When I first heard that Disney was funding a kung fu based retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves it struck me as one of those rumors that was so strange it had to be true. Well, it is, and by the time it was originally announced it had already attracted big name Asian talent in the form of director Yuen Woo Ping - fight choreographer of the gods - and stars Chow Yun Fat and Kwan Sang Soo.
There's still no word on who will be playing the Snow White role - she will be white and most likely British - but the project now has a writer: Michael Chabon. Que? The man won a Pulitzer for his last novel - The Adventures of Kavalier and Klay - and huge critical raves for Wonderboys. Sure, he's done some writer-for-hire work, notably on Spider-Man 2, but what's a Pulitzer winner doing working on a project like this? I like it but it's leaving me awfully confused ...
The full Hollywood Reporter story is here.
Not crazy at all, actually. What's crazy is that 2 years ago I wrote a short story in one of my film classes that was - whaddayaknow - a martial arts version of Snow White. I rule!
Sweet site, crazybee ... I just signed myself up ...
And, yeah, I knew Chabon was a genre fan (you can't miss it if you've read Kavalier and Klay) but you have to admit that seeing the phrases 'Pulitzer winner' and 'kung fu Snow White' next to each other is a bit odd ...
Oh yeah. It's not exactly what you expect.
Not to pick nits, but Chabon's latest novel was Summerland, not TAAoKaK.
Regardless, I'm looking forward to this film :)
Well, it's the last one I read. That counts for something, yes?