John Woo to make the new Titanic
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 16, 2009 00:00
BEIJING - Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo is to follow his box office hits "Red Cliff" and "Red Cliff 2" with a new movie to be shot in China this year, the Beijing News reported Saturday
The president of the country's biggest movie producer and distributor, China Film, told the daily he had reached agreement with the celebrated director, without giving further details.
The China-born director began his film career as an assistant director, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and worked in a wide variety of genres but A Better Tomorrow (1986) established his reputation as a master stylist specializing in ultra-violent gangster films and thrillers.
’Titanic of the East’
Woo is best known internationally for directing Hollywood blockbusters "Mission: Impossible II" and "Face/Off."
His new movie has the working title "Pacific Steamer" and tells the story of the sinking of a steam boat en route from mainland China to Taiwan in 1949 as the civil war ends, the paper said, billing it the "Titanic of the east."Other reports said the agreement with China Film would make up for other investors pulling out of the project. Woo's last two Chinese projects, "Red Cliff" and "Red Cliff 2", smashed box office records by taking more than 600 million yuan (90 million dollars) in China.
The China-born director began his film career as an assistant director, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and worked in a wide variety of genres but A Better Tomorrow (1986) established his reputation as a master stylist specializing in ultra-violent gangster films and thrillers.
’Titanic of the East’
Woo is best known internationally for directing Hollywood blockbusters "Mission: Impossible II" and "Face/Off."
His new movie has the working title "Pacific Steamer" and tells the story of the sinking of a steam boat en route from mainland China to Taiwan in 1949 as the civil war ends, the paper said, billing it the "Titanic of the east."Other reports said the agreement with China Film would make up for other investors pulling out of the project. Woo's last two Chinese projects, "Red Cliff" and "Red Cliff 2", smashed box office records by taking more than 600 million yuan (90 million dollars) in China.