Johnnie To's 'Breaking News' to Be Remade by Hollywood

[krykrykrynunit]

Paramount Vantage is stopping the presses for "Breaking News," a remake of a Hong Kong action movie that Joel Schumacher is in negotiations to direct. Alex de Rakoff is writing the script for the movie, which will be produced by Gold Circle's Paul Brooks.

The story is set in motion when a TV news unit broadcasts live an embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown. While on a separate investigation and stakeout in a run-down building, a detective discovers the hideout of the robbers. But the situation is complicated by an inspector who, in order to beat the media at its own game, decides to turn the stakeout into a breaking-news show. The original screened Out of Competition at the 2004 Festival de Cannes and was directed and produced by acclaimed filmmaker Johnnie To.

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[chiongster]

Guess the trend is reversing now, Hollywood scouting out asian films for remake. The original version of this film is not too promising, wonder how the Hollywood might turn it into? Maybe adding some big casts like they used to do.

[rjdrew]

this will be cool if they get it right but joel schumacher is not the way to go at all, need the guy who did heat are someone like that not the guy who destroyed the batman film franchise im thinking