John Woo is growing a “half-musical” as his subsequent undertaking, joking that it is going to be his first film the place he received’t want a stuntman.
If you consider John Woo, you consider motion. With films reminiscent of The Killer, Onerous Boiled, Face/Off, Mission: Not possible 2, and extra, the director has delivered among the biggest motion within the historical past of cinema, however his subsequent undertaking shall be a giant departure. Whereas talking with Empire, John Woo confirmed that his subsequent film shall be a “half-musical” made in collaboration with Sparks, the pop and rock duo shaped by brothers Ron and Russell Mael.
“My next project is actually a half-musical,” Woo mentioned. “I’m going to be working with the Sparks Brothers, who wrote the script and songs — we are just starting work on some changes to the script.” The director then joked that this “will be my first movie where I don’t need to hire a stuntman.” Woo has needed to sort out a musical for a while, even coming near helming an adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera starring John Travolta within the ’90s. Sparks lately posted a photograph with John Woo, teasing the undertaking.
The hashtag mentions X Crucior, a undertaking 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 referred to 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, John Woo still has something in the tank, but The Killer is a total misfire in every sense,” Maidy wrote. “While seeing how a filmmaker can realize a concept in two completely different ways is interesting, The Killer may be the most unnecessary remake since Gus Van Sant’s Psycho. The Killer is the worst thing an action movie can be: boring. Avoid this movie at all costs unless you are a John Woo completist, and even then, you will be disappointed that you waited over thirty years for this.” You may try the remainder of Maidy’s overview proper right here.
