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Stranglehold Is Not A Sequel To Hard Boiled.
Latino Review —
... and with his voice. We spent four years making the game, which was released in 2006 by Midway. It became a moderate hit. We are now developing a movie of STRANGLEHOLD, and just signed the writers Fabrizio & Passmore. It will be a hardcore action film set in both Hong Kong and Chicago. We will keep some of the action set pieces of the game, but the story is different. It is a total reinvention, with a much younger Tequila. In other words, it is not a sequel to HARD-BOILED. Click HERE to read the rest. I guess it doesn't matter if it's a sequel or prequel. What matters is how ...
Hard Boiled Sequel is Actually a Prequel/Total Reinvention
/Film —
... But apparently the big screen version won’t be a sequel after all… it will be more of a prequel… or maybe even a total reimagining? Twitch talked to Woo’s production partner Terence Chang, who clarified that Strangehold will feature “a much younger Tequila” and he called the film “not a sequel” but instead, “a total reinvention”. ...
No Better Tomorrow For Stranglehold
FlicksNews.net —
... film was in the works, Twitch got a chance to dig up some info and ask Terence Chang, John Woo’s production for some info on the film and here's what he had to say: ...
Stranglehold not a Hard Boiled sequel
Filmstalker —
... tying in with the original audience and fan base and getting this new film going again, and the only real thing to connect with the original film will be some of the story from the video game and the feature of the same named character. Interesting that the video game itself did pretty much the same thing with Hard Boiled and the Tequila character, so we're degrees away from a sequel or prequel. Wouldn't they just be better coming out with a new idea, new film and new character? A Twitch reader contacted ...
Hard Boiled Sequel Might Actually Be a Prequel After All?
FirstShowing.net —
... that a sequel to Hard Boiled / adaptation of the video game Stranglehold was in development at John Woo's Lion Rock Entertainment. There weren't many details, but it was exciting news nonetheless. The guys at Twitch decided to dig up some more details and went to Woo's producing partner ...
New ‘Hard Boiled’ Is A ‘Preboot,’ NOT A Sequel
Screen Rant —
... It was a assumed that since Chow Yun-Fat’s production company Lions Rock Entertainment was developing a feature film version of the video game Stranglehold (which is itself a sequel to Hard Boiled ), that the film would also be a sequel. But TwitchFilm.com recently had the chance to interview John Woo’s production partner Terrence Chang, who confirmed that this new film won’t be a sequel but rather a reinvention. Check out what he had to say below: ...
Hard-Boiled Sequel is now a Stranglehold Prequel Reboot
The Movie Blog —
The sequel to Hard-Boiled movie may never come to pass, but more likely a movie based on the plot and character of the popular video game Stranglehold will. Except that it will be a prequel. And a re-imagining. Ok, is this even going to be in the same franchise??
Twitchfilm says:
We are now developing a movie of STRANGLEHOLD, and just signed the writers Fabrizio & Passmore. It will be a hardcore action film set in both Hong Kong and Chicago. We will keep some of the action set pieces of the game, but the story is ...
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