Chinese Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho Sun Chan ismaking a movie about Li Na, the country's biggesttennis star.
中國香港著名電影監制陳可辛正在制作一部關于中國最出名的網球明星李娜的電影
Chan's production company We Pictures said in astatement Saturday that the film will be based onLi's autobiography
陳可辛的電影公司在周六聲明,正在籌備的電影會以李娜的自傳為基礎
Li is one of China's best known athletes and becamethe first Asian tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament when she captured the FrenchOpen in 2011.
Chan says "Li Na had an impossible dream and found a way to turn it into reality. She brokerules and defied conventions and, against all odds, became a legend."
Li says "I am honored to have this once ina lifetime opportunity to tell my life story through afilm."
李娜說:我很榮幸,能有這個千載難逢的機會來通過電影把我的故事告訴別人
The budget of the film is expected to be around 100 million yuan.
這部電影的預算在1億元左右
Hong Kong filmmakers have begun ditching the trademark kungfu and gangster genres infavor of social realism in recent years. Peter Chan's last film Dearest (2014) has become a boxoffice hit on Chinese mainland. It's a fictionalized take on the real life issue of child abductions.