{"id":17085,"date":"2025-12-05T16:07:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17085"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:07:41","slug":"jack-neo-will-reprise-his-role-as-the-iconic-liang-po-po-in-a-new-movie-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17085","title":{"rendered":"Jack Neo will reprise his role as the iconic Liang Po Po in a new movie in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve missed watching Liang Po Po strut about on screen in her signature hunched pose and &#8220;hoo hoo hoo&#8221; catchphrase, here&#8217;s some good news. Singaporean actor-director Jack Neo announced on Wednesday (Dec 3) that he is reviving his iconic &#8220;grandma&#8221; character in a new movie, titled Liang Po Po: The Comeback, set to be released during Chinese New Year in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his Facebook page, Neo uploaded the movie&#8217;s teaser poster, writing: &#8220;Hoo hoo hoo, okay, I\u2019ve held it in for so long. I didn\u2019t tell you all because I wanted to give everyone a surprise. Hoo hoo hoo old friends, longtime fans, after 24 years, I\u2019m meeting everyone again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The poster shows Liang Po Po eyeing a wad of cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v24.0\"><\/script><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v24.0\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/liang-po-po-2026-jack-neo-5560681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve missed watching Liang Po Po strut about on screen in her signature hunched pose and &#8220;hoo hoo hoo&#8221; catchphrase, here&#8217;s some good news&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--a6P-MNnB--\/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_11\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2025\/12\/05\/jack_neo_liang_po_po.jpg?itok=IraVqgMq","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6541,3981,11793,1543,8330,11792,2650],"class_list":["post-17085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-iconic","tag-jack","tag-liang","tag-movie","tag-neo","tag-reprise","tag-role","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}