Director Jan de Bont , who made “Speed,” “Twister” and “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”, has signed up to direct Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi (pictured) who has starred in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, “2046”, and “Hero” in an independently-produced, English-language co-production of the classic tale of Hua Mulan, the legendary young heroine soldier who joins an all-male army.
The most famous re-telling of this story was done by Disney in 1998.
de Bont “will attempt to bring romance, action and drama” to screenwriter John Blickstead’s re-creation of the Chinese Joan of Arc story that was first described in a 6th century poem.
(source: THR)
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