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Tuesday 9 December 2008

Dude! Keanu is going to be a Samurai in 47 Ronin

Keanu Reeves is set to become a samurai swordsmen in an epic period film titled 47 Ronin for Universal Pictures. The screenplay is being written by Chris Morgan (Wanted, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift).

It is based on the true story of a band of samurai swordsmen who avenged the death of their master on December 14th, 1702 in Japan. According to First Showing, Reeves will play one of the swordsmen and the film will be a stylized version of the story, mixing fantasy elements with gritty battle scenes like to those in Gladiator.

Is there nothing Ted "Theodore" Logan can do?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yea 'cause when i m thinkin ancient japanese samurai keanu reeves is totally the first name that comes to my head....

mhh. still sounds like a gd, generic revenge story. i m a sucker for samurai films as well :/

Live for films said...

LOL! He isn't the first person I would think to play a Samurai but like you a Samurai film is always worth watching. First Cruise now Reeves...Jack Black can't be far behind

Anonymous said...

Whoaa!