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Chow Yun-Fat drops out of John Woo's Chinese epic RED CLIFF?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Looks like Chow Yun Fat has dropped out of John Woo's RED CLIFF three days into shooting. Whoops.

The flick is a $70 million Chinese movie, the largest budgeted the country has ever produced. It's based on a well known (and 600 year old) novel ROMANCE AND THE THREE KINGDOMS that tells the story of the Han Dynasty during the 2nd and 3rd century.

The script came in really big... looks like a four hour epic as written, but the plan is to KILL BILL it and split it into two parts in Asia, but America's looking at getting the whole enchilada.

This comes only a few weeks after BULLET IN THE HEAD's Tony Leung dropped out.

Bummer... seems like John Woo has stumbled into Terry Gilliam's personal hell. Hopefully they find their footing, yeah?


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sad
by Hieronimus
Apr 17th, 2007
02:54:53 AM
Now is the time to cast Harrison Ford
by Mullah Omar
Apr 17th, 2007
03:25:01 AM
sad news
by Fuzhi
Apr 17th, 2007
04:02:47 AM
I thought it was called...
by Speaker for the Dead
Apr 17th, 2007
04:07:12 AM
DAMMIT!
by Speaker for the Dead
Apr 17th, 2007
04:08:21 AM
This fucking sucks
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Apr 17th, 2007
07:13:16 AM
Hardboiled 2
by Darth Sicilian
Apr 17th, 2007
07:20:57 AM
Chow! Said the fat pirate...
by longevitymonk
Apr 17th, 2007
08:28:11 AM
Stars jumping from a sinking ship?
by mistergreen
Apr 17th, 2007
09:43:26 AM
Is anyone else...
by TheContinentalOp
Apr 17th, 2007
09:45:35 AM
Really Bad News!
by Cinemanno
Apr 17th, 2007
09:49:06 AM
To Darth Sicilian
by ___Emperor___
Apr 17th, 2007
12:44:02 PM
Respect Face/Off!!!
by GravyAkira
Apr 17th, 2007
12:52:37 PM
God damn
by Vern
Apr 17th, 2007
01:27:56 PM
Stranglehold
by EdRyder
Apr 17th, 2007
01:57:35 PM
How fast can Ken Wattanabe learn Madarin?
by jabbathegriffin
Apr 17th, 2007
02:01:33 PM
NOT "the whole enchilada"
by Harry Weinstein
Apr 17th, 2007
02:19:36 PM
Also...
by Harry Weinstein
Apr 17th, 2007
02:24:10 PM
Chris Tucker the new Cao Cao?
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 17th, 2007
03:22:52 PM
USA was going to get short end of the stick. one 2.5 hr
by George Newman
Apr 17th, 2007
05:14:49 PM
That's depressing
by CherryValance
Apr 17th, 2007
05:15:13 PM
Chow Yun Fat's character is the third wheel and loser
by George Newman
Apr 17th, 2007
05:17:32 PM
Forget the 3 Kingdoms. Where's the two guns?
by Neo Zeed
Apr 17th, 2007
05:18:02 PM
Three Kingdoms is a fantastic read
by George Newman
Apr 17th, 2007
05:19:38 PM
George Newman.......
by Jimmy Jazz
Apr 17th, 2007
10:56:35 PM
get Tony Jaa quick!
by DarthBakpao
Apr 17th, 2007
11:56:39 PM
Jimmy Jazz, the translations are great, i think
by George Newman
Apr 18th, 2007
03:17:29 AM
Jimmy Jazz, amazon links
by George Newman
Apr 18th, 2007
03:39:49 AM
John Woo/Chow Yun Fat relationship
by Darth Sicilian
Apr 18th, 2007
07:40:46 AM
Make it a double feature!
by Spandau Belly
Apr 18th, 2007
09:48:39 AM
this SUCKS
by shogunshin
Apr 18th, 2007
08:28:45 PM

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