{"id":15777,"date":"2013-07-09T21:07:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T21:07:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-07-10T19:07:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T19:07:10","slug":"Wendi-Murdoch-Going-Ahead-with-Lang-Lang-Movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15777","title":{"rendered":"Wendi Murdoch Going Ahead with \u201cLang Lang\u201d Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wendi Deng\u2019s divorce from Rupert Murdoch is only recent, if it\u2019s even finalized. But she has not gone into hiding.<\/strong> Deng, who seems to be keeping the name Wendi Murdoch, is going ahead with plans to produce a movie about the great Chinese pianist Lang Lang. <strong>A casting call has gone out for \u201cJourney of a Thousand Miles,\u201d<\/strong> a filmed based on the book written by Lang Lang with David Ritz. <strong>Murdoch is listed as coproducer with Florence Sloan<\/strong> who also co-produced \u201cSnow Flower and the Secret Fan\u201d with Wendi, and is married to former MGM chief and businessman Harry E. Sloan. The movie\u2019s director is a first timer\u2013 Chinese actor Mo Zhang. No script is available yet, but its author is ID\u2019d as Xiaozhu Wang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s who they\u2019re looking for:<\/strong> [LANG LANG] Chinese male, 16 to 23 years-old to play 17. Appealing, outgoing and friendly. Not quite a boy but not yet a man, he still has a sweetness to him. Must be fluent in Mandarin. No prior acting experience required. Some piano playing ability preferred\u2026LEAD<\/p>\n<p>STORY LINE: Based upon the real life story of the Chinese piano virtuoso Lang Lang, this tender dramatic story centers around 17 year-old Lang Lang as he struggles to overcome seemingly overwhelming obstacles on his journey to greatness \u2013 leaving his home and adjusting to a new life in America, the constant struggle to be the best, defying his father who had been his greatest supporter, and the heartbreak of finding and potentially losing his first love\u2026<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendi Deng\u2019s divorce from Rupert Murdoch is only recent, if it\u2019s even finalized. 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