Apparently, Lucy Liu's long-promised "Charlie Chan" movie will not be happening. A look at IMDb no longer shows that project as being "in production" or in any other state, as far as I could determine. This is perhaps for the better, as, from what she stated in an excerpt from an article (from late-2006) that can be found in the Miscellaneous section or our Study, Ms. Liu appeared to be a bit agenda-driven regarding her proposed take on Charlie Chan.

If anyone has any further information about Liu's seemingly cancelled project, please let us know, especially if I am in error regarding the above.

Sincerely,
Rush Glick

Scrapping this is a good thing. She's also lost a bit of her star power (to the extent she ever had any to begin with) so I doubt she has any meaningful clout in Hollywood anymore.

I still am of the opinion that a production similar to what A&E did several years ago with Nero Wolfe would be the best possible scenario. Unfortunately it doesn't look like that is going to happen anytime soon.

I see it as good news/bad news:

If Lucy Liu was "ageda driven" to do it and she's no longer interested in the project . . . that might mean that she realizes that "her version" may be only interesting to those who complain about the depiction of Asian Americans in the movies.

The good deal is that as the continued sales of Charlie Chan DVDS may have put a big dent in Liu's plans, maybe this will help spur getting the rest of the Chans out on DVD.

We can hope!

Virginia

Dear Virginia,

I agree. Also, I concur with Steve that this is a positive, in that we will not have yet another dose of very bitter medicine of a very dubious manufacture force-fed to us. Actually, I believe that if a well made, true to Chan "tradition" had been made, that this could have actually given a boost Lucy Liu's seemingly dimming career. Sadly, however, this would take a measure of independence and courage, and, dare I add - creativity?

Indeed, burgeoning DVD sales of Charlie Chan films, as well as other much more family friendly and mind-stimulating classics speaks volumes.

Sincerely,
Rush