Another image has shown up for the live action Blood: The Last Vampire movie produced by Ronnie Yu (of Fearless, The Bride with White Hair, Freddy vs Jason and Bride of Chucky) and directed by Chris Nahon (Kiss of the Dragon). Well known Korean actress Jeon Ji Hyun plays Saya (the titular last vampire) who hunts down chiropterans (mutant vampires) with her katana in a US army camp in Tokyo just after the end of WWII. Hopefully it’ll be a good adaptation since the French studio Pathé seems to be handling it.
Read about it from TwitchFilm and Films Actu here.
I hope in this movie they keep the vietnam war setting as a deep plot to the story and her sister Diva appear! But for me i will put in this movie for Saya Christina ricci because it has the same features of face and attitude like her; nonetheless, this korean actress i hope she displayed great serious manner but thats gonna be with the directors script.
I’m not sure if Jeon Ji Hyun is able to pull it off (she’s more well known for comedy/romance, not horror) but who knows, it seems it’s a collaboration so they’re able to avoid the usual traps. From what I read it’s more like the first OAV where it’s set in Japan in the US army base, but we’ll find more info as it comes out. If the US remakes it I’ll second the versatile Ms Ricci for Saya (inevitable if it’s not in English and a good movie).