Get ready for a 3D remake of ‘The Bride With White Hair’

"The Bride with White Hair" Japanese Theatrical Poster

Here at Cityonfire.com, we previously reported that Tsui Hark plans to helm a 3D gun-slinging wuxia called Tracks in the Snow Forest for the Bona Film Group. Today, Twitch offers word that Jacob Cheung, director of the Andy Lau-starring Battle of Wits AKA Battle of the Warriors, is also helming a 3D film for Bona.

Cheung will be putting together a new take on the same wuxia novel that inspired Ronny Yu’s 1993 Hong Kong film The Bride With White Hair. This time around it’ll be called White Hair Witch.

The Bride With White Hair has always been one of those classic early 90’s Hong Kong films that newcomers to the genre would soon seek out and be dazzled by. The film offered seminal roles for both Brigitte Lin and Leslie Cheung, and cemented the style of cinematographer Peter Pau, who would go on to serve as director of photography on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

My question is: how can a modern remake ever expect to top the original Bride With White Hair? Sure, technology has advanced a great deal in the intervening twenty years but Bride is one of those films that captures the limitless creativity and visual spectacle of 80’s and 90’s Hong Kong cinema – the film literally creates a world unto itself. That seemingly effortless magic is something filmmakers in the region have been struggling to recapture ever since.