Apple Daily: Johnnie To’s English-language film debut, the remake of the French film Le Cercle Rouge, is a go to start shooting in June. It will be starring Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, and Chow Yun-Fat. However, To confirmed that he has only signed Orlando with the other two’s deals in the works. The film will be shot in Macau and Hong Kong with a budget of USD$40 million dollars.
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Extract from a News Report of an interview with Johnny To today - "Apart from foreign financial backing, Asian Companies are also investing. The new film will cost approximately 3 million HK dollars. With such a high cost, Director Johnny To is naturally under a lot of pressure. "There is pressure, but because it is going to be filmed in Hong Kong and Omun [Macau], that's better for me. If it was being filmed in America, it would be a lot more difficult. The work in preparation for filming has been going very well, however, so I feel relatively confident. I'm now just waiting for Chow Yun Fat's schedule of work." Johnny To's film will have differences from the original, but he emphasizes that this will be a film about men, because he will not use a very prominent actress in it.
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