In the world of film there are few accolades higher than being considered a venerable director; be it a ‘genre master’, like John Ford with his westerns, or a jack of all trades such as Stanley Kubrick or Ridley Scott. If there’s one thing film history shows us it is that some directors have that [...]
Jan De Bont to Direct Zhang Ziyi in Live-Action “Mulan”
September 6, 2010 By 2 Comments

Zhang Ziyi shot to fame a few years back with the wushu triple-whammy of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero and House of Flying Daggers. She followed up those martial arts epics with solid work in Memoirs of a Geisha, since when we have seen very little of her. Likewise, after bursting onto the scene with the taut [...]




