Reports are circulating throughout the Chinese media that The Weinstein Company has picked up North American sales rights to Alan Mak and Felix Chong's period set martial arts epic The Lost Bladesman.
Now, the Chinese news media are notoriously unreliable but this seems quite plausible given the company's history with star Donnie Yen. The Weinstein brothers have released several of Yen's films and, at one point, the Weinstein controlled Miramax had Yen signed to a US contract which is why he appeared in Blade 2 and Highlander Endgame. And I can personally verify that Harvey Weinstein was personally doing the rounds of the big sales companies at the Hong Kong Filmart, which is where this deal would have gone down.
There are no details on a potential release yet. Is it time to start the betting pool on what the new title will be?
Now, the Chinese news media are notoriously unreliable but this seems quite plausible given the company's history with star Donnie Yen. The Weinstein brothers have released several of Yen's films and, at one point, the Weinstein controlled Miramax had Yen signed to a US contract which is why he appeared in Blade 2 and Highlander Endgame. And I can personally verify that Harvey Weinstein was personally doing the rounds of the big sales companies at the Hong Kong Filmart, which is where this deal would have gone down.
There are no details on a potential release yet. Is it time to start the betting pool on what the new title will be?
Video
More from The Lost Bladesman
- Reviews: THE LOST BLADESMAN Blu-ray Review
- Reviews: THE LOST BLADESMAN Review
- News: Third Trailer For THE LOST BLADESMAN, Plus See Donnie Yen Direct The Action
- News: Music Video and Making-of Video For THE LOST BLADESMAN
- News: Donnie Yen Breaks Out the Green Dragon Blade! Second Trailer For THE LOST BLADESMAN
- News: Donnie Yen Kicks Ass In The First LOST BLADESMAN Trailer
- News: First Poster For THE LOST BLADESMAN reveals Donnie Yen as Guan Yun Chang
- News: First Images From Donnie Yen Starring Historical Epic THE LOST BLADESMAN
- Galleries: The Lost Bladesman
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Legend / Curse of the Last Bladesman.
Well, now that Donnie Yen is a bankable action star, the Weinsteins have beeen treating his films with a lot more respect than what other foreign films tend to get.This might not be an entirely cataclysmic development.
Can't wait to see how the fuck this one up...
I'm sure if it's handled half as well as they handled REIGN OF ASSASSINS, then everything should be just fine. Oh wait.