[25 .06.2000] News
-Mission: Impossible 2 World Wide box office results
-Fox Lorber: The Killer DVD release date
-New John Woo DVDs in Hong Kong and Japan

[18 .06.2000] News
-New war film set to break Hawaii spending record
-New John Woo interview
-Extras needed for next John Woo movie. Time to go to Hawaii

[11 .06.2000] News
- Cristian Slater casted in Windtalkers
- Peace Hotel DVD re-released
- M:I-2 the original idea for film finale (never filmed)
- Mission Impossible parody site
- John Woo in Premiere (June/2000)
- M:I-2 Tokyo premiere
- Old John Woo / Jackie Chan pictures
- Tom Cruise wants Chow Yun-fat in M:I-3
- Tsui Hark is planning Better Tomorrow remake with female cast

[04 .06.2000] News
- John Woo and Chow Yun-fat doing a video game for PlayStation 2
-  Windtalkers script reviewed
-  Yahoo Clubs: Unofficial John Woo club
-  Ain't Is Cool News poll about the best Woo film to date
-  Mission Impossibe 2 succee continues

Alternate versions of many John Woo movies. Some of these are released somewhere but not all of them.

New John Woo DVDs in Hong Kong and Japan

Mega Star has announced new John Woo DVDs, Hong Kong versions, but no release dates has been set so far. Both 'Heroes Shed No Tears' and 'Last hurrah for Chivalry' should be released on DVD some day, hopefully soon.

In Japan Beam has announced two other DVD releases for June 25 release. These discs are naturally coded for region 2 only. Bullet in the Head was released in Hong Kong a long time ago but Hand of Death seems to be first available time on DVD. What I have heard these DVDs should have English subtitles! And Chinese (traditional & simplified). And Japanese of course. Price for both is 4800 Yen each. Hand of Death has original Cantonese mono soundtrack. You can bet I would love to have that disc, I have seen only p&s and English dubbed version so far. This DVD offers letterboxed Cantonese version. Bullet in the Head is reported to include both Mandarin and Cantonese dialogue in Dolby Digital 2.0 mix. DD5.1 mix sounded a bit strange in Hong Kong version, stereo sound might be better, for sure I would be interested to hear that. Bullet was originally filmed with mono sounds.
- Bullet in the Head - Cat. no: BBBF-1320, sound: Cantonese DD2.0
- Hand of Death - Cat. no: BBBF-1267, sound: Cant & Mand. DD1.0
Sazuma.Com says Bullet in the Head Japan DVD would be released by Gaga Communications and include suntitles mentioned and Korean, Malaysian and Spanish.

The Killer DVD Fox Lorber version release date

The Killer - DVD - Available 10/3/00

Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Chu Kong
Director: John Woo

Explosive, bold and mind-blowing, The Killer is a pulse-stopping action sensation from the hot director of Mission Impossible 2, the 2000 summer blockbuster film starring Tom Cruise.
Category: Action & Adventure Runtime: 104 Minutes
Year: 1991 Rating: NR (not rated) Format: DVD
Price: $29.98 Catalog#: FLV5223

This info is from Fox Lorber web site, but surely film should run longer than 104 minutes? Maybe it is just error. Are they really going to release cut R-rated version?!! There is no specific information about extra material what this releases was supposed to include, there were some rumours about new audio commentary by John Woo and other stuff.

Other rumour has been if Fox Lorber is going to released Hard Boiled DVD, now words are saying it would be anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. But it all is useless tidbits if our biggest fears will become real and both The Killer and Hard Boiled DVDs from Fox Lorber will be CUT R-rated versions. Let's hope not.

Mission: Impossible 2 World Wide box office
Tuesday, 6/20/00- Don Groves at Variety reported

SYDNEY (Variety) - Socko debuts by ``Mission: Impossible 2'' in five territories plus impressive bows by ``Dinosaur'' in four countries and ``Gladiator's'' solid but not spectacular launch in Japan energized the foreign box office last weekend.

In much of Europe, however, studios have decided not to compete with the Euro 2000 soccer play-offs, and receipts plunged across-the-board.

Day-and-date with its insipid domestic premiere, ``Titan A.E.'' invaded Singapore, fetching a meager $104,000. Nonetheless, Fox believes it's devised a strong campaign, which will give the animated picture a better chance of finding audiences abroad. Its first major market date is July 7 in Brazil.

``Mission: 2'' raked in $7.9 million from 10 countries, bringing its foreign haul to $19.8 million in only the third weekend of international release. John Woo's actioner minted $2.1 million in two days in South Korea (an all-time high, beating ``The Mummy''), $1.7 million in two days in Taiwan (the second-biggest opener ever behind ``The Lost World: Jurassic Park'') and $1.3 million in four days in Argentina.

The Tom Cruise headliner smashed the industry local currency record in Turkey with $595,000 in three days, and in Chile harvested a fine $370,000 in four days. Through its third lap in Australia, the sequel has amassed $9.2 million.

From Yahoo Dailynews article
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000620/re/boxoffice_overseas_dc_1.html
More info:
http//www.worldwideboxoffice.com