Hollywood to Remake Hongkong Romance

Discussion in 'Chinese Entertainment' started by shinobi, Jul 12, 2007.

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    Thursday July 12, 2007 Hong Kong

    Hollywood will continue its tradition of ripping off popular films from other countries after a studio agreed to remake the Hong Kong romantic comedy, "Love Undercover."

    Hong Kong director Joe Ma's 2002 smash is about a young policewoman who is picked for an undercover job.

    Her assignment is to get close enough to a gangster's son so that she can plant a microphone at a table where the gangsters make their deals. Complications arise when she finds herself falling in love with the son.

    The film, featuring Hong Kong actress Miriam Yeung and actor Daniel Wu, became a trilogy.

    Miriam Yeung was delighted by the news.

    "It proves again Hong Kong films perform well on the market. And I hope the news will attract more investors," she said.

    Director Joe Ma has expressed his hope Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore gets the leading role.

    Another big Hollywood remake of Hong Kong hit was crime flick "Departed," based on Hong Kong director Wai Keung Lau's awards-winning film "Infernal Affairs."

    "The Departed" won Martin Scorsese the 2006 best director Oscar.

    credits: crienglish.
     
  2. philostrate

    philostrate Well-Known Member

    why get drew for the role?
     
  3. aussiekid

    aussiekid Well-Known Member

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    drew barrymore is good actress.. she knows how to put up a funny act..
    love undercover part 2 n 3 are too stupid.. i got pissed off watchin it.. bcoz i cudn't stand their stupidity.. but overall they're alrite.. i hope d hollywood is a much better one
     
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    another remake damn, what's up with all these remakes and sequels, hollywood needs some originality injected into its veins, damn.
     
  5. lee-lee

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    just let daniel play the leading role. he's hot.
     
  6. Veincentury

    Veincentury Well-Known Member

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    I say Jessica Alba as the leading role -drool-drool-drool-drool-drool

    Hopefully they don't combine all three Love Undercover Films into one like the departed-doh
     
  7. dim8sum

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    agreed...
     
  8. ogbaka

    ogbaka Well-Known Member

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    they always do remakes or copy someone else... we copy them, they copy us... etc...
    this is old news....
     
  9. chicken

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    How is it ripping off popular asian films if Hollywood is paying for the rights to remake it?
     
  10. bluewingg116

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    I Love This Movie =) <3
     
  11. zero_c

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    Actually I didn't like the movie that much.
     
  12. dim8sum

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    because they never end up crediting the real source, and who cares they paid, they should just not remake them, just release the original with subs...

    some idiot at the oscars i think said the departed based on infernal affairs, was originally from japan....
     
  13. weedpeach

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    but if they paid and dont credit, shouldnt that be considered plagiarizing?
     
  14. dim8sum

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    its not considered plagiarizing because its all done legally

    but its just that to me it still feels like they ripping off the original
     
  15. Flolo

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    aw i liek the original cast
     
  16. Kachi_no_Kemuri

    Kachi_no_Kemuri Well-Known Member

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    seems hollywood is running out of ideas....-rollseyes
     
  17. fobforlife

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    i don't like the american remakes. infernal affairs was much better than the departed, and the japanese version of the grudge beat the american version.
     
  18. candy10013

    candy10013 Well-Known Member

    another remake from hollywood again. guess they can't come up with any ideas now.