Also known as The Alliance Written by Ng Lap-kwong Language Standard Cantonese | Country of origin Hong Kong | |
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Starring Paw Hee-chingRuco ChanNancy WuJoel ChanElaine YiuJimmy AuKwok FungKK Cheung Similar The Unlawful Justice S, Burning Hands, A Fist Within Four Walls, Heart of Greed, Line Walker | ||
The Unholy Alliance (Chinese: 同盟; Jyutping: tung4 mang4; literally "Alliance") is an upcoming action crime-thriller television drama created by Jazz Boon and TVB. Principal photography began in Hong Kong in September 2016, and continued in Taiwan in December 2016. It is slated for a summer or fall 2017 release on TVB Jade.
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Boon has described The Unholy Alliance as a Mission: Impossible-style action thriller that features modern martial arts, such as MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Krav Maga and gun fu. The story chronicles a modern Hong Kong crime family, led by the matriarch Ling Hung (Paw Hee-ching).
Confirmed cast
Production and casting
Producer Jazz Boon had always wanted to do a kung fu-themed production. After the commercial success of his 2014 television drama Line Walker, Boon was finally given the opportunity to conceive his own kung fu story with 2016's A Fist Within Four Walls. Boon had strong chemistry with the A Fist Within Four Walls cast. Halfway into filming the drama, he started working on The Unholy Alliance with his Four Walls cast in mind.
The Unholy Alliance was officially announced in mid-August 2016. The Hong Kong media regarded it as a "modern" version of Boon's A Fist Within Four Walls, which was set in the 1960s. Four Walls leads Ruco Chan and Nancy Wu were the first cast members to be announced for The Unholy Alliance in August 2016. Paw Hee-ching, who was in negotiations with TVB since March 2016, was announced next. The Unholy Alliance is Paw's first TVB production.
Lam Tsz-sin, Elaine Yiu, Joel Chan, Oscar Leung, and Bella Lam were confirmed to be part of the cast days later. Four Walls actors Grace Wong and Benjamin Yuen were invited to star, but declined the offer due to schedule clashes. The action choreographer for The Unholy Alliance was announced to be Philip Kwok, who also choreographed Four Walls.