"Basketball of Fire" Dream Team - Team Set! Basketball Battle with Jerry Yan, Show Luo, and Wu Zun

Thursday October 18, 2007 Taiwan

Pictured Left to Right: Jerry Yan, Show Luo, Wu Zun

"Basketball of Fire" Dream Team - Team Set! Basketball Battle with Jerry Yan, Show Luo, and Wu Zun
10/18/2007

Idol Drama "Basketball of Fire" is finally on deck to film as Jerry Yan, Show Luo, and Wu Zun set out for a battle on the basketball court. Filming for this new drama is starting at the end of November, with a cost of about $60 Million.

Jerry Yan's Discounted Appearance
Having not even started the filming process, "Basketball of Fire" with Jerry, Show, and Zun has already started a commotion in Asia. Before Jerry had accepted the offer, at one time he had declined the offer due to the character role. It's because he feels that he cannot play a humorous role. Jerry is currently residing in Japan and the producer Fen Jia Rui sincerely flew to Japan a few times and offered to adjust his character to please Jerry in order to have him agree to do the drama.

Show Luo Anticipates "Acting Cool"
Jerry has already met with director, Lin He Long, and had given Jerry many suggestions, including improvements on his acting. In the drama, Jerry is a basketball master and Show Luo is his agile, spring-legged teammate, Show Luo says, "[This drama] allows me to act cool/handsome, so I'm looking forward to it." Show and Zun had met each other before on "100% Entertainment" (Yu Le Bai Fen Bai), at that time Zun had presented him with gym gloves. They not only exchanged phone numbers, but they would also play basketball together.

Wu Zun Doesn't Care about Ranking
These three handsome guys have a love for basketball and will soon set out a battle on the basketball court. How the 3 guy's roles are going to be set and how their rankings will is a major discussion topic. The most recently debuted of the 3 guys, Zun, says, "This isn't the main point. Show and Jerry are both my basketball friends. So it will be fascinating to work with them.

Leading Female Role Undecided and Still Vacant
It's understood that they had considered many female actors to fill the leading female role, from Barbie Xu, Rainie Yang, Angela Zhang to Gui Lun Mei, but as of now, the female leading role is still vacant. Comic Company expressed, not only is "Basketball" having a hard time finding the leading female role actress, but the original female lead for a new drama "Fried Rice," Ren Xuan Rong (Kristen Ren, Selina's little sister) is also being replaced also due to the role of the character, so they also face the problem of finding a new female lead.

Source: showbiz.chinatimes.com

Translated by: o_ost1nao_o

Is there hope that Jerry would return to "Basketball of Fire"?

Wednesday October 10,2007 Taiwan

Source:Liberty Times
summary by Jerry's Kingdom

There is still hope that Jerry Yan would again act in
"Basketball of Fire" and change to act Wu Zun's male role

Is there hope that Jerry would return to "Basketball of Fire"?

Last month, sources from Jerry already confirmed to discard his casting in the new drama. However, drama producer Feng Jia Rui repeated appeals gained momentum so that Wu Zun and Jerry will have a chance to be together.

For half a year now, after Jerry and Wu Zun was tapped for the lead roles in "Basketball of Fire," constant crisis went underway which included rumors on Jerry's choice for his leading lady Lin Yi Chen who was no longer avaiable and the very young role would no longer suit him. After he decided to turn down the role, there are rumors the "Xiao Zhu" Luo Zhi Xiang will replace Jerry for the role but the start of the shooting was long delayed.

After Jerry has officially turned down the role last early September, he left for Japan to promote "The Hospital." According to reports, producer Feng Jia Rui went with Jerry in that trip, in high faith to convince Jerry, and even offered him his own terms.

Jerry's original role should have been that of the funny man Yin Mu Hua while Wu Zun's role is similar to the serious man Liu CHuan Feng. Because the funny role really don't match with Jerry's image, the drama team wanted to switch their roles, allowing Jerry to take the serious character. They will then plan another role again for Wu Zun. When Jerry still seemed not accepting the role, they agreed to change the script and maybe ask him to just guest star.

Because Jerry was in Hong Kong to meet with (Stanley Kwan) Guan Jin Peng, Wong Kar Wai (Wang Jia Wei), etc. the other day, his next year's center of attention could be movies, and it's possible he won't have time to do idol dramas. But because the drama group nowadays is highly sincere, Jerry is seriously thinking on returning to the "basketball arena." His agent Matt Cheng softly said, "I have not heard that, I don't have the answer." However, he didn't deny if they had turned down the role, and there is still a chance for Jerry and Wu Zun to be together in this drama.

Jerry Yan Was Disclosed To Be Difficult: Basketball Of Fire, Unable To Burn

Saturday September 1, 2007 Taiwan

Credit: Jerry Yan Philippines


The rumor of Basketball Of Fire being terminated has been widely spread. Originally, it was planned to start filming in September. However, it is rumored that Jerry Yan, as one of the investors, has been so dominant and difficult that he unhappily disbanded with the investor from Mainland China. So will he play the role or not? Yesterday, his agent, Zhang Mao Liang said, "It is in the last stage of evaluation."

Jerry Yan, producer Feng Jia Rui, and director Cai Yue Xun have prepared the idol drama "Basketball Of Fire" for 3 years. The other male lead has been determined to be the popular newcomer, Wu Chun. Unexpectedly, it has faced a lot of obstacles. Firstly, it was the leaving of director Cai, and now even Jerry is rumored to quit. Other than what he said "Have only received 5 episodes of scripts", the female lead is still unknown. In addition, information from the Mainland China's investor indicates that Jerry has withdrawn his investment and quited filming the drama. The main reason was that he has involved too much and it led to unpleasant disagreement.

Jerry Yan Has Attracted A Lot Of Negative Rumors Because of Basketball Of Fire Honorably Get On The Cover Of Japanese Magazine

Last week, Jerry confirmed in person that he might not play Basketball Of Fire. Yesterday, Zhang Mao Liang indicates, "The presence of those rumors is because he is like a big tree which attracts the wind easily. He has never invested, then how would he withdraw the investment?" When confirmed with Wu Chun's agent, Chen Hui Ying, she said, "Never heard of it. Haven't contacted with the production team for a long time."

Jerry may not burn with the Basketball Of Fire, but his popularity has spread to Japan rapidly and intensely. Next week, he will promote The Hospital in Japan for its broadcast on NHK-BS channel starting October 4. He is also honorably on the cover of Japanese Magazine, Women Weekly.

"Basketball Fire" main stars selected Jerry Yan

August 7, 2007

Source: ent.sina.com
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/h/2007-08-07/13051666787.shtml
August 7, 2007
news transfer: enjoy.eastday.com
http://enjoy.eastday.com/e/20070807/u1a3026421.html
August 8, 2007
summary by Jerrys' Kingdom



One of the male lead stars -- Jerry Yan


Another male lead star --- Wu Zun

Itwas once rumored that the two male leads of "Basketball Fire" won't acttogether. Now, it is finally confirmed last August 6 that Taiwan's mostfamous young actors Jerry Yan andWu Zun will lead the cast of "Basketball Fire" to be directed by "fasthand" director Lin Ge Long. Shooting will start in September. When thattime comes, "Meteor Garden" very famous F4 leader will have the chanceto be with "Hana Kimi" star and famous Fahrenheit member in one PKcourt.

According to reports, it has been a very long time thatJerry has not been seen at the movie screen. This time, as he hadalways prepared for a new drama, he practices basketball, and evenexercises. As he had always been known as a deep-to-emote actor, itbecomes an issue whether he could fit to a "fast hand director".However, his agent Matt Cheng said," He doesn't like to be late in hisdrama shootings. Yet, as every director has a different style,naturally they can adjust, so they wont cause any problem.