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Source: http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4832/53/
"Laundry Warrior" to battle on New Zealand soil
Written by Patrick Frater
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Story Categories: American Film Market, Film, Japan, Korea, market, People,
"Lord of the Rings" producer Barrie Osborne will return to New Zealand next month to produce fantasy actioner "Laundry Warrior."
The English-language heroic tale begins lensing Nov. 12 in Auckland with a cast headed by Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth and Korean star Jang Dong-gun .
Helmed and written by Sngmoo Lee, pic has a $40 million budget through Sad Flutes, a company set up by Osborne, Michael Peyser ("Speed 2," "Imagining Argentina") and Lee Joo-ick ("Seven Swords").
Story sees a fugitive Asian warrior (Jang) hide out in the American badlands, where he encounters the town drunk (Rush) and a beautiful, but troubled woman.
Lee, who has taught for five years at the New York Film School, will make his helming debut.
Production will employ extensive green screen techniques, and post-production will involve the use of effects houses including Weta Digital in New Zealand and others in Korea, India and the U.S.
"We draw on two great milieux, the Samurai movie and the Western," Peyser said. "We will deliver a stylized, partly anime feel, with the techniques of '300,' but a look that is brighter."
Pic's coin has come from private investors on both sides of the Pacific. Starting from today's American Film Market, Kathy Morgan Intl. will rep the rights in most international territories. North America is being handled personally by Osborne and Peyser.
KMI and Lee Joo-ick will jointly handle Japan and Jang's home territory, South Korea, where pic has already attracted strong interest from the local majors.
Jang is the star of many of Korea's biggest grossing movies including "Typhoon," "Taegukgi" and "Friend."
Cast also includes Tony Cox ("Bad Santa").
"Barrie and I are looking to make non-Amerocentric, world-scale movies," Peyser said. "With 15 set-piece action sequences and use of every kind of weapon from swords and machine guns to dynamite, plus 50 carnival tricks, 'Laundry Warrior' lends itself perfectly to the downloading and gaming environments."
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“沙漠战士”在新西兰展开战斗
曾经指导过的“指环王”的制片人Barrie Osborne将在在下个月返回新西兰去制作一部科幻动作片“沙漠战士”。这部英文的英雄故事片将在11月12日开始拍摄，主演将由Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth 和韩国演员张东健担当。
编剧和导演由Sngmoo Lee担当，由Osborn 自己的公司Sad Flutes投入4千万元的预算（应该是美金吧），该公司曾制作过 “七剑“和“时速2”。
故事是讲述了一个逃亡的亚裔勇士（张东健）藏匿在美国的一片荒地上，后来在那里遇到了一个酒鬼和一个美丽的但是很麻烦的女人。（貌似这剧情也忑简单了点吧）
Sngmoo Lee，在美国电影学院教课五年，这将是他的第一部指导的电影。
作品将采用大量的新的电影制作技术，电影的后期制作将加入一些有影响的建筑包括新西兰、韩国、印度、美国。
“我们将利用两个大的环境，东方武士和西方的文化” Peyser说，“我们将传递程式化的感觉，用“300”的技术，但是看起来比较明快。（可能我翻译有问题，实在不知道这怎么会有新意）
电影的费用来自于私人的投资，今天的美国的电影市场开始使用这种方法来投资电影，北美方面由Osborne and Peyser控制。KMI and Lee Joo-ick将联合操控日本和韩国，电影已经吸引来自当地的强大关注。（我理解这段是说投资将是联合投资 韩美合拍，私人出钱占一定比例）
张东健是许多卖座的韩国电影的主演，包括台风 太极旗、朋友
拍摄也包括了Tony Cox （Bad Santa）
Barrie and 我正在期望拍一部非美国英语式的但具有世界级的电影，Peyser说，这部片子“有15场动作和各种武器比如剑和枪的爆炸，将产生不凡的效果，加上50场惊险的玄机，沙漠战士赋予了它一种极佳的游戏的环境。 |
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