Chinese director, Feng Xiaogang, revealed on Tuesday that the post-production of his latest war epic The Assembly will be finished in South Korea in August.

Beijing News reports that the first trailer for the movie will be released at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival in the middle of May. The movie is also expected to feature at this year's Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea.

The editing of some scenes and transitions passages were the first to be finished, and then several important battle scenes were transferred to a South Korean production team, left to the discretion of the director for the definitive cut.

All editing work for the movie has now been finished, and the production work for its special sound effects is underway.

Feng Xiaogang told The Beijing News that sound effects are quite critical for his war movie, that and he is looking forward to the final edition.

Meanwhile, all the lead roles in the movie start dubbing work on May 9.

This US$10 million war epic is Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's first project since his martial arts movie The Banquet.
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(CRI.cn May 9, 2007)