This looks pretty interesting. MTV reports:
Bale will headline “Nanjing Heroes,” a period drama about the Massacre of Nanjing, also known as the”Rape of Nanking, from award-winning Chinese filmmaker Zhang Youmi (“Hero,” “Raise the Red Lantern”)…
In the film, Bale will play an American Catholic priest who shelters a group of prostitutes and female students in his church during the Massacre of Nanking, a 1937 invasion in which Japanese soldiers stormed China’s then-capital and murdered and raped thousands of Chinese citizens.
Based on Yan Geling’s novel “The 13 Women of Nanjing,” the film will begin shooting in China in January, with roughly 40 percent of the dialogue spoken in English and the rest in Mandarin.
Bale’s a pretty great actor so I’m definitely intrigued by this movie. A movie with a priest as a hero would be a nice change of pace.
December 23, 2010 at 3:32 am
more like a tautology
December 23, 2010 at 3:59 am
God bless you, Larry D!
December 23, 2010 at 4:18 am
Amen, LarryD!
I really like Christian Bale… but I just have a feeling this may be too good to be true!
December 23, 2010 at 4:28 am
@Larry D. OMG u r so Witty. God bless you!!!
December 23, 2010 at 4:29 am
Larry D! What are you referring to?
December 23, 2010 at 4:29 am
LarryD,
I deleted your comment just because it contained that lunatic's comment. I hope you don't take offense.
December 23, 2010 at 9:20 am
Maybe the "great minds of the world" will find something bad to say about it. If they can not say the priest didn't do anything, they will say he didn't do enough – like they do with Pius XII.
December 23, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Matthew – none taken. Merry Christmas!