"The Departed" Theatrical Poster
The latest news out of the Berlin International Film Festival is that Martin Scorsese will serve as executive producer on Andrew Lau’s next film, called Revenge of the Green Dragons. Our readers probably don’t need reminding that Scorsese’s hit film The Departed was an English-language remake of Andrew Lau’s Infernal Affairs – but, hey, Scorsese did thank Lau when he won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Production is scheduled to begin on Revenge of the Green Dragons in April. The film will presumably be shot in English; this isn’t Andrew Lau’s first American endeavor as he helmed the little-seen 2007 serial killer thriller The Flock, starring Richard Gere. Green Dragons is based on a New Yorker article and will follow two Chinese immigrants who arrive in the States only to become embroiled in the New York crime world.
