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CLOONEY IN "SEVEN SAMURAI" REMAKE?

By Admin | June 5, 2006

As the gossip detritus from Cannes settles into the pages of the tabloids, word has it the Weinstein Co. are looking to do a remake of the Kurosawa classic “Seven Samurai.” According to actor Donnie Yen, Harvey Weinstein approached him regarding several projects the company has coming up including a remake of a Kurosawa film, but he didn’t say which one. Weinstein apparently intends to put Yen with George Clooney and Zhang Ziyi in the project as well. If that’s not a violation of the samurai code, I don’t know what is…

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