This new version won't be a remake, however. The original was a five-minute silent, black-and-white clip of a scene from the Peking opera of the same name, while the new Mount Dingjun will tell the story of the making of that movie. Naturally it will be updated for today's audiences, who like their history served with a side of romance; a love interest is being written in to link the main characters together. Says the scriptwriter:

If it's only the simple story of three men, tell me what audience will want to see it? She opens up the men's story, and the film is more interesting for it.

The image on the left comes from an archive on Zhejiang Metropolitan Online of movie posters and stills throughout the century. A still from Moung Dingjun, used in most news reports on the new movie, is here.