Oh, my ... it's mighty hard not to get excited about the possibilities of this one. Korean director Kim Ji-Woon - of The Good The Bad And The Weird, A Bittersweet Life and A Tale of Two Sisters fame - is reportedly teaming up with Hong Kong legend John Woo for an English language remake of 1970's French heist film Max et les Ferrailleurs. Kim will be directing with Woo and his business partner Terence Chang producing, which is a sort of crazy Asian dream team, really. Between this and the upcoming Johnnie To remake of Le Cercle Rouge I'm going to have to brush up on my French action films ...
This HAS to be gold.
I didn't liked this part:
"possibly set in the U.S. Budget and casting have yet to be determined, though StudioCanal says it would aim for significant star power and delivery in spring 2009."
They're looking to fill this with hollywood stars just to attract audiences? But neverless, i hope this one turns out to be good. More because of Kim, Woo producing? Meh.
Subtitled DVD comes out in Australia (for the original) on July 2, 2008
*Smile*
The Red Circle (Le Cercle rouge) is one of my favorite Melville and heist films. Definitely don't go into it expecting it to be an action film. Of all the To projects over the years, it certainly is the one I most want to see.
Max and the Junkmen certainly fits both of their styles and cinematic universes, even more exciting they are fusing together creatively to do it.