Status Update on John Woo's RED CLIFF
Status Update on John Woo's RED CLIFF
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
February 10, 2007
Last week in Beijing, John Woo said the production of his ambitious The Battle of Red Cliff would begin by the end of March and would last about six months. The current script he has is the ninth but not the final. Woo said the story was more based on the real history and less on Romance of the Three Kingdom, the famous historical novel. So far only Chow Yun-Fat, Chang Chen and Lin Chi-Ling are signed. Other actors, include Leung Chiu-Wai, Chen Baoguo, Collin Chou, Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Feng Yi and Zhao Wei are still negotiating with Woo. Ken Watanabe may have already detached from the project. The Chinese title has already been changed to Red Cliff. Not sure about whether the English title has been changed. Set construction at a reservoir in China's Hebei Province is near complete. About 2000 vessels will be used to shot the battle scene. A 3-D model of the reservoir and the mountains surrounding the reservoir has been given to an unnamed effect company. The reservoir will be transformed to the Long River (Yangtze River) and the mountains will be made more southern (the location is hundred miles north of where the real battle took place.) Five US-based computer effect companied have been contracted to do the CG jobs. Woo said he would take Troy as the benchmark for doing CG shots of the movie (Why not The Lord of the Rings?) The budget has soared from US$50 million to US$70 million. The movie will be cut to two editions - the two-part Asian Edition and the non-Asian edition. Does this mean the non-Asian edition will be shorter?
Source: http://www.monkeypeaches.com/
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
February 10, 2007
Last week in Beijing, John Woo said the production of his ambitious The Battle of Red Cliff would begin by the end of March and would last about six months. The current script he has is the ninth but not the final. Woo said the story was more based on the real history and less on Romance of the Three Kingdom, the famous historical novel. So far only Chow Yun-Fat, Chang Chen and Lin Chi-Ling are signed. Other actors, include Leung Chiu-Wai, Chen Baoguo, Collin Chou, Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Feng Yi and Zhao Wei are still negotiating with Woo. Ken Watanabe may have already detached from the project. The Chinese title has already been changed to Red Cliff. Not sure about whether the English title has been changed. Set construction at a reservoir in China's Hebei Province is near complete. About 2000 vessels will be used to shot the battle scene. A 3-D model of the reservoir and the mountains surrounding the reservoir has been given to an unnamed effect company. The reservoir will be transformed to the Long River (Yangtze River) and the mountains will be made more southern (the location is hundred miles north of where the real battle took place.) Five US-based computer effect companied have been contracted to do the CG jobs. Woo said he would take Troy as the benchmark for doing CG shots of the movie (Why not The Lord of the Rings?) The budget has soared from US$50 million to US$70 million. The movie will be cut to two editions - the two-part Asian Edition and the non-Asian edition. Does this mean the non-Asian edition will be shorter?
Source: http://www.monkeypeaches.com/
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