[News] Cha Tae-hyun considers his first historical film.

[News] Cha Tae-hyun considers his first historical film.
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Box office megastar Cha Tae-hyun is considering taking on his first sageuk, described as a Joseon-era Ocean’s Eleven. Interesting. But, um, why’s everything gotta be crossed with Ocean’s Eleven? It’s a romantic comedy, but crossed with Ocean’s Eleven! It’s Star Trek-meets-Zoolander-meets-Ocean’s Eleven! Okay, wait. I might actually be excited if they made that one.

Is it the new Pulp Fiction of homage-land? I once took a film class where literally every single project’s pitch was: Pulp Fiction-meets-True Romance-meets-Third Equally Ubiquitous Film Here. Not that I’m not excited at the prospect of a Joseon-era heist movie with eleven hot guys in silken robes. That actually DOES sound kinda awesome.

The project is called (quite aptly) Vanish With the Wind [바람과 함께 사라지다], and I’m curious to know a few things, like: What will they be stealing? Will it be super-fusion stylized? And how many hot co-conspirators can we get on this cast? It doesn’t need to be eleven, but if you’re going to cite Ocean’s Eleven as your inspiration, anything under seven is weak. Just sayin’.

Cha Tae-hyun is currently shooting the horse racing movie Champ, and once he wraps that project in late April, he plans on going straight into this one. Though nothing has been finalized, the distributor for Vanish With the Wind is Hello Ghost‘s New Entertainment, so I’m sure they offered him bucketfuls of cash to keep their string of hits…well, a string of hits.

Cha’s latest film Hello Ghost has sold over 3 million tickets, and was the 9th top grosser of 2010. His 2008 film Speed Scandal was the number one film that year. Apparently, the midas touch isn’t always a curse.