WKW ANNOUNCES HIS SCHEDULE

Asia's favorite arthouse name has been announcing project after project but at Berlin he seems to be buckling down and making an agenda. And, surprisingly, he seems to be shooting mostly in New York.

First up for Wong Kar-wai is MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS, a Norah Jones vehicle budgeted at about US$10 million, about a shop owner who falls for a chick who eats blueberry pies.

Then he's going to shoot LADY FROM SHANGHAI, his long-rumored and sometimes-announced Nicole Kidman flick. Budgeted at US$30 million it's his first US studio picture and it'll require a full script. It's slated for 2007 and I guess it'll be to his resume what DOUBLE TEAM is to Tsui Hark's. It will also shoot in NYC.

Once he's finished with these two movies he'll shoot his long-delayed biopic about Bruce Lee's master, to star Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

Somewhere in all this is Rachel Weisz who's announced she's appearing in WKW's next movie. Which one it is still remains a mystery but that's why he's Wong Kar-wai.