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Song Hye-kyo to Star in John Woo’s LOVE AND LET LOVE
South Korean model and actress Song Hye-kyo is set to star in celebrated Chinese director John Woo’s upcoming epic love story film Love and Let Love, due to her local agency.
Described as arguably the most influential director making movies today, Woo previously announced Song’s casting in his wartime romance Pacific Round of 1949, but the project was cancelled.
John H. Lee to Direct 3D Remake of John Woo’s The Killer
Essential Entertainment has joined Lion Rock Productions in its remake of The Killer in 3D that will, this time, be directed by South Korean director John H. Lee.
You probably remember our little report from September when director of the original 1989 flick – John Woo revealed he’s still working on the English language remake of The Killer, so consider this as a big update!
The Killer in 3D is currently in pre-production and Jung Woo-Sung (Reign of Assassins, The Good, The Bad, The Weird) will star in this English language re-telling of John Woo’s iconic action masterpiece.
As we mentioned at the beginning, John H. Lee will direct the remake from a script by Josh Campbell, and the film will be produced by John Woo and Terence Chang under their Lion Rock Productions banner.
John Woo to Direct Le Samourai and The Killer Remake
Director John Woo is quite busy and very ambitious when it comes to his plans for the future projects.
He announced that his next, and in the same time his first IMAX film, will be a $90 million WWII film called Flying Tigers, and today we’re here to report that the director revealed he’s still working on two English language remakes, both of which will be based off of films currently in the Criterion Collection.
The first one will be the remake on Jean-Pierre Melville’s film, Le Samourai and the second one, his own movie The Killer.
No surprise when it comes to Melville’s classic, cool gangster film which Woo praised “as one of his greatest influences”. Woo’s interest in Le Samourai now is “to make it into a modern film.”
The Killer, on the other hand is a little surprise. We all know the story of “an assassin who is forced to join forces with a policeman after being betrayed by his employers”, so what’s actually a point in remaking the familiar one?
John Woo Wants Liam Neeson in Flying Tigers
Director John Woo is quite busy with his new 1940s bilingual aerial battle epic movie Flying Tigers.
And now, even more, since he’s working with the Creative Artists Agency and IMAX on his $90 million project.
Yes, you read it correctly, Flying Tigers is claimed to be the most expensive Chinese production to date!
The film is based on a World War II true story, and it centers “on Chennault, an American officer who ran the Flying Tigers volunteer fighter-pilot squadron, running missions to fly supplies to Chinese forces while fighting off Japanese aerial forces. Chennault was responsible for training the first generation of Chinese fighter pilots.”
Red Cliff Official US Movie Trailer
The trailer for the upcoming John Woo’s “Red Cliff” has appeared online.
Red Cliff Synopsis: “Legendary action cinema master John Woo (Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck) and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic “Hard Boiled” with this epic historical drama set based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. “Red Cliff” opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeking permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush two troublesome warlords that stand in his way, Liu Bei (You Yong) and Sun Quan (Chang Chen).
John Woo’s Red Cliff 2 Posters
Five new international posters for John Woo‘s historical epic “Red Cliff 2“ (“Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia”) have been released. The first of this two-part epic motion, “Red Cliff” adapted from China’s novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” written by Guanzhong Luo (1330-1400) is the most expensive film ever made in Asia.
John Woo’s Red Cliff 2 Trailer
Here’s the new trailer for the of John Woo‘s massive war epic film, “Red Clif 2.”
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.
John Woo will Direct “Caliber”
John Woo will direct the big screen adaptation of the “Caliber” comic book.
“Caliber” movie will be a three-way co-production between Johnny Depp‘s Infinitum Nihil, Barry Levine‘s Radical Comics and US-based Lion Rock, which is co-owned by Woo himself.
“Red Cliff” Breaks Records in Opening Weekend in China
John Woo‘s historical epic “Red Cliff“, reportedly the most expensive film ever made in Asia, has earned 108 million yuan (15.8 million U.S. dollars) in Chinese mainland since its cinema debut last Thursday.
The opening weekend box office takings are a record for a Chinese film, compared to other domestic blockbusters such as Zhang Yimou’s “Curse of the Golden Flower“(96 million yuan) and Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon“, the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post reported on Tuesday.
“Red Cliff” beat the Dreamworks production, “Kung Fu Panda“, which earned about 50 million yuan in ticket sales on the opening weekend.
The first of this two-part epic motion, adapted from China’s classic historic fiction Romance of the Three Kingdoms, hit cinemas in Asia on July 10.
It also opened strongly in Taiwan, Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia, including the Republic of Korea and Singapore, taking in a total of 25 million U.S. dollars across Asia. Continue Reading…
