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Andy Lau is in talks to star in a remake of the movie that inspired the 1986 John Woo gangster classic "A Better Tomorrow," a Hong Kong newspaper reported Tuesday.
"There's a good chance I'll sign the contract. I really like the script, but I don't know what role I'll play yet," Lau was quoted as saying in the Apple Daily.
Andy Lau
Calls to a spokeswoman for Lau, one of Chinese cinema's biggest stars, went unanswered.
"A Better Tomorrow," which made Chow Yun-fat's gun-toting gangster character an icon, was inspired by a 1967 movie known in Cantonese as "Ying Hong Boon Sik."
That movie is about an ex-con fresh out of jail who has to re-enter the criminal world to protect his brother.
The project Lau is reportedly in talks about is a remake of "Ying Hong Boon Sik" directed by up-and-coming Hong Kong filmmaker Stephen Fung.
Further detail on Fung's movie weren't immediately available. Spokeswoman Emily Wong at Hong Kong movie company Media Asia, which said earlier it was in talks with Fung about investing in the movie, said Tuesday the company wasn't involved in the project any more.
Contact information for Fung wasn't immediately available.
Fung grabbed headlines recently when Hollywood producer Andrew Tennenbaum bought the remake rights to the Hong Kong director's comedy "Enter The Phoenix." Tennenbaum produced "The Bourne Identity," "The Bourne Supremacy" and the upcoming "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Lau's credits include the kung fu movie "House of Flying Daggers" and the crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," which was remade by Martin Scorsese as "The Departed."
Lau, who like most Hong Kong stars juggles acting and singing careers, has shot two Chinese historical epics recently ? "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon" and "The Warlords." He is scheduled to launch a concert tour in China this year.
Source: Iht
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