John Woo is growing a “half-musical” as his subsequent challenge, joking that it will likely be his first film the place he received’t want a stuntman.
If you consider John Woo, you consider motion. With motion pictures similar to The Killer, Onerous Boiled, Face/Off, Mission: Inconceivable 2, and extra, the director has delivered a number of the biggest motion within the historical past of cinema, however his subsequent challenge will probably be an enormous departure. Whereas talking with Empire, John Woo confirmed that his subsequent film will probably be a “half-musical” made in collaboration with Sparks, the pop and rock duo shaped by brothers Ron and Russell Mael.
“My subsequent challenge is definitely a half-musical,” Woo stated. “I’m going to be working with the Sparks Brothers, who wrote the script and songs — we’re simply beginning work on some modifications to the script.” The director then joked that this “will probably be my first film the place I don’t want to rent a stuntman.” Woo has wished to deal with a musical for a while, even coming near helming an adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera starring John Travolta within the ’90s. Sparks not too long ago posted a photograph with John Woo, teasing the challenge.
The hashtag mentions X Crucior, a challenge introduced by Focus Options two years in the past, which has merely been described as a “musical epic.” I’m intrigued.
Woo’s newest movie was an English-language remake of his personal 1989 motion basic: The Killer. The brand new model stars Nathalie Emmanuel as Zee, a mysterious murderer often known as the Queen of the Lifeless. When she refuses to kill a younger blind lady (Diana Silvers) on the orders of her handler, Finn (Sam Worthington), her world implodes, and he or she finds herself on the run, attracting the eye of police investigator Sy (Omar Sy). Sadly (and maybe predictably), the remake has acquired blended critiques, together with one from our personal Alex Maidy.
“As evidenced by Silent Night time, John Woo nonetheless has one thing within the tank, however The Killer is a complete misfire in each sense,” Maidy wrote. “Whereas seeing how a filmmaker can notice an idea in two utterly other ways is attention-grabbing, The Killer often is the most pointless remake since Gus Van Sant’s Psycho. The Killer is the worst factor an motion film could be: boring. Keep away from this film in any respect prices except you’re a John Woo completist, and even then, you’ll be upset that you simply waited over thirty years for this.” You possibly can take a look at the remainder of Maidy’s overview proper right here.
