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REMAKE NEWS

posted 18 years ago by JamMasterW
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www.comingsoon.net

Peter Berg Goes on a Mission
Source: Variety November 11, 2005

Universal Pictures is acquiring rights to the Hong Kong action film Cheung Fo and will turn it into a Peter Berg-directed drama called The Mission. Variety says that Dario Scardapane (Fantastic Voyage) is writing the script.

Set in San Francisco and Las Vegas, The Mission will center on a group of criminals who bond as bodyguards for an aging crime boss. Their brotherhood is tested when one of them breaks ranks.

Berg will supervise development on "Mission" as he preps several projects that include the Michael Mann-produced The Kingdom.

whaddya guys think? any casting suggestions?

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[–] supernamek14 18 years ago

i think someone should be shoot.

[–] shway 18 years ago

they never get tired of remaking asian films do they not.

[–] kungfucowboy83 17 years ago

if they do as good a job as they did with the departed i won't complain but i think it is unlikely.

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] derjo201 17 years ago

Sorry, I'm one of those "Departed"-haters. But I can understand the reason to do it in an amercan style. The great story about loyalty and corruption could take place in every big city in the world.

But why "The mission"? An action movie for the arthouse. The original does not work because of its story but in the way the story is told and filmed.

Scorsese is fantastic but to me he failed with his remake. But I do not give up and look forward to Peter Berg's version of one of my favorite movies. I love his "Very bad things". This is REALLY bad.

I think Gore Verbinski did a good job in interpretating an asian movie with "The Ring".

And "The Magnificent Seven" is the best remake ever. My opinin.

[–] mrfchung 17 years ago

"The Magnificent Seven" is the worst I've seen
Pls see the original.

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[–] Oskiros-Arg 15 years ago

Bad idea.

If you like this movie, see the original

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[–] deltajvliet 14 years ago

5 years later... Yeah, doesn't seem like it's happening.

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[–] waldomarek 12 years ago

nearly 7 years later, nope, still nothing :P