Buried in this Variety profile of director John Woo is this revelation: Woo is looking to “line up A-list talent” to star in English-language remakes of Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samourai and Woo’s own 1989 breakthrough The Killer. That Woo wants to put his own, slow-motion-dove spin on Le Samourai isn’t all that surprising—he’s long spoken of Melville as a huge influence, and he’s openly talked about his desire to remake it. But the idea that Woo would even think about rehashing The Killer (which was itself very nearly a remake of Le Samourai) is certainly unexpected: American directors from Walter Hill to (most recently) John H. Lee have tried to get their versions off the ground to no avail, and given its enduring popularity, it seems particularly unnecessary for Woo to make it all over again.