Chushingura, Hollywood Style

[drainer at mpinet.net]

The most important part, which you two seemed to forget, was that the pitch 
says "half-Asian."

You can't get more legitimate than that!  :]


-d



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Mays" <tetsuwan at comcast.net>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: RE: Chushingura, Hollywood Style


>
>
> I was just reading about this. Oh, the pain, the pain. So, will Sanada,
> Yakusho, or Watanabe (or all three) be in this as well? Maybe the kid from
> "Heroes?"
>
>  _____
>
> From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Nornes
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:24 AM
> To: KineJapan
> Subject: Chushingura, Hollywood Style
>
>
>
> 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:
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>
>
> 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
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> Keanu Reeves to lead '47 Ronin'
>
>
> <javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions('Chris%20Morgan');> Chris Morgan 
> to
> write
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Company/main/2008125/Universal%20Pictures.h
> tml?dataSet=1> Universal feature
>
>
> By  <http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1231> MICHAEL
> FLEMING
>
>
>
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/30803/Keanu%20Reeves.html?dataS
> et=1> Keanu Reeves will star in
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/130469/47%20Ronin.html?dataSet=1>
> "47 Ronin," 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
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/171755/The%20Day%20the%20Earth%20
> Stood%20Still.html?dataSet=1> "The Day the Earth Stood Still," 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
> <http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/72238/The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rin
> gs.html?dataSet=1> "The Lord of the Rings" pics, with gritty battle scenes
> akin to those in films such as
> <javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions('%22Gladiator.%22');> "Gladiator."
>
> 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.....
>
>