Prequel to Jianguo Daye

The directors of Jianguo Daye have revealed that they will make a prequel to Jianguo Daye (Founding of a Nation) and will start filming early 2010 with an expected release date in 2011. It has a tentative title of Jiandang Daye (建党大业) (Founding of a Party) and will deal with the period of history around the formation of the Communist Party in China in 1921.

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Jianguo Daye - Photos

Here is a collection of 15 of the main stars next to the historical person they are playing: QQ.COM

Some of the resemblances are quite remarkable.

Jianguo Daye - The Founding of a Republic

Well here are the first posters for Jianguo Daye that reveal all the actors. And now we also know the official English title - The Founding of a Republic

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Jian Guo Da Ye (The Great Cause of the Countries Founding)

A trailer has been released and can be seen on youtube here.

It is a who's who of Chinese film - play spot the famous face throughout LOL.

Tell me who you can identify - let's see who can identify the most!

Jian Guo Da Ye and Jackie's Cameo

Poster for Jian Guo Da Ye

Star-studded film to open for 60th anniversary of PRC

www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-31

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- A film about the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), starring more than 100 big-name mainland and Hong Kong actors and actresses, is to premiere on the mainland and in Hong Kong and Taiwan in September.

The 60th founding anniversary of the PRC falls on Oct. 1.

Han Sanping, director of the "Jian Guo Da Ye", meaning "the great cause of the country's founding," said at a promotional press conference in Beijing Thursday that the film would open in the mainland on Sept. 17.

Han also said it would open in Hong Kong around Sept. 20 and in Taiwan before Oct. 1.

Specially made for the anniversary by the state-owned China Film Group Corporation, the film depicts the history from 1945 and 1949.

Mainland actors Tang Guoqiang and Zhang Guoli, and Hong Kong stars Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Andy Lau star in the film.

Original link: xinhua news

Some more information:

Cctv article


See the trailer here.

A short piece about Jet Li's cameo

Info at IMdB

An article from March on ifeng.com stated that Jackie would not be considered for a part along with Stephen Chow. Apparently minds were changed since then because here you can read Jackie's account of filming the cameo (he plays a journalist) and see a photo of him in costume.

A video of MV for the film can be seen here.