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Tom Cruise Not Attached to John Woo's 'Flying Tigers' ... Yet

9 November 2009 1:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Is John Woo going to work with Tom Cruise again? Quite possibly, and in a World War II setting to boot. Woo has been in a hold pattern over Hollywood ever since Paycheck came out, although he's recently struck gold with both audiences and the box office overseas with Red Cliff, which hits American shores on November 20th. Now he's circling Flying Tigers, a project about the first American volunteer group in the Chinese Air Force during WWII.

We spoke to Woo recently about Red Cliff, and you can read the full interview with him later this week. However, we couldn't resist sneaking in a question about Cruise, and you can read what we got after the break.

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- Kevin Kelly

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Exclusive Clip From John Woo's 'Red Cliff'!

22 October 2009 11:32 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

John Woo's Red Cliff isn't just the most expensive Asian movie ever made, it's also an epic testament to history and actual wars that were waged on both land and sea. In China the film was four hours long and split into two parts, but American audiences are getting a 2.5 hour version that (unfortunately) has a lot trimmed out of it. There are massive battles, martial arts, trickery, and of course, doves. It is a John Woo film, after all. It is also awesome, and enough to make you forget that he directed Paycheck.

Check out the exclusive clip after the jump which features the initiation of the climactic clash between Cao Cao and Zhou Yu's forces. This is just one of three massive battles in the film which is available today on VOD, Amazon, and the Xbox, and will appear in theaters on November 18th. This movie marks »

- Kevin Kelly

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John Woo: 'After Paycheck, I Couldn't Get Better Scripts'

13 October 2009 7:15 AM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

After building a trailblazing career as an action director in Asia, John Woo left for Hollywood over fifteen years ago to make megabudget films like Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II. Still, the director always intended to return to his home country and bring his blockbuster knowledge to bear on a Chinese production, and he's done just that with Red Cliff, a massive war epic taken from Chinese history. The film was such a success in China that it outgrossed Titanic there; it'll have its Stateside debut next Friday through video-on-demand services before opening in theaters November 20th.

I sat down with Woo last week to talk about Red Cliff, his career, and his departure from Hollywood after directing the Ben Affleck thriller Paycheck. Part of our conversation (about what two English-language films might lure Woo back to the States) was published on Movieline last Wednesday; here's the rest. »

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Woo's Le Samourai?

8 October 2009 3:29 PM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

When it comes to major influences, you'll see the name of French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville pretty high on the lists of craftsmen such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and mayhem maestro John Woo. While it's been a number of years since Woo's last Hollywood attempt (um, Paycheck), he tells Movieline that he's not yet finished with Tinseltown. In fact, he says he's interested in doing an American remake of Melville's 1967 crime noir masterpiece Le Samourai (one of my own all-time... »

- Dave Davis

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John Woo Update: A Remake of ‘Le Samourai?’

8 October 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Since 2003’s much-panned Paycheck, American audiences haven’t heard much from the often-imitated action auteur, John Woo.  But he hasn’t been resting on his laurels.  In fact, he’s been adding feathers to his cap.  His latest film, Red Cliff, is an over four-hour-long historical epic that broke the record for the highest-grossing film in China (a title once held by Titanic).

However, Red Cliff, like Woo’s next project, Jianyu Jianghu (The Swordsman’s World), is in Chinese.  And we all know that subtitles - especially on an action film that won’t play with the art-house types -  dooms a film to limited release in America.  So when Will the director return to American screens with an English language film?

 

IMDb lists a slew of projects in development, but the two Woo is most excited about haven’t been announced till now.  One is a remake of »

- Brian Gresko

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Mill Valley Film Festival '09: Honorary Guests and Must-Sees

8 October 2009 1:48 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

The Mill Valley Film Festival opens tonight, filling the next 10 days with some of the most anticipated films of the rest of the year, as well as a selection of international films making its way to the Bay Area. In addition, the festival will also host the awarding of talents such as Woody Harrelson, Clive Owen, Uma Thurman, Jason Reitman and screen legend Anna Karina.

We'll have reviews coming in for the festival soon, but for the moment, here's a brief preview of what to look for.

Clive Owen gets a spotlight for bringing his latest work, the patriarchal drama The Boys Are Back, which opens the festival tonight. Owen plays a father who has to raise his two sons on his own after his wife's sudden death. As part of the program is a screening of Owen's breakout role in the gambling thriller Croupier.

Paired with fatherhood is Motherhood, »

- Arya Ponto

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John Woo Wants to Remake 'Le Samourai'?

8 October 2009 10:47 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Movieline has posted a few snippets from their interview with Red Cliff director John Woo, whose new film is the first feature length film he has released since 2003's abysmal Paycheck. It's his return to Chinese language films, but as he tells Movieline's Kyle Buchanan, "It doesn't mean I have given up on Hollywood."

Nope, instead he has a pair of films he would like to make, the first being an English-language remake of John-Pierre Melville's outstanding 1967 feature Le Samourai, a film Buchanan says Woo already touched upon so much with his Chow Yun-Fat starrer The Killer, that he has nearly remade the film already. I haven't seen that film, but the idea of someone trying to get Le Samourai remade now seems impossible. Woo says, "I want to make it into a modern film," but the quiet nature of Melville's film simply isn't a feature that can be brought »

- Brad Brevet

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John Woo Considering Two English-Language Projects; Wants to Remake Le Samouraï

8 October 2009 7:30 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

John Woo hasn't made an English-language film since 2003's Paycheck. Arguably he's made only one good (or only one truly entertaining) film in America, Face/Off, though the Nic Cage war film Windtalkers does have defenders. Leaving the studio system seems like it was the best option for Woo, and in addition to his completed film opus Red Cliff he's got Jianyu Jianghu (The Swordsman's World) going now with Michelle Yeoh. But Woo continues to flirt with the idea of making another movie in America, as his lengthy list of attachments shown on IMDb can attest. Now he says there are really two projects he's interested in making here, and they're after the jump. Movieline reports on the two projects. The first seems wholly superfluous, which means it'll probably the one the gets made. That's a straight-up remake of Jean-Pierre Melville's amazing pseudo-gangster movie Le Samouraï. The film, which »

- Russ Fischer

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Red Cliff Official Us Movie Trailer

6 October 2009 4:06 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

The trailer for the upcoming John Woo’s “Red Cliff” has appeared online.

Red Cliff Synopsis: “Legendary action cinema master John Woo (Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck) and international superstar Tony Leung reunite for the first time since the 1992 classic “Hard Boiled” with this epic historical drama set based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. “Red Cliff” opens with power hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao (Zhang Fengyi) seeking permission from the Han dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush two troublesome warlords that stand in his way, Liu Bei (You Yong) and Sun Quan (Chang Chen).

As the expedition gets under way, Cao Cao’s troops rain destruction on Liu Bei’s army, forcing the latter to retreat. Liu Bei’s military strategist Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) knows that their only hope for survival is to »

- Allan Ford

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Philip K Dick adaptation Adjustment Bureau gets cast

2 October 2009 1:43 PM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »

Bourne Ultimatum writer George C. Nulfi makes his directorial debut with the upcoming The Adjustment Bureau, an adaptation of sci-fi author/genius Philip K. Dick's short story Adjustment Team, and it looks like the cast joining him is starting to fill out, as well. It was reported back in July that Matt Damon and Emily Blunt would be playing the leads and yesterday The Hollywood Reported informed everyone that Daniel Dae-Kim (Lost), John Slattery (Mad Men) and Michael Kelly (Dawn Of The Dead remake) have also joined the cast.The story centers on a congressman (Matt Damon), on the rise in politics, who meets a beautiful ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) only to discover that a strange organization is keeping them apart. It begins shooting this fall. Philip K. Dick is a favorite around these parts. Here's to hoping this adaptation is more A Scanner Darkly or Minority Reporty than it is Paycheck or Next. »

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DVD Weekly Roundup – Mon 5th October 2009

2 October 2009 10:34 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Red Cliff

John Woo hasn’t exactly lit up the screen with his Hollywood films has he? Face/Off is enjoyable I guess but the less said about Windtalkers, Paycheck and even Mission Impossible 2 the better really. It’s a shame because the man is capable of directing action sequences better than anybody else on the planet.

Red Cliff sees John Woo look to Chinese history for inspiration. It’s a sweeping, magnificent epic that looked amazing on the big screen.

The Han dynasty is coming to an end in third century China so as a last ditch attempt for survival the Emperor raises an army that stretches close to a million to attack the two neighbouring kingdoms.

Red Cliff boasts beautiful cinematography and action set pieces. It’s great to see a Director back at the top of his game.

Looks incredible on Blu-Ray.

Damage

Leave your brain at the door for this one. »

- Alex Wagner

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Uma Thurman to Walk Red Carpet For Opening Night of 45th Chicago International Film Festival

23 September 2009 5:09 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The 45th Chicago International Film Festival will open with Katherine Dieckmann’s “Motherhood” and a star-studded red carpet where the film’s writer and director, Dieckmann and actress Uma Thurman at the AMC River East 21 Theater (322 E. Illinois St in Chicago) on Thursday, October 8th at 7pm.

Motherhood.

Photo credit: Freestyle Releasing Cinema/Chicago also plans on honoring Thurman’s work and her contribution to film with the Festival’s “Career Achievement Award,” which will be presented prior to the screening.

“Motherhood,” which opens to a limited amount of theaters on October 23, stars Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver. The film, which was shot on location in New York’s West Village, is a comedy about the dilemmas of the maternal state (marriage, work and self) into the trials and tribulations of one pivotal day. The film isn’t like any other film because it uses both humor »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Aaron Eckhart Talks 'Unconventional' Romance Movie 'Love Happens'

16 September 2009 5:21 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'Love surprises you,' the actor says of the plot of his new film.

By Larry Carroll

Aaron Eckhart

Photo: MTV News

Beverly Hills, California — Has there ever been an actor quite like Aaron Eckhart? The guy rose to fame playing one of the greatest jerks in cinematic history for "In the Company of Men" and returned to that territory again for 2005's "Thank You for Smoking," but spent the near-decade in between establishing himself as one of Hollywood's most amicable personalities.

Now, after all these years of surprise successes ("Erin Brockovich") and poorly conceived failures ("The Core," "Paycheck," "The Black Dahlia"), he utilized his unusual duality to great effect playing Harvey "Two-Face" Dent in "The Dark Knight" and has never been hotter. It only makes sense that once again he'd throw us all for a loop with "Love Happens," a Jennifer Aniston romantic film that is far darker than you'd expect. »

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Hurt Locker Surely Helped in Anthony Mackie's Career 'Adjustment'

18 August 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- I don't know about you, but I get the impression that Anthony Mackie just sort of appears in key roles and then we lose sight of him. I have a vivid good impression of the actor with his takes on Spike Lee clunker She Hate Me and his supporting bit in Half Nelson and was glad to see play the jaded, mentally worn out Sergeant Jt Sanborn role in one of the best pictures of the year in The Hurt Locker. Everything in between is a blur. Variety reports that he might have parlayed that perf into a supporting role in the Philip K. Dick 1954 short story ("Adjustment Team") that Universal is planning to start film The Adjustment Bureau in Bloomberg's New York in a matter of weeks.  Nolfi wrote the script and directs the project that will see Matt Damon play a charismatic congressman who seems destined for national political stardom. »

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News: Blanchett attached to Indian Summer / Portman to star in Thor and much more / Bridget Jones #3 in the works? / Emily Blunt to star opposite Damon in Adjustment Bureau

20 July 2009 8:42 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Variety reports that Cate Blanchett is set to star as Lady Edwina Mountbatten in Joe Wright's Indian Summer [1].  The film will follow the critical events during India's Independence from England.  Lord Mountbatten [2](with Edwina in tow) is sent to oversee the transfer of power to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru [3]in the summer of 1947.  The script will be penned by William Nickolson (Elisabeth the Golden Age, Gulp!)  Universal will distribute as filming begins early next year, with a release date that is likely to coincide with the 2010 awards season. Natalie Portman looks like Hollywood's hardest working star with seven upcoming productions between now and 2011.  Later this year she will be in Don Roos' comedy Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Mira Nair's segment in the star studded anthology New York, I Love You, and Jim Sheridan's Oscar pony Brothers.  For 2010 there is the drama Hesher opposite »

- Anthony Nicholas

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John Woo to Shoot World War II Movie

7 July 2009 4:33 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The MTV Movies Blog reports that director John Woo announced in a Chinese press conference that he will be directing an epic about the "Flying Tigers," volunteer American pilots who flew against the Japanese from bases in China's mountainous Yunnan region during World War II.

The Chinese-born Woo is best-known for his Hong Kong action movies from the 1980s and early 1990s, including the must-see landmarks The Killer and Hard Boiled. He later made a foray into Hollywood with Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck, and another WWII picture, Windtalkers.

The new project, whose literal English translation is Flying Tiger Heroes, has a reported budget of $160 million and will star both Chinese and American actors. Empire had this quote from Woo regarding the project: This is an extremely important production. Currently, basic preparations for shooting work have already been made, and in a month, we'll confirm the script. This Yunnan-themed »

- Rich Z Zwelling

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[DVD Review] Paycheck

28 May 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Philip K. Dick has an impressive legacy in both science-fiction literature and film. To this day Blade Runner receives mention as one the best sci-fi films of all time, and then when you account for Total Recall and Minority Report – the man is a sci-fi writing god. Unfortunately, the sum of a man’s success can’t be divined without taking into account some of his clunkers. And there do seem to be quite a few, though it’s no real fault of his own. Impostor, Next, Paycheck and A Scanner Darkly put Philip K. Dick on the map in ways less than flattering. Among those, Paycheck may be the most mixed in terms of quality. While Impostor and Next are just awful in every respect and A Scanner Darkly is trippy as hell, Paycheck took John Woo, a legendary action director, and combined his efforts with those of Dean Georgaris »

- Lex Walker

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Action Blu-Ray Round Up, May 19, 2009: ‘Changing Lanes,’ ‘The Machinist’

19 May 2009 1:57 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Paramount Home Video is unleashing waves of catalog titles this month. It started with the comedy wave last Tuesday and continues with a diverse slate of action films this week.

Like the comedy set, the films have very little in common other than their genre (and even that is a bit sketchy with “The Machinist” bearing little resemblance to “Paycheck”). The highlights of the wave are clearly “3 Days of the Condor,” “The Machinist,” and “Changing Lanes” with “Enemy at the Gates” certainly having enough visual power to warrant a look in HD. “Paycheck”? Good luck with that one.

All five titles were released on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009.

“3 Days of the Condor”

Photo credit: Paramount Synopsis: “In Sydney Pollack’s critically acclaimed suspense-thriller, Robert Redford stars as CIA Agent Joe Turner. Code name: Condor. When his entire office is massacred, Turner goes on the run from his enemies…and his so-called allies. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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New: U.S. Blu-ray releases for this week (19/5) (Terminator 2, True Blood, 24 and more)

19 May 2009 12:08 PM, PDT | The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news »

This week probably stacks up as the best for new releases this year - especially considering the range of different titles and genres available - so there should be something for everyone in this edition. As always, check out our “pick of the week” and links to all of the new releases below.

First up, we have a spectacular 6 disc “Terminator 2 Limited Edition Complete Collector’s Set in an Endoskull”, which is by far the most extravagant and innovative release on this format so far. It contains every version of the film you could want, and more special features than you can shake a T-1000 at. And the Endoskull looks Fantastic. Bear in mind, this is a limited release and no one is sure whether further copies of the set will be issued, so you might want to snap one up quickly. There is also a far more affordable 2-disc “Skynet” edition of the film, »

- Paul Larn

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Paycheck and Major League Blu-ray Reviews -- Dellamorte reviews two from Paramount

14 May 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Written by Andre Dellamorte There’s something about a strong modest film that delivers enough to be entertaining. Three star films. The world needs them. And two such modest gems are John Woo’s Paycheck and David Ward’s Major League. Paycheck is, to my mind, underrated. John Woo got the crud kicked out of him post-m:i:2. That film was one of the biggest of the year, but it was universally reviled. Perhaps his visual sense had been copied too much in Hollywood at that point. Whatever the case both Windtalkers and Paycheck were barely received, and Woo returned to Hong Kong. Paycheck is his Hitchcock by way of Phillip K. Dick film. Ben Affleck plays Michael Jennings, a reverse engineer who gets offered a deal by old friend Rethrick (Aaron Eckhart). When he wakes up it’s three years later, and the eight figure check he ... »

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