In brief: Costs soar for Woo epic
In brief: Costs soar for Woo epic
Staff and agencies
Wednesday February 14, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The budget for John Woo's latest historical epic - already the costliest movie in Asian film history - has grown from $50m to more than $80m. Now called Red Cliff, shortened from its previous title Battle of Red Cliff, the film centres on events during the war in the year 208 that determined the geography of the Three Kingdoms period - when China had three separate rulers. It stars Chow Yun-fat, Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling. Shooting is scheduled to start in late March in and around Beijing. The finished product will be released in two versions: as two two-hour films in Asian territories and as a single epic of two-and-a-half hours for the rest of the world.
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http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2012879,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=16
Staff and agencies
Wednesday February 14, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
The budget for John Woo's latest historical epic - already the costliest movie in Asian film history - has grown from $50m to more than $80m. Now called Red Cliff, shortened from its previous title Battle of Red Cliff, the film centres on events during the war in the year 208 that determined the geography of the Three Kingdoms period - when China had three separate rulers. It stars Chow Yun-fat, Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling. Shooting is scheduled to start in late March in and around Beijing. The finished product will be released in two versions: as two two-hour films in Asian territories and as a single epic of two-and-a-half hours for the rest of the world.
source:
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2012879,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=16
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