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John Woo's THE BATTLE OF RED CLIFF regains an actor!!!

John by mrfan	Apr 19th, 2007 04:40:16 AM
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo.
ACK by Turnquest	Apr 19th, 2007 06:21:51 AM
Woo and Chow need to get back together, before both are too old and out of it to have a chance of recapturing the glory of the old heroic-bloodshed movies. Yea, this movie would not be featuring guns, but still, it's like Scorsese and De Niro, Spike Lee and Denzel, Spielberg and underage children... At least, if Woo who's been complaining about not being able to make the movies he wants in the States can't make a great film in China with such vast sums of money, then he really truly is finished. A sad thought.
According to by Fuzhi	Apr 19th, 2007 06:39:00 AM
http://www.monkeypeaches.com/b attleofredcliff.html He will play Chow Yun-Fat's role.
Just get Mark Walhberg by Spandau Belly	Apr 19th, 2007 06:48:50 AM
He was in Infernal Affairs and hasn't made a good movie in as long as John Woo.
Chow Yun Twat by godoffireinhell	Apr 19th, 2007 08:10:37 AM
I love that he acted as if he still has any clout. Does he think he has his career back now that he will be in 10 minutes (at most) of PIRATES 3? I bet you he'll disappear again only to then start making a bunch of direct to DVD movies with Steven Seagal and van Damme.
Tony Leung + Chow Yun Fat + John Woo = by Motoko Kusanagi	Apr 19th, 2007 09:16:56 AM
(a would-be) cool movie I'm looking forward to. HARD BOILED 2 anyone?
Screen Daily just confirmed Leung replacing Woo by Smilin'Jack Ruby	Apr 19th, 2007 09:32:06 AM
But Monkey Peaches beat them to it! From Scren Daily: "Tony Leung Chiu-wai to replace Chow in Red Cliff. Leung left the John Woo project in March due to scheduling conflicts but will now replace Chow Yun-fat in the role of Zhou Yu."
Okay, we need to get more "Woo guys" back into the mix. by GibsonUSA Returns	Apr 19th, 2007 03:41:24 PM
Among the "Woo guys". On board: Tony Leung. Departed: Chow Yun Fat. Still out there: Danny Lee, Jacky Cheung, Simon Yam, Christian Slater, John Travolta, Nick Cage. Were "Wooed", but not quite Woo guys: Jean Claude Van Damme, Tom Cruise.
Yeaaaah boyyyyy! by Cat_Corporation	Apr 19th, 2007 05:46:44 PM
I love Tony Leung. He be a good actor, and most handsome and lovely...
Nicholas Cage is fucking awesome in Face/Off! by Spandau Belly	Apr 19th, 2007 06:50:37 PM
That guy throws himself full-hearted into that role! I bust a gut laughing every time I watch him dance around with his gold plate pistols or get all stoned and start mumbling about taking Travolta's face off. Cage is the ultimate cornball actor. I will see any cheesy action movie that features him spazzing out, spitting while he talks, and manically throwing his arms around.
Spandau by Vern	Apr 19th, 2007 08:56:39 PM
I'm with you again bud. Castor Troy is Nic Cage's finest overacting of all time. But he also does some pretty impressive acting as the other guy inside Castor Troy's body. The scene where he has to try to convince Joan Allen that he's really her husband, not her enemy, is some of his best work in my opinion. Too bad he then went on to do Con Air, Ghost Rider, etc. I used to think that bastard was some kind of twisted genius, now I think it might've just been an accident. (I still haven't watched his version of Wicker Man though, I hear that's the funniest shit ever.)
The Wicker Man by Theo Faron	Apr 19th, 2007 10:00:56 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=itm LkH322Ro 6 minutes is all you need to see of that POS. 6 hilarious minutes.
Rage of the Cage! by Spandau Belly	Apr 20th, 2007 10:26:25 AM
I haven't seen Ghost Rider yet. I'm surprised that The Cage playing a flaming skeleton biker could be anything but solid gold. His version of the Wicker Man was pretty funny, but I could've used a less talented supporting cast and weaker direction to rise to Cage's level. I really want him to do a werewolf movie. I think his spasms and sputtering could be put to really good use.
Cage Werewolf movie by Spandau Belly	Apr 20th, 2007 12:21:16 PM
I just remembered he was in that Grindhouse trailer about werewolves. That's not the type of werewolf movie I had in mind. I was thinking something more like a TREMORS movie, but with werewolves.
Screw Stranglehold. Bring us Hard Boiled 2. by GibsonUSA Returns	Apr 20th, 2007 03:59:06 PM
Come on Woo. One last time. Bring in Chow and Tony Leung to kick it one more time as a throwback to 80s asskickery. (Yes I know HB came out in 1992.) I know Woo wants to try new things, but as a fan I an concerned his equity has gone down over the years. It's time to give the people what they want to see. It's time to kick ass again. It's time to make Hard Boiled 2.

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