John Woo Remaking The Killer

Manly man John Woo is set to direct the upcoming action thriller “Manhunt” at Media Asia Films.  Actually it’s set to be a remake, but who cares, it’s John Woo, who we like to call the action surgeon.

Based on a novel by Japanese writer Juko Nishimura, the story follows a prosecutor framed for robbery and rape who sets out on a one-man mission to clear his name.

But after that?  A remake of The Killer it seems.

“So after Manhunt, I probably will go back to Hollywood to make another action thriller. I’m going to make The Killer in an American version.”, he tells ScreenDaily.

Woo is also said to be producing a sequel to Hard Target 2 (not directing) but nothing appears to have come of that, it would have been filming right now, if that story was true.