Ziyi signs 3-movie Hollywood deal

好莱坞电影大亨哈维·温斯坦最近与影星章子怡签下三部电影合约，并在日前的戛纳影展敲定了双方合作的两部电影，一部是中国题材的《花木兰》，另一部则是重拍日本大导演黑泽明的经典作品《七武士》，巧得是，章子怡在两部电影中都有女扮男装的情节。

 

 

Zhang Ziyi, the Chinese star of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Memoirs of a Geisha", has signed a three-picture deal with Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, state media said.

Zhang, 27, confirmed that she would star in three movies including a film about Chinese folk heroine, Hua Mulan, and a remake of the Japanese classic "The Seven Samurai", Xinhua news agency said in a report late on Monday.

In both movies the 27-year-old would play women disguised as men, the report said.

As Mulan, she will play a young girl who goes to battle in place of her sick father. In "Samurai", she will play a village girl who dresses as a man to protect herself from bandits.

No details were provided on the subject of the third film.

The report said Zhang met Weinstein, a former founder of Miramax, at France's Cannes film festival last month.

The three-picture deal confirms Zhang's rise in Hollywood estimation after a string of martial arts hits and despite a lukewarm reception for her last film "Geisha".

Zhang's new movie "The Banquet", a Chinese-language costume drama directed by China's Feng Xiaogang, is due for release later this year, Xinhua said.

(Agencies)

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Vocabulary:

mogul : 显要人物；大亨

bandit ：强盗；土匪

The Seven Samurai：《七武士》，日本导演经典巨作。故事描写了一个常遭强盗洗劫的偏僻小村庄，雇用了七名浪人武士来保卫村子。七武士忘我血战，牺牲巨大，最终于歼灭了强盗，帮助恢复了村庄原有的宁静。 影片最精彩之处是黑泽明用多台望远镜头，摄制了在急风暴雨中武士们拼死决战的场面。该片曾获威尼斯电影节银狮奖。