John Woo's 'The Killer' to be remade
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Legendary action director John Woo's 1989 Hong Kong classic The Killer will be remade in Los Angeles with a Korean star replacing Chow Yun-fat as the hard-boiled hit man.
Director John H. Lee, a Korean-American and a CAA client, will move the action through L.A.'s Koreatown, Chinatown and South Central, said Woo's longtime producer and partner at Lion Rock Prods., Terence Chang.
'The actor has to be Korean in this version, but also, L.A. is a character in the film,' Chang said in an interview on the opening day of the four-day Asian Film Market.
Chang said a script is being worked on but said it is too early to reveal other details.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Legendary action director John Woo's 1989 Hong Kong classic The Killer will be remade in Los Angeles with a Korean star replacing Chow Yun-fat as the hard-boiled hit man.
Director John H. Lee, a Korean-American and a CAA client, will move the action through L.A.'s Koreatown, Chinatown and South Central, said Woo's longtime producer and partner at Lion Rock Prods., Terence Chang.
'The actor has to be Korean in this version, but also, L.A. is a character in the film,' Chang said in an interview on the opening day of the four-day Asian Film Market.
Chang said a script is being worked on but said it is too early to reveal other details.
