• Mar 24
• A CHINESE GHOST STORY heading for a remake
• Posted by Deljhp - 24/03/09 at 02:01 PM

Just in case you don’t catch on later, I loved the original movie, so have to admit to being more than a little torn about this news. A true classic of 80s Hong Kong cinema, Siu-Tung Ching’s A Chinese Ghost Story is apparently being set up for a big budget remake. With its flying swordsman, superbly choreographed martial arts, Ghosts, Zombies, evil Witches and all other manner of the supernatural goings on, Ghost Story has been responsible for introducing tens of thousands to the joys of Hong Kong cinema. Indeed (along with “Zu Warriors”) it was one of the first Asian movies I ever watched, and afterwards, pretty much sealed my life long addiction there and then.

There’s no word yet as to who’s tipped to star or direct (we can dream Ching would return to do it again) the project, but there are already some heavy hitting names attached on the production front. Tan Cheung (Iron Monkey, An Empress and the Warrior) will pen the script and the film will be produced by by Ketsarinh Lan (Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger, Painted Skin). Still in pre-production visuals are of course lacking though we have been able to find is this piece of concept art/teaser poster. Its hefty $10 million plus budget is enough to deliver some superb FX, so with the right cast and director we could be in for a real treat. Heres hoping.