Apparently, in feudal Japan there were a bunch of Samurai swordsmen who avenged the death of their master by, I assume, killing people. This tale will now be turned into a movie titled 47 RONIN, currently being written by Chris Morgan and will star Keanu Reeves…yes, that Keanu Reeves. This news from Variety. The story also mentions that it will be incorporating fantastical elements like in THE LORD OF THE RINGS and have battle scenes like GLADIATOR and 300. It’s being directed by Carl Rinsch.
You’re probably going to expect me to hate this idea and you would normally be right, but for some reason…I don’t. Maybe I’m just getting old and mellower, but that story sounds pretty cool and Keanu is alright. He’s even half-Asian (so the article says anyway) so it’s not completely out of left field (though his Asian-ness is Chinese not Japanese, but that’s close enough for Hollywood). The fantasy elements sound like a dumb idea that won’t help out such a good story, and the person who wrote the article must have never seen either GLADIATOR or 300 if they think that their fight scenes were even remotely similar. Other than that though, could be good.
