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John Woo & The Writer Of CROUCHING TIGER Take Us To 1949!!


Merrick here...

Having recently wrapped the gigantic combat epic RED CLIFF (HERE), John Woo is going back to war for another Chinese language project that (at face value) could be even giganticer.

1949 is a $40 million project...

Based on true events at the end of WWII and the final years of the Chinese Civil War

...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.

The film is scripted by Wang Hui-ling (LUST, CAUTION and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON).

Here's a sense of what it might look like:





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by JeanLuc Dickhard
May 20th, 2008
10:24:27 AM
Hey John, dummy, make another action flick
by picardsucks
May 20th, 2008
10:27:27 AM
Whatever
by Blade_Runner
May 20th, 2008
10:27:57 AM
was i the only geek
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
May 20th, 2008
10:32:01 AM
Is this the...
by matalo
May 20th, 2008
10:37:14 AM
I thought the Chinese Civil War wasn't over, technically speakin
by SpencerTrilby
May 20th, 2008
10:42:44 AM
based on true events
by ArcadianDS
May 20th, 2008
10:44:19 AM
If this is anything like Windtalkers..
by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro
May 20th, 2008
10:44:50 AM
Woo is a great director
by Live.
May 20th, 2008
11:33:20 AM
DAMN YOU, George Lucas!
by Motoko Kusanagi
May 20th, 2008
11:52:06 AM
Damn You George Lucas
by DamnMichaelBay
May 20th, 2008
12:15:50 PM
Am I the only one who thinks John Woo is overrated?
by crazybubba
May 20th, 2008
12:42:21 PM
Please leave a post if you know the answer to this
by crazybubba
May 20th, 2008
12:49:29 PM
THOSE POOR TREES!
by Prof_Ender
May 20th, 2008
12:52:34 PM
SpencerTrilby RE: Chnese Civil War
by Jamesonite
May 20th, 2008
01:15:22 PM
I thought Lust, Caution and Crouching Tiger were
by CrichtonAstronut
May 20th, 2008
01:33:00 PM
no DRAGONBALL news?! c'mon! John Woo directed that too!!
by Mike_D
May 20th, 2008
03:06:26 PM
Production has been held up by a pigeon strike.
by kevred
May 20th, 2008
03:19:03 PM
john woo is not overrated
by cloudrider`
May 20th, 2008
03:30:23 PM
Boo Hoo Woo : Mission Impossible II
by EbertsFatThumb
May 20th, 2008
03:40:06 PM
Yea but...
by crazybubba
May 20th, 2008
03:54:14 PM
What's the deal with the video?
by I Hope You Die
May 20th, 2008
04:00:04 PM
Whoever thinks that Woo is overrated.
by Stalkeye
May 20th, 2008
04:13:48 PM
MI2 bought it for me when Dougray's character
by CrichtonAstronut
May 20th, 2008
04:35:13 PM
investment firm
by CrichtonAstronut
May 20th, 2008
04:36:27 PM
If there are slow motion sequences with white doves
by Nerdgasm
May 20th, 2008
10:12:33 PM
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PUT GONG LI IN THIS MOVIE
by MrSentinel
May 21st, 2008
10:05:25 AM
I'm reminscing
by MRJONZ72
May 21st, 2008
02:07:17 PM

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