Saturday, December 11, 2010
Michael Allen
A classic of Asian horror cinema, A Chinese Ghost Story, is also suffering from the Hollywood bug of being remade. And if early teasers are any indication, director Wilson Yip (Ip-Man, Dragon Tiger Gate, Bio-Zombie) is right on track with his own spin on the tale than a retelling as post-production begins this month.
The buzz began earlier this year with the announcement that Tony Ching Siu-tang's directorial opus would be re-imagined. There was some flak because some fans felt this product should be left alone. From what sources can gather, no one on the original production, including producer Tsui Hark, is involved.
Its success will depend on what Yip has in store. Yip stressed that the tale will reflect more of a modern day contemporary worldview while shrouded in the landscape of Ancient China’s past.
The CGI treatment will be unlike the early films, when the technology was just being introduced in the third movie, Chinese Ghost Story III.
While the original trilogy had it's own charm with Leslie Cheung (The Phantom Lover, Farwell My Concubine) as the naive Ning Caichen and Joey Wong (City Hunter, Shanghai Story) as the beautiful siren, Nie Xiaoqian, the stars of Hong Kong today are tipped to play the happy duo—or should that be a trio?
Yip is said to focus this film more on the antics of the swordsman than the tax collector, and there will be more of a love triangle going on as both men vie for the attention of the lively Nie Xiaoqian (played by Yifei).
Hong Kong veteran Louis Koo (Robin-B-Hood) will play Swordsman Yen, a relative unknown Yu Shaoqun as the bumbling tax collector Ning, and actress-singer Liu Yifei (Forbidden Kingdom) is the Ghost.
A teaser can be found here (showing sets and credits):
http://english.cri.cn/6666/2010/07/02/2481s580589.htm
Two production stills has been released and they can be seen above and below:
Sources:
A Ghost Story at CRI English
Some of the films mentioned in this article are here:
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