Two slightly different news pieces about a project that was shopped around Cannes the other week.

According to an identified Hong Kong newspaper, a movie project literally titled "The Iron Mask" was put for pre-sales during the Cannes Film Festival. Marketed as a "romantic actioner", this project got Yuen Wo-Ping attached as the director and Andy Lau attached as the male lead. MonkeyPeaches

One of the projects... was Iron Monkey sequel/remake (or Iron Mask Man), to be directed by Yuen Wo Ping. Andy Lau is expected to play one of the 2 male leads in this romantic kung fu film, while the female lead might go to Jeon Do Yeon or another Korean actress. Yuen Wo Ping has been preparing for this HK$300 million work since the completion of Fearless. Iron Monkey sequel will be set in Manchu dynasty, and will employ new filming techniques that Yuen Wo Ping picked up in Hollywood. There might be generous amount of special effects in this movie which might imitate some Spiderman movements, such as scaling the walls. Wu-Jing

The idea of a Yuen Wo Ping films excites me. The idea of calling it a sequel/remake of Iron Monkey distresses me. Iron Monkey is one of the great modern martial arts films. It doesn't need a remake nor a sequel. I really hope this is just the act of attaching recognizable properties to make a sale. And generous special effects? I say nay nay.