| Tango01 | 28 Apr 2013 9:26 p.m. PST |
"Cyrte Investments and China Film Co. have come on board with John Woo and Terence Chang for their ambitious Flying Tigers feature film and miniseries project. The feature version will be released as a two-part movie in China while the miniseries will be broadcast as a six hour project internationally. The announcement that the Dutch boutique firm would be putting money in the project along with China Film was made today during the Beijing International Film Festival. A public signing ceremony was held and attended by Cyrte CEO Frank Botman, CFG Chairman Han Sanping, Chang and Woo among others…"
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DontFearDareaper  | 28 Apr 2013 10:38 p.m. PST |
I think the Flying Tigers would make for a good war film but I hate to think what John Woo is going to do to screw it up and make it as ahistorical as humanly possible, remember Windtalkers ??? |
| James Wright | 29 Apr 2013 4:24 a.m. PST |
One pilot flying two planes, shooting all the guns in slow motion. In all seriousness, I would not have high expectations, but wouldn't mind seeing it. |
| fernworthy | 29 Apr 2013 6:04 a.m. PST |
I feel the same about this as I did Red Tails, don't care if it is "good" or "exactly historical". It's a movie, set in WWII, about aircraft…I'm in. |
| mjkerner | 29 Apr 2013 6:59 a.m. PST |
You're very likely to be disappointed, kyoteblue. Hope not, but track record-wise, DontFeaDaReaper is probably right about this. |
| skippy0001 | 29 Apr 2013 7:34 a.m. PST |
Triad gunplay with .50 cals??? I'm there…Ding Hao!!! |
| Dynaman8789 | 29 Apr 2013 9:33 a.m. PST |
All I can see is aircraft doing "Wire Kung Fu". Looking forward to it actually… |
| jgawne | 29 Apr 2013 10:37 a.m. PST |
I am not expecting much. Woo is not really big on accuracy. For Windtalkers (which I worked on for a while) it was very hard to talk him out of a scene where a guy steps on a mine, hears a click, and gives his stuff away to his buddies expecting to be blown up when he steps off. Seriously. Even after being shown that NO Japanese mine in WW2 would do that, it was hard to talk him out of it as he wanted the emotion of the scene. |
| zippyfusenet | 29 Apr 2013 10:37 a.m. PST |
What do you suppose the love story will be? Claire and Mme. Chenault? She was a hottie. I always wondered what were her political connections in the KMT. |
| Unlucky General | 29 Apr 2013 1:34 p.m. PST |
Yes, whilst I normally refrain from criticising the artistic endeavours of movie makers I too draw the line at Woo. He's an action movie maker – not an historical or epic movie maker. He is drawn from the video gaming fraternity and that's pretty much who he appeals to. It's the sort of treatment that even classic Hollywood film directors of the 30's bested – and they were generally aweful. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 29 Apr 2013 3:37 p.m. PST |
'Windtalkers' and MI2 aside, John Woo is actually not bad. His last two-part epic 'Red Cliff' is actually very good. |
