Taiwanese star Jay Chou is making his small screen directorial debut with “Pandamen”, a TV drama series about two Chinese superheroes.
Jay held a press conference in Beijing on Monday to announce the filming (to begin on Feb 25). He said that he wants to create Chinese superheroes which could rival Spiderman and Batman in the west.
Pandamen is a story about two Chinese superheroes protecting their city (what else?). It’s not mentioned what kind of superpower the duo are having… but seems like it’s going to be a comedic drama instead of serious attempt to emulate the western superheroes.
The series will star Devon Song and Zhan Yuhao from Taiwanese pop group Nan Quan Mama; Jay Chou is not taking serious acting role, but is expected to make some cameo appearances.
thats a weird panda super hero. jay should sticked with singing and songwriting.. his directing and acting is not good enough, and his music getting poorer maybe because of his multi focus into other fields.
if that’s the panda hero in the picture behind him, then it’s totally ugly.
but the idea still appeals to me, since i like both jay and nqmm.
i think jay got really interested in doing filming/directing ever since he gained so much fame. he directed his movie “secret” and a lot of music videos before, and i thought they weren’t so bad. at least he’s a pretty creative guy.
some people think that his music became poorer because he spents too much time doing other jobs. but he explained that it’s actually because people’s expectations of him got much higher than before. so it seems like he didn’t improve in music. i agree with him.
I think Jay is simply reaching his limits in music creativity; he might make another breakthrough in future, but it’s understandable if he doesn’t… he’s a human after all, and he’s not going to improve forever.
As a newbie director, I don’t think he is doing too bad… “Secret” is a decent movie for a debutant. His acting does need some brush up though, he needs to lose his ‘cool’ image if he wants to be a genuine actor.