Looks like Nic Cage is finally realising some of his dream projects. Now that he’s finally gotten to play a superhero in Ghost Rider, he’s moving on to an Asian remake.
He’d been rumoured for a while to be up for starring in the Oldboy remake, but now he’s officially attached to a retake of 1999’s Thai thriller Bangkok Dangerous. The original film’s directors – Oxide Pang Chun and brother Danny Pang – will step back behind the camera.
With a script by Jason Richman, the film will see Cage’s hit man travel to the city to assassinate four targets, but ends up falling in love with a local girl.
The Pangs will shoot in August in Asia, once they’ve finished the last tweaks on their English-language debut The Messengers, which they’ve been making for Sony.
This is remake number four for Cage (don't forget Kiss Of Death and City Of Angels), and comes hot - well, warm - on the heels of contribution to Neil LaBute's adaptation of The Wicker Man, which incidentally has a new trailer online, that you can see here.