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Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang to Star in Remake of Ang Lee’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’

Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang have been selected to star in an upcoming remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 romcom The Wedding Banquet. The reboot will be directed by Andrew Ahn from a screenplay by Ahn and James Schamus. The screenplay for the 1993 movie had been co-written by Lee, Schamus, and Neil Peng. According to…

Ang Lee Talks Homophobia Might Cost the Oscar for ‘Brokeback Mountain’

©Brokeback Mountain/Focus Features Director Ang Lee suggests that homophobia was a prime reason why his 2006 film Brokeback Mountain did not win a Best Picture Oscar. It lost out to the crime drama Crash, which has been called one of the worst films to win the award. Lee’s groundbreaking film about a love relationship between two…

‘Stonewalling’ Takes Top Honor at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Awards

China-set family drama Stonewalling, which was co-directed by husband-and-wife team Ryuji Otsuka and Huang Ji, won best narrative feature at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Awards this year. The honor comes after the feature premiered at the Venice Film Festival and also won best film in the Hong Kong Film Festival’s Young Cinema Competition Stonewalling also…

‘Brokeback Mountain’ To Open as Stage Production in London’s West End, Starring Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges

It was set in the American West, and now Brokeback Mountain will be playing in London’s West End. Based on the New Yorker short story by Annie Proulx, and described as a “play with music,” the production will have a 12-week run at the Sohoplace Theatre beginning on May 10. Directed by Jonathan Butterell, Brokeback…

Ang Lee to Direct Son Mason Lee in Bruce Lee Biopic at Sony’s 3000 Pictures

Ang Lee has signed on to direct Bruce Lee, a biopic about the eponymous legendary martial arts legend, for Sony’s 3000 Pictures. The Oscar-winning filmmaker will work with his son, Mason Lee, who has been cast in the titular role, Deadline is reporting. Dan Futterman, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original…