According to HKFilmart, a Seven Samurai remake is in talks of being made by the Weinstein Co. Apparently Donnie Yen is in talks to appear in the film. I'm a pretty big fan of Donnie Yen and I have loved all his work but can he really undertake a remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai.
Kurosawa is the greatest Asian filmmaker ever. Now even though this is a remake it seems that films that are remade outside of the horror genre don't always turn out so bad. No doubt it won't live up to what the original was able to capture but this movie has a chance.
If they can get some really talented filmmaker on board and more martial arts talents like say Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Tony Jaa, all the greats to star as the Seven Samurai it would surely mark a great achievement. Of course thats only a dream at this point.
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