THE latest news on how Hollywood movie moguls are hoping to lure Hongkong director John Woo will fuel further speculation about when, or if, he is due international recognition.
Word reaches us that executives with TriStar Pictures have approached Woo to direct Pin Cushion - billed as a ''futuristic action road movie'' in the genre of Thelma and Louise, Easy Rider and Route 66, with Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct ) touted for the starring role.
TriStar already has the rights to remake Woo's 1988 blockbuster The Killer, with Richard Gere and Denzel Washington replacing Danny Lee and Chow Yun-fatt in the starring roles, although Woo is unlikely to be involved in the new version.
But there are no guarantees either project will get off the ground, with budgets tight in cash-strapped Tinseltown.
Last April, TriStar executive Chris Lee said shooting for the remake of The Killer would be held last autumn. That never came to pass, although the script has been written.
Woo's management team, the powerful William Morris agency, confirmed discussions had been held about Pin Cushion.