Place Your Bets! First Fung, Now Ding Up To Remake Woo's A BETTER TOMORROW

Before long, we will be hearing much more about action auteur John Woo's latest efforts with the adaptation of Sato Junya 70's thriller, Manhunt. In the meantime, Woo's is a source for much ado with remakes as of late with Stephen Fung long tapped to helm his own iteration of Woo's 1986 signature Hong Kong crime classic, A Better Tomorrow.

That film, headlining actor Chow Yun Fat and starring Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung as two brothers on opposite sides of the law amid a tumultuous crime story that forsees a test family, friendship and brotherhood against a duplicitous triad crime boss, went on to two sequels, a Hindi remake in '94 and a South Korean remake in 2010. Since before then, Fung, with producer Chen Kuo Fu, was to bring the likes of Tom Cruise and Andy Lau together for his own take, although nowadays you're likeky to find Fung spearheading titles like The Adventurers or a remake of Woo's Once A Thief and so there's no telling when his version of A Better Tomorrow will come to pass.

On that note, this probably isn't an issue for director Sheng Ding who is now advancing his own remake of the hit film with Beijing Wen Hua Dong Run Investment Co.. The word is that Ding, whose newest feat with Jackie Chan release in December with Railroad Tigers is closer to its own production than Fungs and so it's likely we'll hear more soon enough from Ding.

That said, are you looking forward to two remakes of A Better Tomorrow? Which director do you think can tap into Woo's iconic vision for a contemporary audience? Comment below!