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The Weinsteins Move Forward With SHANGHAI And Their SEVEN SAMURAI Remake!!


Merrick here...

The Weinstein Company is backing two titles through its recently established Asian Film Fund. The first film produced with these resources, THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, opens this Friday.

SHANGHAI will be directed by Mikael Hafstrom (1408) and will reunite him with John Cusack. It'll also star Gong Li and Ken Watanabe. The story is set in 1941 China - it shoots in May for a Christmas release (wanna bet that release date changes?)

SEVEN SAMURAI will roll later this year for release sometime next year - no director has been announced yet. This is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film, which later inspired THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and the Roger Corman-produced BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS among other titles. BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS rocked; I'm still in love with that titty ship.

You can read more about the Weinstein projects in THIS ARTICLE in Variety.



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didnt i see that ship in Star Wars Ep 2?
by ArcadianDS
Apr 16th, 2008
09:37:42 AM
the female reproductive system
by all
Apr 16th, 2008
09:41:42 AM
Everybody
by welsh12uk
Apr 16th, 2008
09:43:19 AM
Brett Ratner for Seven Samuria!!!!!
by SpiceMonkey27
Apr 16th, 2008
09:44:06 AM
Samurai Seven
by Anna Valerious
Apr 16th, 2008
09:47:24 AM
Cusack will hold a boom box over his head again
by donwillymo
Apr 16th, 2008
09:48:38 AM

by the way
Apr 16th, 2008
09:54:47 AM
Having a talkback of an article that gives no
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 16th, 2008
10:06:51 AM
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
by CuervoJones
Apr 16th, 2008
10:13:30 AM
Damn, I remember seeing Battle Beyond The Stars
by tylerzero
Apr 16th, 2008
10:16:04 AM
THEY'RE REMAKING SEVEN SAMURAI???!!!
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Apr 16th, 2008
10:17:25 AM
Looks more like a ballsack
by Dataset
Apr 16th, 2008
10:18:25 AM
They should remake all films made before 1980
by Baron Karza
Apr 16th, 2008
10:23:51 AM
Three thing
by Series7
Apr 16th, 2008
10:24:43 AM
things*
by Series7
Apr 16th, 2008
10:25:33 AM
"Seven Samurai...should NEVER be remade"
by Holodigm
Apr 16th, 2008
10:25:40 AM
What's Shanghai?
by FILMFUNK
Apr 16th, 2008
10:28:05 AM
"Seven Samurai" remake?
by Gozu
Apr 16th, 2008
10:28:50 AM
Sadly Speed
by tomdolan04
Apr 16th, 2008
10:42:47 AM
I would imagine...
by tomdolan04
Apr 16th, 2008
10:44:13 AM
I hope you are right Speed
by just pillow talk
Apr 16th, 2008
10:44:40 AM
we should use a euphamism for the word "remake"
by dr sauch
Apr 16th, 2008
10:48:36 AM
Sybil Danning was in Battle Beyond the Stars...
by Beezbo
Apr 16th, 2008
10:50:06 AM
TOO SOON!!! AND BY SOON I MEAN EVER!!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 16th, 2008
11:01:05 AM
set in thailand??!!
by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro
Apr 16th, 2008
11:01:44 AM
Oh yeah
by Series7
Apr 16th, 2008
11:03:14 AM
SPEED FRICASEE: THANK YOU / MERRICK: DAMN YOU
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 16th, 2008
11:08:09 AM
Oh for the love of God.
by nerosday
Apr 16th, 2008
11:09:29 AM
1408 WAS PRETTY GOOD
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 16th, 2008
11:09:44 AM
That spaceship lookes like ovaries and a uterus
by Alkeoholic77
Apr 16th, 2008
11:36:18 AM
Battle Beyond the Stars
by Meglos
Apr 16th, 2008
11:39:31 AM
nerosday...
by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet
Apr 16th, 2008
11:59:08 AM
Seven Jedi
by vadakinX
Apr 16th, 2008
12:12:15 PM
The Weinstein Company
by Gungan Slayer
Apr 16th, 2008
12:17:47 PM
Didn't anyone read the script review?
by TroutMaskReplicant
Apr 16th, 2008
12:29:05 PM
Seven Samurai remake
by GodMars
Apr 16th, 2008
12:37:01 PM
Inspired by Rip-Offs
by bswise
Apr 16th, 2008
12:39:10 PM
Sybil Danning's hairy tits in the Howling 2
by Shepard Wong
Apr 16th, 2008
12:59:03 PM
The Seventh Seal Remake!
by TroutMaskReplicant
Apr 16th, 2008
12:59:03 PM
How much is Blackwater paying the Weinsteins for this recruiting
by Fred
Apr 16th, 2008
01:12:32 PM
Seven Smaurai is my favorite film of all time
by kungfuhustler84
Apr 16th, 2008
02:19:56 PM
nerosday, thanks for having my back
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Apr 16th, 2008
03:07:03 PM
STAR WARS:SEVEN JEDI
by HAPAJEDI
Apr 16th, 2008
04:55:28 PM
Stephen Sommers for Seven Samurai!
by Larry Sellers
Apr 16th, 2008
04:57:48 PM
SEVEN JEDI
by HAPAJEDI
Apr 16th, 2008
05:01:04 PM
God, I hope they remake Citizen Kane next.
by Knuckleduster
Apr 16th, 2008
05:01:29 PM
I don't really dig Yojimbo
by bottombrick
Apr 16th, 2008
05:31:22 PM
Seven Samurai was almost flawless filmmaking
by kungfuhustler84
Apr 16th, 2008
11:21:27 PM
let;s remake every classic film
by kungfuhustler84
Apr 16th, 2008
11:22:48 PM
make asian movies, cast americans as lead.
by cloudrider`
Apr 17th, 2008
12:27:03 AM
Set it in Burma!
by TheNorthlander
Apr 17th, 2008
03:21:22 AM
I'm not the greatest fan of 7 Sam...
by 23GreatWoundsAllGotInBattle
Apr 17th, 2008
03:45:20 AM
nerosday
by Lost Jarv
Apr 17th, 2008
06:11:32 AM
Yo Brothers..
by Redbox
Apr 17th, 2008
06:23:41 AM
How dare they remake Throne of Blood
by JackRabbitSlim
Apr 17th, 2008
07:08:17 AM
And for that matter Ran is awfully close to King Lear
by JackRabbitSlim
Apr 17th, 2008
07:09:13 AM
On what planet is FISTFUL OF DOLLARS American?
by Harry Weinstein
Apr 17th, 2008
09:50:18 AM
on the planet that has Clint Eastwood in it.
by Lost Jarv
Apr 17th, 2008
09:53:50 AM
Damn Enter Key...
by Harry Weinstein
Apr 17th, 2008
09:53:55 AM
He also said that he was cheeky to do so
by Lost Jarv
Apr 17th, 2008
09:57:39 AM

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