Sony Classics Makes Blood Simple Deal with Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou, the legendary Chinese best known recently for masterminding the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies -- is winding down his remake of the Coen Brothers' classic debut Blood Simple. And rejoice: Now that Sony Pictures Classics has officially announced its acquisition of the film (working Chinese title: The Stunning Case of the Three Gunshots) you will now get a chance to see it Stateside without any infamously Harveyesque tinkering. No release date is yet announced, but if this doesn't debut next year at Sundance -- where the original launched the Coens' careers 25 years ago -- you can bury me in a field and leave me for dead, Texas-style. [SPC]