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• John Woo Is Interested In Making Another Video Game [Hollywood]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 817
  The director of action classics like The Killer and Face/Off, John Woo also dipped his big toe into video games with John Woos Stranglehold, a Midway title that was a sequel to his flick Hardboiled. The film reunited the director with his star Chow Yun-Fat. There are plans to turn it into a feature film — Woo ...
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• Stranglehold Movie Still Coming And Possibly Another Game

  
  DailyGamesNews.com — Authority: 457
  Director John Woo has confirmed plans for a movie based on Stranglehold are still in place and that the future of the game may still see a sequel: “We are going to make that into a movie." And in relation to another game: “I don’t have that much time, even though I want to make one again." “But for ...
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• Stranglehold movie happening, another game possible: John Woo

  
  Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News — Authority: 458
  Director John Woo’s told Cinematical that a Stanglehold film is still on the cards.“We are going to make that into a movie,” he said.More games? Maybe.“I don’t have that much time, even though I want to make one again,” he said.“But for the moment, I also am producing two movies. One is shooting in ...
  21 hours ago

• John Woo Is Open To Making Another Video Game

  
  Nerdles — Authority: 153
  Back in 2007, Midway released Stranglehold, an interactive sequel to John Woo’s Eastern action movie Hard Boiled which Woo himself helped create.Fast forward to 2009 and John Woo has yet to announce a sequel to Stranglehold or if he is indeed working on any new video games.Well, in an interview with Cinematical.com, ...
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• John Woo: Stranglehold movie still coming, would like to make another game

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 780
  Legendary action film director John Woo hasnt given up on a movie adaptation of Stranglehold , the game he made with Midway as a sequel to his Hong Kong bullet ballet classic Hard Boiled . In an interview with Cinematical , Woo was quick to note, "We are going to make that into a movie" when the topic of the ...
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• Interview: John Woo

  
  Cinematical — Authority: 754
  When I was in college in the 90s in Austin, Texas, I used to frequent a video store called "I Luv VIdeo." The locals all called it "I Heart Video," though, because of their distinctive sign. They had an amazing array of video tapes from all over the world, including a huge section of Asian cult hits. This is where I ...
  3 days ago

• John Woo’s Epic Film…Red Cliff. Civil War in Ancient China

  
  Wig-Wags — Authority: 111
  Every once in a while, a movie comes along that takes the visual depiction of battle to a new level ( Braveheart , Saving Private Ryan ).  John Woo’s epic film, Red Cliff, does just that. Based on the actual Battle of Red Cliffs (see the Red Cliff Wiki here ) that took place in the winter 208 CE, the film ...
  3 days ago

• Foreign Objects: Red Cliff (Chi bi 2008)

  
  Film School Rejects — Authority: 665
  Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent, this week we’re heading to… China! It’s a full fifty-nine minutes into John Woo’s new film, Red Cliff , ...
  5 days ago

• John Woo Shields Us from the Rain of Swords!

  
  Punch Drunk Critics — Authority: 141
  John Woo is in the midst of a career renessiance. Fresh off his sweeping historical epic, Red Cliff, he is already well into production of his next project, Jianyu Jianghu. Its expected that the American title will be something along the lines of Rain of Swords. The wuxia style film will feature Michelle ...
  6 days ago

• Red Cliff – Enlish Movie Review

  
  Cinefundas.com - One Stop Cinema Portal — Authority: 151
  John Woo has set himself a new challenge in “Red Cliff,” and that’s to be as old-fashioned as possible. Returning to his roots after a stint in Hollywood, Woo has made the most expensive film in mainland Chinese history, a pleasantly traditional picture that marks a new direction for one of the world’s premier ...
  6 days ago

• First Pictures of John Woo’s Rain of Swords, Starring Michelle Yeoh

  
  /Film — Authority: 784
  It doesn’t look like John Woo will be returning to Hollywood anytime soon. After a string of not-so-great Western films, Woo returned to China and delivered the massive two-part epic Red Cliff . I’ve only seen the first film of the Chinese release (haven’t yet seen the condensed most other countries got), ...
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• Clip Premiere: Arrows Fly in John Woo’s Red Cliff

  
  Film School Rejects — Authority: 665
  Magnet Releasing has provided us with a brand new clip from John Woo’s action epic Red Cliff , which has not yet been seen on the web. The film is currently in limited release, and seems to be getting solid reviews. Just the other day, I was seeing some venomous John Woo hate on The Twitter, and it reminded me ...
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• Snap Judgements: The Blind Side; Red Cliff; The Messenger

  
  Punch Drunk Critics — Authority: 141
  Few sports dramas pack as much heart and genuine emotion than The Blind Side, based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. It tells the true story of Baltimore Ravens OL Michael Oher, who grew up mostly alone and homeless, until he was taken in by the well-to-do Touhy family, led by ...
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• First look at John Woo’s ‘Rain of Swords’

  
  Kung Fu Cinema — Authority: 520
  The first production images from directors John Woo and Terence Chang’s upcoming wuxia film RAIN OF SWORDS have appeared.Michelle Yeoh stars as an assassin responsible… Related Posts Teaser poster and plot for Woo’s ‘Rain of Swords’ Production begins on John Woo’s ‘Rain of Swords’ with Michelle ...
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• Film Spotlight: RED CLIFF

  
  Imprint TALK: Fresh Asian Pop Culture Blog — Authority: 122
  The Three Kingdoms era is one of the most romanticized periods of Chinese history ever.  The Three Kingdoms consisted of Wei, Shu and Wu.  This period has been the source material for operas, folk stories, novels, films, television dramas and video games.  My personal experience with the Three Kingdoms eras comes ...
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• A Fresh Tomato

  
  maya — Authority: 99
  I am really picky about my movies, especially if I have to get dressed, drive to the movie theater, pay $10 and remain seated for 2.5 hours.  Last week we saw Red Cliff.  It was so good.  It just had everything that goes into making a classically good movie, not to mention beautiful cinematography, costumes [...]
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• Director John Woo on Charlie Rose

  
  Screenhead — Authority: 553
  Director John Woo was on ‘Charlie Rose’ last Friday to discuss his new film Red Cliff, a historical epic set in the 3rd century A.D.  It portrays the battle of Red Cliff, which marked the end of the Han dynasty. Woo commented on his timing to do a movie about China:“I met some of the young [...]
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• Teaser poster and plot for Woo’s ‘Rain of Swords’

  
  Kung Fu Cinema — Authority: 520
  Fortissimo Films has released a sales flyer with teaser poster art and a detailed synopsis for RAIN OF SWORDS, a wuxia film now in production that… Related Posts Production begins on John Woo’s ‘Rain of Swords’ with Michelle Yeoh ‘Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’ teaser poster John Woo to direct ...
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• Red Cliff (Woo, 2008)

  
  Match Cuts — Authority: 121
  This week at Gone Cinema Poaching, I consider John Woo’s Red Cliff, albeit the US release that runs about half as long as the 5 Hour Chinese Cut. The film has its merits, but is ultimately far too incomplete to consider worthy.Posted in 2008 Releases Tagged: John Woo, Tony Leung [...]
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• Postcards From China: Poster for John Woo’s Next, Teaser Trailer for Jackie Chan’s Latest

  
  /Film — Authority: 784
  I’m in the middle of watching Red Cliff and I’m amazed that, for the first time in at least a decade, I’m excited by a John Woo movie. (Import DVDs for the win, and I’ll probably still go see the half-length US edit out of curiosity.) So I’m happy to see that his next Chinese production seems to be going ...
  1 week ago

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