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[ferociousdragon]

Celestial Pictures to Remake Shaw Bros. FIVE DEADLY VENOMS and FLYING GUILLOTINE (...)


December 25, 2006

(Celestial Pictures)


Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures recently announced that two projects to remake Five Deadly Venoms (Wu Du) and Flying Guillotine (Xue Di Zi), produced by Shaw Brothers in the 1970s. Directed by The original Five Deadly Venoms is about a young prot�g� being ordered by his dying master to eliminate the evil ones among five of his previous prot�g�s, known as the Five Deadly Venoms. Each of the Five Deadly Venoms has a lethal skill learned from a toxic animal. The young prot�g� has to identify and team up with the good one in order to defeat the other four. The story of the remake will be set in present days and the beautiful but lethal Spider Girl will join the all-male clan, replacing one of the original male characters. It will be written and directed by Kirk Wong (The Big Hit, Jackie Chan’s Crime Story). According to a previous report, Andy Lau may have been onboard as a financier and the cast may include Edison Chen, Maggie Q and Lau himself. Shooting would begin right after the Chinese New Year next spring.



The original Flying Guillotine, directed Ho Meng-Hua, tells a fictional story of a young fighter rise against a killing team, which is frequently ordered by the evil emperor to eliminate people who may threaten the emperor. Members of the killing team use Flying Guillotines, capable of decapitating anyone from far distance. It will be written by Su Chao-Pin (Silk, Double Vision) and directed by Teddy Chen (Jackie Chan’s The Accidental Spy). Emi Wada (House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Ran) will be responsible for the costume. A separate report claims Chang Chen and Zhou Xun are being considered to play the male and female leads.



Celestial Pictures has restored and released many Shaw Brothers movie on DVD and these two remaking projects have been claimed by the studio as the first step to make a series of Shaw Brothers classics.



The original press article by Celestial Pictures.

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[Lei Kung]

The Venoms set in modern times? Are they going to have super powers or something. Toad may be strong but can he really stop a bullet? The Flying Guillotine could work today I suppose. Shoot, maybe thats what Mr. President needs to silence his dissenters. If so, I better pick myself up a steel umbrella frame.

In todays world, invincible fighters for justice like the Venoms
aren't heroes, they're considered terrorists. And the evil bastards that use flying guillotines on their own citizens are "there to look over us".

[kungfusamurai]

I can see the Venoms film being adapted to a modern day, triad crime action film, but Guillotine would have to be turned into a horror type of kung fu flick.

KFS

[ferociousdragon]

I think its great... I am realy looking forword to seeing the remake of those films. Tho remaking them can never replace the originals, those will remain classic for all time. But its a way to keep the old school kung fu movie fans like myself, and the kung fu movie fans in present day entertained to the fullest. In all I think Celestial pictures is doing an outstanding job.

In todays world, invincible fighters for justice like the Venoms
aren't heroes, they're considered terrorists. And the evil bastards that use flying guillotines on their own citizens are "there to look over us".

As for invincible fighters of today... um, let me see... there is none ! this is just a movie dude, make believe. Let me guess, you must have seen spider man swinging around your hood and everone called him a terrorist, Lol !! But please let me no witch country uses flying guillotines on there citizens so I can make sure I dont go there for vacation cuz I would hate to think of what they would do to tourists.

I better pick myself up a steel umbrella frame.

If you still need that steel umbrella frame to stop P.Bush from launching guillotines at you, let me no. I will mail it to you so you can keep you head snug to the rest of you body. Lol!!