Hollywood has been mining Asian movies for ideas for years - but now an
American studio is remaking one of its home productions as a
Chinese-language movie with local partners. Warner China Film
HG is releasing "Connected" on September
25, remaking the 2004 New Line Cinema thriller "Cellular," starring Kim
Basinger. "Cellular"
is about a kidnapped woman who makes a call to a random mobile phone
seeking help. "Connected" changes the setting to Hong Kong and switches
the cast to Chinese-speaking actors - Hong Kong's Louis Koo, Chinese
mainland's Liu Ye and Taiwan's Barbie Hsu.

Barbie Hsu