John Woo to Direct DAY OF THE BEAST

Movie John Woo by Eli Reyes

For most of the 2000's it seemed like director

John Woo

had lost his mojo. Sure, he still knew how to throw up some action on screen, but that was about the only thing you could muster up to like about films like

Mission Impossible II, Paycheck

and

Windtalkers

. But in 2008 Woo proved that he's still got it with his critically acclaimed period set film

Red Cliff

. Aside from a

Red Cliff

sequel the director has stayed pretty low key.

Now it is being reported that John Woo is set to helm

Day of the Beast

, an English language remake of Seijun Suzuki's 1963 classic

Youth of the Beast

, an action-packed saga of loyalty, revenge and redemption.

Scripted by

Rob Frisbee

,

Terence Chang

, and

Naoki Sato

, the Tokyo set

Day of the Beast

follows a western outsider with a grim past as he becomes embroiled in a global turf war between a vicious new breed of Yakuza(Japanese mafia) and old school Cold War Russian mobsters.

John Woo and Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions and Japan's oldest major movie studio Nikkatsu Corporation will co-produce the film.

Chang has been eyeing to remake this film for quite awhile saying of the original, "[it's} one of my favorite films, and I have been obsessed with remaking it for over 10 years! I have to thank Nikkatsu for this partnership and for making this dream come true!”

Woo has an equal respect and excitement for the project saying, “This remake is my salute to the great films and filmmakers produced by Nikkatsu’s 100 years in cinema history. It is exciting for me as well as an honor.”

What do you think of John Woo taking on this remake? Have you seen the original?

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