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Zhang Yimou Remaking the Coen Brothers' Blood Simple
FirstShowing.net —
... , most recently the puppet master behind the 2008 Summer Olympic Games' opening ceremony, but most famously the director of Jet Li's Hero and House of Flying Daggers, was set to move forward with a new film entitled Amazing Tales - Three Guns. It was thought that this may actually be a remake of the Coen Brothers' debut 1984 film Blood Simple — and it seems that's precisely what it is, according to a new update in THR today. The title has changed (translated from the original Chinese "San Quiang Pai An Jing Qi") to The Stunning Case ...
Zhang Yimou Remaking 'Blood Simple'?
:: The Playlist :: —
... and The Hollywood Reporter says the director of "Raise The Red Lantern" is actually remaking the first Coen Brothers movie, "Blood Simple." ...
Zhang Yimou remaking Blood Simple
Total Film News —
... to The Stunning Case Of The Three Gin Shots. It’ll be crafted as a thriller/comedy, and much in the same vein as the Coen’s 1984 pic, tough no one is quite sure if the new film retains the original’s murder plot. Sounds awfully like it, though. Next month, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead will be lined up for a remake in turnabout-fair-play style for all those dodgy Asian horror reboots… [Source: THR] Would you want to see an Asian Blood Simple? Tell us! ...
Coen Brothers’ ‘Blood Simple’ Getting Foreign Remake
Screen Rant —
... What do you think of Zhang Yimou remaking the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple? Does it being in a foreign language as opposed to being remade in English affect your opinion?
San Qiang Pi An Jing Qi a.k.a. The Stunning Case of the Three Gunshots is currently filming and is aimed to be released later this year (no word as of yet if that includes an international release).
Sources: Empire and THR
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Coosa Creek Cinema —
... remake after American remake of Asian films — Ringu becomes The Ring, Ju-on becomes The Grudge, Infernal Affairs becomes Marty’s Oscar — finally one is moving the other way. And wouldn’t you know that it’d be from the Coens? Zhang Yimou, director of Raise the Red Lantern, To Live and Hero, is remaking Blood Simple, the film that put the brothers on the map. According to the Hollywood Reporter, ...
Zhang Yimou Really is Directing a Remake of The Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple
Film Junk —
... to remake one of their films? Does that make any sense to you? Well, it seems that acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou ( Hero , House of Flying Daggers ) is doing exactly that with his new movie San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi aka The Stunning Case of the Three Gun Shots , which is being billed as a remake of the very first Coen Brothers feature length film, Blood Simple . There were some initial rumours about this project last month I believe, but it all seemed a bit sketchy. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that production on the film started earlier this month ...
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Film Experience Blog —
Hollywood Reporter I guess turnabout is fair play and Hollywood is always remaking Asian films. Zhang Yimou is going to remake the Coen Bros debut film Blood Simple. Er... good luck ...
