For all you remake haters: a remake of Coen Bros' BLOOD SIMPLE by Zhang Yimou

[RocShemp]

A Woman A Gun And A Noodle Shop

Sony Pictures Classics is continuing its relationship with filmmaker Zhang Yimou, agreeing to distribute his planned remake of the Coen brothers' comedic thriller "Blood Simple" domestically and in several major foreign territories.
The untitled redo will be set in a Chinese noodle shop in a dune-specked desert, rather than a bar in an unnamed Texas town, and revolve around the restaurant owner's plan to murder his adulterous wife and her lover.

Pic will be the first Zhang has helmed since shepherding the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

SPC will unspool the "Blood Simple" remake in North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.

"Blood Simple," released in 1984, was the first film the Coen brothers helmed together.

New version will be produced by Bill Kong, who has a long relationship with Sony Classics. SPC, co-founded and run by co-prexies Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, has distribbed five Kong-produced films, starting with Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" in 2000.

New pic will be the 11th from Zhang that SPC will have released, dating back to 1991's "Raise the Red Lantern." Others include "Shanghai Triad," "House of Flying Daggers" and "Curse of the Golden Flower." Sony Classics also owns the rights to Zhang's first film, 1987's "Red Sorghum."

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMGBQ...layer_embedded

I think it looks like a whole lot of fun. But then I'm not a hater of remakes for the sole reason of their being remakes.

[EricJ]

It's the Kurosawa rule: Foreigners are ALLOWED to do remakes, since they're probably just hearing about the original for the first time.

[McCrutchy]

This came out in December 2009 in China and the only DVD edition is a July 2010 Thai release?!?!? Does it normally take this long for Chinese movies to come to DVD?

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

This came out in December 2009 in China and the only DVD edition is a July 2010 Thai release?!?!? Does it normally take this long for Chinese movies to come to DVD?

Sony owns the rights to it. That's why. Even though that Thai DVD doesn't have English subtitles, you can pick it from eThaiCD for $11.50 total. http://www.ethaicd.com/show.php?pid=54086

[Verisimilitude1984]

I did not know this existed. Wow.

[L.J.]

Not a] remake hater, specially a proper one of a poorly made film. Will say some that were done right the first time just don't see the point.