Director John Woo will team up with the China Film Group for his upcoming tragic romance, Tai Ping Lun (previously known as: 1949) .The project will mark the second collaboration of the two parties, following the hugely successful and extremely profitable period wartime epic, Red Cliff.

The story for the film opens at the end of World War II, and is based on real-life events that took place during the final years of the Chinese Civil War. It will focus on the loves, lives and deaths of three pairs of lovers as they travel on an overloaded cruise liner from the Chinese Mainland to Taiwan. It will culminate with the ship’s catastrophic collision with a cargo ship on the night of Jan 27, 1949, which resulted in the deaths of around a thousand celebrities.

The cast is expected to include rising Taiwanese star Chang Chen (Blood Brothers) and Korean A-list actress Song Hye-kyo (Fetish). The screenplay was written by Lust, Caution and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ scribe, Wang Hui-ling.

And, finally be sure to check out the June issue of Jade Screen Magazine for our exclusive interview with John Woo.