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Kidnap saga set for big screen

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The kidnapping of two tycoons by Hong Kong's most wanted man is to be relived on the big screen.

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Director Tommy Ma Tin-yiu claims the mainland-backed movie will reveal unpublished details of other crimes committed by Cheung Tze-keung.

Cheung, 43, alias Big Spender, has been detained with 17 other Hong Kong people and 14 mainlanders over a series of crimes.

They include the kidnapping of two tycoons whose families were reported to have paid a total of $1.6 billion ransom.

The shooting of the $6 million film will start next month and is expected to be finished in two months.

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The Sensational Kidnapping of Tycoons is expected to be screened in the SAR and on the mainland.

Ma said the film would be funded by mainlanders, who would form a company to produce the movie, which he says will not be based entirely on the real-life story of Cheung.

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