simultaneously considered selecting Paris as a backdrop, then head for America, Canada to shoot scenes for the wine village. This series will shoot 80% in Taiwan, China, one month of outdoor shots in France would cost about $10 million [TW currency?]. Therefore, each episode will cost at least TW$2.5 mil, possibly will not be lower than "Qing Ding Ai Qin Hai".
Chinatimes, 7/25/03
Korean TV series popular in Asia, Korean actors have box office guarantees, invitation to act in Chinese serials are increasingly becoming more frequent. Moreover the asking price is extremely high. After Chae Rim's top price of U.S.$10,000/episode (plus perdiem spending for assistant(s)) to be in CTS' "Qing Ding Ai Qin Hai", Korean series lead actor Han Jae Suk, a month ago also signed on for a 40 episode contract w/ a Taiwan producer, will team up w/ TV series #1 leading lady, Lin Hsinju, for a love story [taking place] in aromatic wine country of France! [Last sentence kinda hard to translate, so bear w/ me].
Han Jae Suk, Lin Hsinju's new series is temporarily called "Zi Teng Zhi Lian" [English trans: Love of the Chinese wisteria]. Currently on vacation, Han Jae Suk, plans on going to Taiwan in late August to promote the series. Then will immediately head for France to shoot on location. "Zi Teng Zhi Lian" is an artistic modern love story. The story takes place in a French Bordeaux wine village. Lin Hsinju is a girl who grew up in the wine village, will have a romantic love story w/ Han Jae Suk. The entire series has two male/female leads. The producers planned on shooting first, then sell. For the sake of the Asian market, presently still searching for the other group of male/female lead, locking in on China-TW-HK's box office actors.
Skip paragraph about him.
Han Jae Suk gave the producers the scheduled time frame of September-December. "Zi Teng Zhi Lian" will start shooting in September. The procuders had already started looking for a vineyard and wine village in France. But, b/c the owner of the wine village was afraid that the lighting will have an effect on the quality of the wine, the producers also simultaneously considered selecting Paris as a backdrop, then head for America, Canada to shoot scenes for the wine village. This series will shoot 80% in Taiwan, China, one month of outdoor shots in France would cost about $10 million [TW currency?]. Therefore, each episode will cost at least TW$2.5 mil, possibly will not be lower than "Qing Ding Ai Qin Hai".
