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First Images from Cusack and Chow Yun Fat’s Shanghai
The last time I heard about “Shanghai” was months ago, when the film was announced along with the Weinsteins’ plans to remake “The Seven Samurai” (it has since been cleared up that this remake is more like an “inspired by”, using the basic story structure from the original and will be about mercs instead of [...]
October 8th, 2008 | Nix | 2 comments | Read MoreShanghai (2008) Movie Images Gallery
Shanghai (2008) Movie Images Gallery
Plot: An American man (John Cusack) returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love with a Chinese woman (Gong Li) and discovers a much larger secret that his own [...]
Weinsteins Gear up Shanghai and Seven Samurai Remake
Remember a few months ago when the Weinsteins (pictured, left) announced that they were going to be putting close to $300 million into an “Asian fund” to make Asian-based movies with American and Asian stars? Well, they’ve now revealed two of their projects: “Shanghai” from “1408″ director Mikael Hafstrom, and a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s [...]
April 15th, 2008 | Nix | 4 comments | Read More













