As Ang Lee is “Struggling” to get the budget needed to make his Bruce Lee biopic, he’s decided to hop onboard another project, and this one is gaining considerable steam.
Lee will soon be going into pre-production on “Old Gold Mountain,” a film set at the twilight of the American “Gold Rush,” tackling the journey of two orphaned immigrants.
This is an adaptation of C. Pam Zhang’s acclaimed debut novel “How Much of These Hills Is Gold,” and was originally conceived as a series, but plans have changed and Lee is now in charge to make something cinematic out if the source material.
Not just that, but three-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, who has just finishied work on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Tom Cruise movie, will be lensing the film, which means it’ll at the very least be a visual beauty.
“Old Gold Mountain” is supposed to start production in Northern California this coming August. Korean-American playwright Hansol Jung has written the screenplay — she’s best known for having penned Apple TV’s acclaimed series “Pachinko.”
Avy Kaufman is in charge with casting, and although no details have been divulged at this time, expect an announcement to come fairly soon.
Lee is the renowned filmmaker behind “Sense and Sensibility,” “The Ice Storm,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Lust, Caution,” and “Life of Pi.” It’s been eight years since his last film, “Gemini Man,” and this could be his long overdue return.