Karena Ng and Leehom Wang for New Fantasy Film “Legend of the Ancient Sword”

Karena Ng (吳千語) has signed on to star in the new fantasy film Legend of the Ancient Sword <古劍奇譚之流月昭明>, directed by Renny Harlin, and will be starring alongside Leehom Wang (王力宏), Victoria Song (宋茜), and Godfrey Gao (高以翔).

Legend of the Ancient Sword is based on the role-playing game Gu Jian Qi Tan 2 <永夜初晗凝碧天>, a story about a few young adventurers and their hung for a sword that would save a certain city from danger.

The film, produced by Alibaba Pictures, is Karena’s first historical period film. She will be playing a fairy, and will have ample screen time with Leehom Wang. American actor Archie Kao (高聖遠) and Hong Kong actor Julian Cheung (張智霖) will make special supporting appearances.

“I’m not very close with the other actors, but I’m sure we’re going to have a great time this holiday,” said Karena at the press conference. “I am also a huge fan of Leehom. I met him at an event before. He’s very nice, and a gentleman. I believe we’ll have a great collaboration.”

Principal photography will take place from December to next March. The crew plans to spend their Christmas holidays filming the movie in a Beijing film studio.

Source: Oriental Daily

This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.