[HK] The next HK film to be adapted in the US

March 30, 2007 by Dennis Amith

CRIEnglish.com reports that the film “EXILED” rights have been sold for a remake in the US.

According to the article, “Hollywood is planning a remake of the Hong Kong gangster drama “Exiled”, cashing in on the success of “The Departed”, the Oscar-winning US version of another Hong Kong hit, a report said Friday. Media Asia has sold the rights for “Exiled” — director Johnnie To’s thriller set in Hong Kong and Macau — to Samuel Hadida, the producer of the 2006 horror flick “Silent Hill”, the South China Morning post reported.”