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Sony Pictures to distribute Chinese director's remake of Coen brothers classic
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Sony Pictures to distribute Chinese director's remake of Coen brothers classic It looks like the Coen brothers may have become the latest and greatest American cinematic talents to get their work both re-made overseas and then re-marketed in America. According to Variety ...
Sony to distribute Chinese director’s remake of Coen brothers classic
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It looks like the Coen brothers may have become the latest, greatest American cinematic talents to get their work both re-made overseas and then re-marketed in America. According to Variety, the Oscar-winning siblings’ 1984 creepy-yet-comedic film debut, Blood Simple, will undergo a re-vamp courtesy of the respected ...
The Lorax Returns to Teach Us a Lesson
Vulture —
... Not So Simple: Zhang Yimou will direct a Chinese-language version of Blood Simple, the Coen Brothers' first movie. Yimou will move the action — a man planning on murdering his adulterous wife and her lover — from a random Texas bar to a Chinese-noodle shop in the desert. Awesome. [Variety] ...
Fuck It, Let's Remake Everything
Videogum —
... you ask me. Check out these two items from this morning's Variety: Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment are joining forces to turn the Dr. Seuss book "The Lorax" into a 3-D CG animated feature. AWESOME! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I HAVE EVER HEARD! Though published in 1971, "The Lorax" has a timely "green" theme. YEAH IT DOES! I LIKE CARING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE IT'S TIMELY! Also this news (via Variety): ): Continue reading Fuck It, Let's Remake Everything... ...
Zhang Yimou Plans Chinese Remake Of Coen Brothers' 'Blood Simple'
MTV Movies Blog —
It's hardly uncommon for the American film industry to remake popular foreign films. Take Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning "The Departed," based on the Hong Kong-spawned "Infernal Affairs" series. How often does it work the other way around though? Before you ask, yes, I am aware of "Indian Thriller."
Such a reverse remake is in the works via Sony Pictures Classics, which will distribute filmmaker Zhang Yimou's planned remake of "Blood Simple," the classic thriller that marked Joel and Ethan Coen's first co-directorial endeavor. The distribution deal means that the still untitled "Blood Simple" remake ...
Film: Newswire:Zhang Yimou to remake Coen Bros. flick (in Chinese)
A.V. Club —
Director Zhang Yimou (Raise The Red Lantern, House Of Flying Daggers, umm, the opening and closing of the Beijing Olympics) will remake Joel and Ethan Coen's dark classic Blood Simple, and the Chinese-language pic will have worldwide distribution, Variety reports. ...
Why Aren't There More Asian Versions of American Films?
Television Without Pity - All Blogs —
... Starting with 1960's The Magnificent Seven (a remake of The Seven Samurai) and culminating in the recent spate of adaptations of Japanese and Korean horror movies, Hollywood has often looked to Asia for new ideas. But rarely do we see it go the other way -- at least, not in any sort of official capacity. But Sony Pictures Classics will distribute the new film from acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), and it's a remake of the Coen Brothers' first film, Blood Simple. ...
