Police ministry sponsors Lu Chuan's serial killer film

By Zhang Rui
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Famous Chinese director Lu Chuan has initiated a new film project on China's "Jack the Ripper" with help from China's Ministry of Public Security.

Chinese director Lu Chuan [File photo/Xinhua] 

The Shield Entertainment Center under Ministry of Public Security has signed a deal with Lu Chuan's studio to co-produce the film.

Known as the "Chinese Jack the Ripper," Gao Chengyong raped and killed 11 women and girls between 1988 and 2002 at the victims' homes in Baiyin, Gansu Province, and in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, often mutilating his victims. Somehow, he managed to escape justice for 28 years until his arrest on Aug. 26.

In China, to make a real crime case into movie needs approval from both the China Film Bureau and the Ministry of Public Security. There has been no further information about the project because it's just at the starting point, according to a representative from Lu's studio.

Many film studios have already been rushing to make a film out of the Gao Chengyong case. In early September, Meridian Entertainment also announced it planned to work with Tianya.cn, China's biggest online message board, to adapt the top 10 unsolved criminal cases into films, including Gao's story.

However, director Cao Baoping, who has directed many classic Chinese crime films including the latest "Cock and Bull," said he would not chase the socially hot topic and rush into making a film so quickly.

"The case needs to be further developed to become a good film," he said. “Investors wanted to make quick money from the sensational case, but you have to put your own feelings, emotions and talent into it to develop the story properly. Rushed works will only be rubbish."

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