Chushingura, Hollywood Style

Stefan Nutz nuzumaki
Tue Dec 9 15:49:47 EST 2008


Doesn't sound as promising as Spielberg's "Oldboy", starring one of my 
all-time-favorite actor: Mr. Will Smith.  ;-)



Mark Nornes schrieb:
> /Variety/ reports a Hollywood remake of Chushingura is in the works. 
> Keanu Reeves will star, so a director should fall into place. It's to 
> be written by Chris Morgan, whose credits include mostly genre 
> films?including Sakura: Blue-eyed Samura, which is in post-production. 
> Here's a synopsis from imdb:
>
> Set in Japan in 1866, centers on an American counsel who travels to 
> the land of the rising sun where his daughter Sakura, which means 
> cherry blossom, is learning the way of the samurai. 
>
> You can get a sense for where he's taking the story in the last graph 
> below. And from the graph just above that, you can imagine the pitch, 
> except the part where they project a new franchise of 46 sequels. 
>
> Markus
>
>
>
>   Keanu Reeves to lead '47 Ronin'
>
>
>     Chris Morgan
>     <javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions('Chris%20Morgan');> to
>     write Universal
>     <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Company/main/2008125/Universal%20Pictures.html?dataSet=1> feature
>
>
>       By MICHAEL FLEMING
>       <http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1231>
>
> Keanu Reeves 
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/30803/Keanu%20Reeves.html?dataSet=1> will 
> star in "47 Ronin," 
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/130469/47%20Ronin.html?dataSet=1> an 
> epic period film for Universal Pictures based on the true tale of a 
> band of samurai swordsmen who avenged the death of their master in 
> 18th century Japan.
>
> ....snip.......
>
> Reeves stars in sci-fi remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still," 
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/171755/The%20Day%20the%20Earth%20Stood%20Still.html?dataSet=1> which 
> Fox bows Friday.
>
> In "47 Ronin," he will play one of the swordsmen; the group and their 
> master are revered in Japan for their revenge attack on Dec. 14, 1702.
>
> The film will tell a stylized version of the story, mixing fantasy 
> elements of the sort seen in "The Lord of the Rings" 
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/72238/The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings.html?dataSet=1> pics, 
> with gritty battle scenes akin to those in films such as "Gladiator." 
> <javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions('%22Gladiator.%22');>
>
> Morgan is writing the script and tailoring it so that Reeves -- who's 
> half-Asian -- can fit the role as one of the swordsmen. The intention 
> is to begin shooting next year after a director is hired.
>
> ....snip.....
>
>
>
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