JOHNNIE TO EXISTS IN STATE OF QUANTUM UNCERTAINTY

Yesterday Apple Daily reported that Johnnie To would be remaking John Woo's HARD-BOILED in Hollywood with Chow Yun-fat and an unnamed American actor. The article claimed to have quotes from Chow and To verifying their participation.

But MonkeyPeaches tells us that today's issue of the Hong Kong Sun reports that To denies this remake report and that while he has considered many Hollywood projects (of which the HARD-BOILED remake is one) and while he would like to work with Chow Yun-fat, he has yet to pick a project.

And so it would seem that Johnnie To is not remaking HARD-BOILED with Chow Yun-fat.

But then a Chinese-speaking reader took a look at the Hong Kong Sun article and says that it's not Johnnie To who's quoted, but an unnamed assistant. And that the assistant goes on to say:

"There are still no answers about those questions: when will the HARD-BOILED remake begin filming, which US actor will star in the HARD-BOILED remake, which company will finance the "Hard Boiled" remake......  Because the script of the HARD-BOILED remake is still not finished."

In the March 8 CriEnglish, the same unnamed assistant to Johnnie To stated that Johnnie To was in Hollywood two months ago considering projects but he wouldn't confirm the HARD-BOILED project. Then he said:

"He's (Chow) over at Hollywood. It would be a good thing if they make a foreign film together, but it's too early to say now."

This CriEnglish article has apparently also been picked up by the AP.

So while it looks like Johnnie To is not remaking HARD-BOILED with Chow Yun-fat there is still the possibility that he is remaking HARD-BOILED with Chow Yun-fat and it's just too early for anyone to say anything. So, like Shroedinger's Cat, we would have to say that Johnnie To exists in a state where he is simultaneously remaking, and not remaking, HARD-BOILED.