8 Jul – It was reported that Hong Kong's "The White Storm 2: Drug Lords" has been selected as the closing film at this year's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). As reported on Singtao, the film's producer and lead actor Andy Lau recently expressed his elation over the news, saying that they will continue to work hard. Meanwhile, co-star Louis Koo expressed, "It's such good news to come on the day of the film's release. I hope that the audiences around the world would love the movie." Karena Lam also couldn't help but feel happy upon hearing the news, and congratulated director Herman Yau and producer Andy Lau for the job well done. The upcoming film will be screened this 14 July at the SVA Theatre in New York, at the 18th New York Asian Film Festival which has been running since 28 June.