Source: Variety

The Weinstein's are in final talks to sign a three-picture deal with top Chinese thesp Ziyi Zhang, the first being a live-action version of MULAN.

Second up with Zhang, The Weinstein Co. is planning a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 pic THE SEVEN SAMURAI, reports Variety.

Parties involved with the talks didn't reveal the third film to be made under the deal between Zhang and TWC, or the identity of co-producing partners on "Samurai."

Mulan is scripted by Wang Hui-ling ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and forthcoming John Woo project "The Battle of Red Cliff"). It draws on a Chinese folk tale of a female resistance fighter who disguises herself as her father to take his place in battle. Disney made MULAN into an animated pic in 1998, but the tale was first put on the big screen in a 1956 Chinese production.