KIDMAN to be in Remake of "Lady from Shanghai"

[Clive Dale]

Nicole Kidman will star in Wong Kar Wai's update of "The Lady From Shanghai."

[Tony]

We talked about this before: apparently it's not going to be a remake at all, they're just using the title.

[Glenn Anders]

True, but the director, Kar Wai Wong, does also credit, for what it's worth, Sherwood King's novel "If I Die Before I Wake" as his THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI's source. You may be quite correct though, Tony, for neither film may bear much connection with King's work.

Glenn

[ToddBaesen]

Glenn:

Actually, when I read IF I DIE BEFORE A WAKE, I was struck by how much it was like Welles movie. Of course, there are quite a few changes as well, but nothing like reading Welles comments would indicate. I'll let you borrow the book if you'd like to read it. And incidentally, Arthur Bannister's crutches seem to have been borrowed by Ian McKellen for his role in THE DA VINCI CODE... and like Everett Sloane McKellen gives a great performance with them!

And on another note, this new Aussie western THE PROPOSITION was really quite wonderful... Danny Huston plays the bad guy, who like Harry Lime doesn't make his appearance until the 2nd half of the movie, and when he does appear he becomes a sort of a Kurtz in the 1880's Outback...

It's also beautifully shot, acted and directed.

[Tony]

Here's all I can find about the plot; I haven't read the novel so I don't know if this connects with it:

"The story will be set in the chaotic 1930s and shooting will take place in northern China, Russia and Europe. Kidman will play a woman involved in a dangerous romance with a Chinese spy."

This doesn't sound like Welles's version, but who knows when it's such a secretive director? ???

PS: Has anyone here actually read the King novel? I've googled him, but the only references are to Welles's film. If Wong bases his film on the novel, will it have anything to do with Welles's film? And if he bases it on the movie, won't he have to contend with Bea? And didn't Welles think up the title "The Lady From Shanghai?"

questions, questions... ???