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May 23, 2006
Labor of Lust: Ang keeps Focus
Honestly, I was hoping that Lust, Caution was going to be Ang Lee's long-mooted musical route into Stephen Merritt's "69 Love Songs," but I guess a 1940s Shanghai espionage thriller, as announced at Cannes today, will have to suffice. From the PR: "Bill Kong, who previously produced Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, will produce the new film with the director... The Chinese-language feature is being scripted by Wang Hui-Ling, who previously co-wrote Mr. Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon... Mr. Kong has produced several films that Focus and/or Focus Features International have released, including Jet Li’s Fearless, starring Jet Li and directed by Ronny Yu (which Focus’ sibling company Rogue Pictures releases domestically nationwide on August 4th); and Zhang Yimou’s Hero and House of Flying Daggers."
Mr. Schamus said, “I’m delighted that Ang is back with all of us here at Focus, and he’s going to be making a very exciting film that’s unlike anything he’s done before. He and I glad to reteam with Bill and Wang again after our great success together on Crouching Tiger. Like that picture, Lust, Caution is a uniquely Asian story which, in Ang’s hands, will surprise and attract audiences around the world.”
Posted by Ray Pride at May 23, 2006 01:03 PM
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