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Lau Ching Wan And Johnnie To Together Again For DEATH OF A HOSTAGE
Posted by Todd Brown at 9:31am.
Posted in Film News , Thriller, Action, Asia.
With Mad Detective - a reunion of sorts for once inseperable duo of actor Lau Ching Wan and director Johnnie To after a few years apart - proving to be one of the most successful films in either of their careers it seemed inevitable that the pair would work together again at some point but with To currently preparing for his big English language debut - a remake of Melville’s The Red Circle - it seemed as though we’d probably have to wait a couple of years for that to happen.
Wrong.
A couple months back word got out that To and Lau had been spotted shooting something together but while it was confirmed that, yes, this was another feature project that Johnnie was at least starting before Red Circle - it may very well have to be finished afterwards - everyone was very tight-lipped beyond that. Well, no more.
The film is titled Death of a Hostage and it stars Lau as a retired triad hitman forced back into the business by a vengeful mob boss who wants him to kill off everyone responsible for attempting to kidnap his daughter. Needless to say, things get a little bit complicated.
The first sales art for the film has just been released and we’ve got a much larger version available at the link below.
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Tory 11/12/2008 @ 10:48am
Yes, please.
Milkyway 11/12/2008 @ 1:02pm
good to have Sean Lau and Johnnie To back together! High anticipation for my part…
kungfueurotrash 11/12/2008 @ 1:29pm
Another To project, I’m interested!!!
cpa314 11/12/2008 @ 8:37pm
Awesome!!! Johnnie To and Lau Ching Wan making another movie together. Mad Detective was great. cant wait for a trailer. I wonder if To is doing that Water Margin trilogy with Andrew Lau after he finished Red Circle?
anton_es 11/13/2008 @ 7:24am
to is on a streak. I really hope he doesn’t end it with his RedCircle remake in a bad way like so many other asian directors have failed miserably in the EU/US.
Milkyway 11/13/2008 @ 8:14am
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