June 2nd, 2006
Seven Samurai

A Hollywood remake of Akira Kurosawa’s samurai classic “Seven Samurai” is on the cards and is rumoured to be starring middle-aged swoon inducer (it’s the women, they love him!) George Clooney and prolific Chinese superstar, Zhang Ziyi. Dark Horizons reports that Donnie Yen is set to direct the adaption and met with Harvey Weinstein in Cannes to discuss the project, a spokesperson for Yen said that they “don’t know more details as it is still at an early stage.”