ZHANG ZIYI AND TWC

The rumors continue to float around about the Donnie Yen/Weinstein Company/SEVEN SAMURAI remake, but they seem to mostly be a lot of talk. However, over the weekend, Sina.com, one of China's major internet portals and a source of entertainment gossip, reports that Zhang Ziyi signed a three-film contract with The Weinstein Company at Cannes this year. They report that two of the films are MULAN, and SEVEN SAMURAI.

Sina.com has often nabbed stories before English-language press outlets pick them up, and by the time the trade magazines in the US get a story Sina.com has sometimes been done with it for weeks. But they've also reported stories that don't exist or are based on the flimsiest of rumors.

So which is it? Any Chinese readers are invited to chime in and let us know: does Sina.com have facts the rest of us don't?