- THE RED CIRCLE
In development for some time, the modernized,
english-language remake of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1970 crime thriller The Red
Circle (Le cercle rouge) appears to have found a new director.
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| James Mangold |
Producer Arthur Sarkissian tells CraveOnline that The
Wolverine's James Mangold is planning to shoot the project next summer in Hong
Kong and Macau.
"James to me is a guy's director," says
Sarkissian. "He's from the world of the old school of movies. 'The
Getaway', 'The Wild Bunch'. I see him in that world. He loves movies. '3:10 to
Yuma', to me, was one of the best remakes ever. It's very difficult to top an
original and I think he did that absolutely beautifully because I don't think
the Glen Ford/Delmer Daves version worked as well as the one he did."
The original film starred Alain Delon as Corey, an ex-con
who winds up getting pulled back into the world of crime, teaming with a hitman
for a major heist.
"It's all about character," Sarkissian continues
about his updated version. "I think we have a really great story. I think
that world of Macau and Hong Kong is wonderful. I don't think we're going to
have that stylized bent guns and all of that. I don't want to make a stylistic
movie. The style will be there. I just want to tell a good story. I just want
to tell a very good gangster story."
As for who could top Delon's performance, Sarkissian has a
few ideas.
"I have a wish list," he says. "I swear it's
so fantastic, but Christian Bale, Russell Crowe. I've got them all in my head.
I hope to God one of them [accepts.] Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Tom Hardy. They
could all be fantastic either as the hitman or the Corey character."
Mangold's The Wolverine is expected to begin production
immediately for a July 26, 2013 release.
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