'Nanking' to Be Filmed in China, Recreating the Japanese Attack in 1937

'Nanking' to Be Filmed in China, Recreating the Japanese Attack in 1937

* William Macdonald of HBO's 'Rome' writing screenplay.

* The late American educator Minnie Vautrin, who saved thousands, will be featured.

* Release date to be December 2007 in time for 70th anniversary of the massacre.

LOS ANGELES, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Producer Gerald Green announced today that an agreement has been reached with the government of the People's Republic of China to proceed with a film based on the infamous siege by Japanese forces of Nanking, then China's capital, during late 1937 and early 1938.

The film will be produced by Green's company, Viridian Entertainment and by the Jiangsu Provincial Culture Industry Group, headed by its chairman, Dr. Li Xiangmin.

Production is set to begin in late 2006 in China for release on the 70th anniversary of the commencement of the attack, which began on December 19, 1937.

Said Green: "This film will be epic in scope but also an intimate portrait of two women -- one, a mother of a traditional Chinese family and the other, a real historical figure, the heroic American educator Minnie Vautrin. Between them, 300,000 Chinese are saved from certain murder and rape."

Writing the screenplay is William Macdonald, co-creator and senior executive producer of HBO's epic series "Rome."

Says Macdonald, "The film will reintroduce the world to a brutal event that once shocked the world and was known as 'The Rape of Nanking'."

Added Green: "Certain Asian scholars pursuing their own nationalist agendas have dared to deny the tragedies that occurred in Nanking seventy years ago despite the overwhelming oral, filmed, and recorded history to the contrary. We intend to right that wrong, using the devastating personal and family tragedies that resulted as the true measure of what was done here."

About Viridian Entertainment

Viridian Entertainment is owned by producer Gerald Green with offices in Los Angeles, London, and Bangkok. Among the movies for theatrical release produced by Gerald Green are Oliver Stone's Salvador, Bride of the Wind directed by Bruce Beresford, My First Mister starring Albert Brooks and Leelee Sobieski, and Diamonds starring Kurt Douglas, Dan Akroyd, and Lauren Bacall.

Contact:
Scott Kelly
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Source: Viridian Entertainment

CONTACT: Scott Kelly of Viridian Entertainment, +1-323-655-0844, ext. 5,
or cell, +1-323-547-1039, scottk@creativeignition.com

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