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MUMBAI: Fingerprint Pictures, a production company set up by producer
Park Hyung Jun has acquired the remake rights to multi award winning
film A Better Tomorrow (originally directed by John Woo,
starring Chow Yun Fat) from Fortune Star Entertainment, the distribution
division of Star Group.
Fingerprint Pictures is currently recruiting scriptwriters and a director
for the Korean remake, which is planned for production in 2007. Fingerprint
Pictures is also working with Fortune Star Entertainment to bring
in a high profile producer for the project.
Fingerprint Pictures together with Fortune Star Entertainment will
handle the international distribution of the remake outside of Korea.
"We are delighted to work with Fingerprint Pictures, a renowned
production company, to remake this classic title from our library,
A Better Tomorrow. We are especially excited about the prospect
of bringing this incredible story back to a new generation of viewers
in Asia as well as the rest of the world," said Fortune Star
Entertainment general manager Peter E. Poon.
Hyung Jun added, "We are thrilled and honored to have acquired
the rights to remake one of the most prestigious films in Hong Kong’s
history. This remake represents a landmark cooperation between the
film industries of Hong Kong and Korea, and we look very much forward
to bringing this wonderful story to new audiences everywhere."
A Better Tomorrow tells the story of two brothers: one a
successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling police academy
graduate. The plot revolves around the conflict caused by the younger
sibling learning about his brother’s criminal lifestyle. Meanwhile,
the older sibling is struggling to change his evil ways. Along the
way are a number of action-packed heists, double-crosses and shootouts.
In 1986, A Better Tomorrow won awards for Best Film and
Best Actor (Chow Yun Fat) at the 6th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
and for Best Director (John Woo), Best Actor (Ti Lung), Best Cinematography
(Horace Wong Wing Hang) and Best Sound Recording at the 23rd Annual
Golden Horse Awards.
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