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American McGee's Kickstarter to acquire the film right to Alice in Wonderland has caught the attention of veteran film director Tsui Hark, who has agreed to join the Shanghai-based developer's effort in making this dream movie a reality.Hark has had a long and storied career having directed such action epics as Once Upon a Time in China, Time and Tide, and more recently Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. Like the similarly Hong Kong-based John Woo, he's had some clunkers in his day - such as the Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dennis Rodman vehicle Double Team after a brief stint in the US - but by and large Hark remains a critically acclaimed director. Plus, which great action director didn't make a crappy action movie in the mid 90s? It was kind of hard to avoid then, I reckon.
"The madness and violence reveal the inner power of a teenager fighting in a hypocrite world of the adult villains. I can already see the impact of the story as a movie," said Hark in a Kickstarter update. "I'd be more than enthusiastic to participate in any effort to make it possible for Alice to come alive on the big screen. I'd join the team to make this project a wonderful success."
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