John Woo's Red Cliff shooting location caught fire, one killed
10/6/2008 17:29
The shooting of John Woo's new movie Chi Bi, or The Battle of Red Cliff,
was stopped by a serious fire with one dead and at least three injured, today's
Beijing News reported.
The fire broke on early yesterday morning when the
crew were shooting a scene that a small smoking boat crashed with a large
ancient war vessel at a location in northern suburb of Beijing.
A 23-year-old
stunt man was killed in the fire, the newspaper quoted the local fire control
department. And at least three people were sent to hospital, other sources
said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
John Woo was in
Hong Kong and the second unit director was in charge of the shooting, according
to the newspaper.
The historical epic drama with a budget of US$80 million
was claimed to be Asia's biggest movie production, gathering a bunch of famed
actors including Tony Leung, Zhang Fengyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
The film,
adapted from China's classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is divided
into two parts and the first part is going to be released next month.
It has
been Woo's latest Chinese movie following his several Hollywood motions such as
Face Off and Mission Impossible II.
Xinhua
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