Sequel to ‘Hard Boiled’ in Development

I’ve always been an advocate for sequel before remake.   If you are going to cash in on the name brand of a successful film, I would much rather see a sequel to that film than a reboot.   And so it goes with John Woo’s 1992 film ‘Hard Boiled’.   Woo’s production company Lion Rock Entertainment is in development on a sequel to the action classic.

The screenplay, being written by Jeremy Passmore (‘Special’) and Andre Fabrizio (the upcoming John Carpenter film ‘The Prince’), will actually be an adaptation of the video game Stranglehold, which served as a sequel to sorts to ‘Hard Boiled’.   Chow Yun-Fat appeared in the game as the same character he portrayed in Woo’s film.   Chances are, with the screenwriters involved, this will be a film geared towards American audiences.

If you haven’t seen ‘Hard Boiled’, or any pre-‘Hard Target’ John Woo films, you are really missing out on some of the absolute best action films ever put to film.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter