Deadline reports The Weinstein Company has swept in as US distributor for Reign of Assassins on the eve of the Shanghai International Film Festival. The Fortissimo film is co-directed by John Woo and Terence Chang.
The martial arts epic is a fast-paced action thriller set in the Ming Dynasty and stars Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, SUNSHINE), as a skilled assassin who falls in love with the son of a man who was killed by her gang. Unaware that he also is a trained martial artist, their love blossoms and then tensions rise as the past comes back to haunt them.
The press release notes John Woo will head the jury at the Shanghai Fest, and he’ll receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in September.