TAKASHI MIIKE'S NEW MOVIE

Takashi Miike's new movie is called 51 WAYS TO PROTECT THE GIRL, and I'd watch it based on the title alone. Not much more is known at this point, but it's one of the movies selected to participate in the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF - although it should be HKAFF). Last year's HAF has seen only 4 of its 28 selected projects completed, although 3 more are in production.

This year's slate has some interesting titles on it including:

A project from Stanley Kwan called GREEN MANSION.

A Gordon Chan project called JULIUS CAESAR. Gordon Chan, now there's a name from the mid-90's.

A sequel to Singapore's horror hit, THE MAID, called MAID - THE NEW BEGINNING. Sigh.

Herman Yau (UNTOLD STORY) has one in here with the potentially promising title, THE MYSTERY OF THE NUN'S DEATH. Well, he could have jazzed that up before he submitted it, but I like the direct approach.

Fruit Chan has yet another project in HAF, this one called TYPHOON 101, and Nonzee Nimibutr (NANG NAK, BAYTONG) wants to make TOYOL.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul wants to make UTOPIA and, most interestingly, there's a project from Su Chao-pin called THE UNSPEAKABLE CURSE OF THE OX FAMILY. Su is the screenwriter of DOUBLE VISION and this could be a new title for his Taiwanese horror movie and directorial debut, SILK, taking a more family-oriented tack after the success of family secret horror movie THE HEIRLOOM.