The director of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies takes on his biggest production yet. Christian Bale will star in Zhang Yimou's upcoming 600 million yuan ($90.2 million) Nanjing Heroes about the Nanjing Massacre, China's most famous director said at a press conference Wednesday.
The budget is roughly equal to the budget of John Woo's Red Cliff, and approaches the total box office take of Aftershock, now China's most successful domestically-produced film.
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