"The manager of Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh and John Woo, Terence Chang
revealed a series of good news which proves the successes of Hong Kong film
people in Hollywood. Chang expressed that Chow Yun Fat will star in the new
King
and I. The film company is interested in casting Emma Thompson as the
lead actress." (me -- Woohoo! Best pairing since Cary Grant and Katherine
Hepburn) The film will begin production in the latter half of the year.
Chow will shave his head to play the late Yul Brynner's role and the film
will shoot in Australia. After completing The Corruptor, Mr. and Mrs. Chow
will return to Hong Kong and rest.

Michelle Yeoh News

"As for Michelle Yeoh, earlier she met with Steven Spielberg about the
fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series with Harrison Ford. Besides
that film, Yeoh next year will perform in Ang Lee's Ngor Fu Chong Lung
(Lit: Lying Tiger Hidden Dragon) (earlier reports had her with Jet Li) and a
romance for MGM.

As for rumors that Yeoh starring in Columbia's Vertical Limit or the film
version of Charlie's Angels, Chang refuted them all by saying the former's
shoot in the Himalayas is too dangerous and the latter is a flower vase role
and doesn't have much room for acting.

John Woo News

Chang expressed that John Woo currently has 6 films in preparation, one of
which is The Last Word starring Paul Newman and Harrison Ford. As for Chow
Yun-Fat's King's Ransom, the script is still being written. He also has two
collaborations with Tom Cruise, the sequel to Mission: Impossible will begin
production in October, and a Chinese costume film Tai Ping Tin Gok (Lit:
Peaceful Heavenly Nation), a spy film
with Nicholas Cage Black September, a World War II Romance and a France
period piece.

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