Snow White and the 7 Kung Fu Dwarves

[patgund]

A kung-fu version of Snow White??




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SNOW WHITE GOES KUNG FU

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is to be turned into a
live-action martial arts movie.

Disney is reported to be negotiating with choreographer who
worked on The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

US entertainment newspaper Variety says Yuen Wo Ping will h elp
t urn the fairytale into a live-action film.

The project had been known as Snow White and the Seven Shao Lin,
a reference to the Shao Lin monks of China who became martial
arts masters, but is now untitled.

The Snow White update will be set in the 1890s a nd follow a woman
who returns home to Hong Kong to attend her father's funeral
after 20 years living abroad.

She discovers her stepmother is plotting against her and escapes
to mainland China, where she seeks solace with seven Shao Lin
monks who, in turn, come to believe the woman holds the fate of
the world in her hands and protect her.

Yuen has just finished work on Quentin Tarantino's new movie Kill
Bill starring Uma Thurman and is already a major name in Asia
where he has made more than 20 fi lms.

He is also credited for having discovered talents such as
Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li and Jackie Chan.

The Snow White picture is being produced by Andrew Gunn who
recently worked on the film The Country Bears which is based on a
Disney theme-park attract ion.