Crouching Tiger, Hidden everything else

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=34897

The Weinstein Co. has acquired the worldwide rights to Crane—Iron Pentalogy, a series of five martial-arts-oriented novels penned by Wang Du Lu, and plans to realize the stories as stage shows and feature films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The fourth book in the series, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has already been made into a blockbuster martial-arts-fantasy feature, and it will be the first of the stories to receive the theater treatment.

According to the trade publication, Weinstein Co. bosses Bob and Harvey Weinstein also intend to spin shows and movies out of the other four stories, Crane Frightens KunLun; Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin; Sword Spirit, Pearl Light; and Iron Knight, Silver Vase. The stories follow three generations of a martial-arts family throughout the Qing dynasty.

Harvey Weinstein told The Hollywood Reporter that he anticipates "a series of great films, much like the Lord of the Rings trilogy." He added that he considers the four as-yet-unproduced stories to be prequels and sequels to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which received an Academy Award nomination as best picture in 2001.

Raph's Girl note: They had better do this justice or else! I LOVE Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! I saw the subbed version in theatres (dragging my mom with me). Mmm... Chow Yun Fat....