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Antoine Fuqua to Helm Biopic on Tang Dynasty Leader Yang Guifei
by Ethan Anderton
March 28, 2011
Source: THR
Recently we've heard of filmmakers like Doug Liman and James Cameron working on projects in China, and it looks like another one will enter the mix as well. THR reports Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) is set to helm a biopic on legendary Tang Dynasty imperial concubine Yang Guifei. The Xi’an Qujiang Film & TV Investment Group revealed the news over the weekend with an eye for production to begin in China later this year. The production company says, "It’s a big subject, well known in Chinese circles around the world. With director Antoine Fuqua at the helm, we’re hoping to bring this story on to the international stage."
The film is still untitled but will focus on the tragic love story between imperial consort Yang, one of the four famed beauties of ancient China, and 8th century Emperor Xuanzong, the longest reigning monarch of the Tang Dynasty, who ascended to the throne at the summit of the dynasty's power and influence. The love story has been immortalized in paintings, operas, books, and even TV shows, but it sounds like this will be the first prominent big screen telling of the romance. The project should be Fuqua's next film after he shoots a biopic on rapper Tupac Shakur later this year, and this really seems like something out of his wheelhouse, so count me intrigued.. Anyone interested?
9 Comments
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I love Antoine Fuqua and most of his work but this just seems way out there.
Danielwoods on Mar 28, 2011
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms? o_o
LW on Mar 28, 2011
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Sounds good, and the 2pac biopic will be epic!
jah p on Mar 28, 2011
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ouA5xC87j8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9u-kAaBct0&feature=related
Im on Mar 29, 2011
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I'm not so sure on the director-subject matter harmony, but I'm thinking this would be better handled by someone in the lines of the makers of the two-parter Red Cliff
Cai_tian_long on Mar 29, 2011
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It's hard to diss this news without coming off like a racist... But a black man directing a Chinese historical biopic? That is just wayyyyyyyy absurd (Unless Antoine Fuqua really knows his 中华历史 or Chinese history, which in any case, I wouldn't count on it). Leave it to the Chinese directors like John Woo or Zhang Yumou to direct instead.
WTF on Mar 30, 2011
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hmmm
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