Hong Kong actor and director Michael Hui announces that his return to the directorial seat for his new project will have to wait until June next year.

Recently, Hui, who has taken an 18-year hiatus from filmmaking, announced that he will be making a comeback as a director this year for an upcoming project. However, he has announced that it has to be postpones and that his official return to the director's seat may well be in June 2015.

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According to Hong Kong media outlets, Hui has recently attended an event with actor Philip Chan and during a talk with reporters, he revealed that his movie, 'Tiger Hunting Game', needed to delay its production.

It has already been revealed in the past that the start of production was this month, but since the production team has been encountering problems regarding special effects, they had to temporarily halt production.

Despite the delay, Hui stated that he is still very enthusiastic about directing the film where he also stars as one of the characters. According to the 72-year old actor-director, he will be playing the role of a villain 'Tiger Hunting Game'.

When asked about his plans for the holidays, the filmmaker has revealed that he will be devoting his Christmas vacation to writing scripts. He explains that directing, writing scripts and playing a role on cam all at the same time for one movie project will prove to be a challenging task.

He shares that before, whenever people would ask him about what he would do when he retires, he used to say he will spend his retirement on fishing trips, playing tennis and making movies and that is just what the director plans.

"As long as I am still walking, I will continue to make movies," says the veteran director.

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