The Corruptor

Genre: Action/Crime.

Studio: New Line Cinema.
Production Company: Illusion Entertainment.

Project Phase: Greenlighted.

Who's In It: Chow Yun-Fat (Nick Chen); Mark Wahlberg (Danny Wallace); Elizabeth Lindsey (Louise Deng); Byron Mann (Bobby Vu).
Who's Making It: James Foley (Director); Robert Pucci (Screenwriter); Oliver Stone, Dan Halsted (Producers); Bill Carraro, Terence Chang (Executive Producers); Jon Krauss (Co-Producer); Juan Ruiz-Anchia (Director of Photography); Howard Smith (Editor); David Brisbin (Production Designer).

Premise: A police officer under the influence of Chinese gangsters takes on a rookie as his partner, who goes along with his corruption. In reality, though, the rookie is an Internal Affairs officer investigating his partner.

Release Date: February 1999.

Comments: None.

Rumors: Unknown.

Scoop Feedback:

[Page draft submitted by 'Deadpool', 'Widgett'.]

April 10, 1998... Wahlberg is reported to have a $2 million paycheck for this outing. [Scoop provided by 'Widgett'.] [Special thanks to 'Mr. Orange' for the poster image and a whack of crew information! We would also like to acknowledge Honk Kong Heroes and Thunder magazine for background information. Big thanks to 'T', Vince Yim, 'DeMzaLF', 'eirias', 'VictryLeo', and anonymous for tipping us with their scoops. ]

Our second scooper had a leaflet passed to him by a Toronto casting firm seeking extras for work in this production last December. The film is expected to start this month and wrap shooting May 23 in Toronto. [Thanks to 'hjuma' and 'mhardstaff'.]



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