Metroid Database.com

In case you hadn't already heard everywhere else (which apparently all of you have), as reported back on April 7 here, here, here, here, and here, veteran action movie director John Woo has been named to helm the Metroid movie. The project was optioned by Woo and producers Terence Chang and Brad Foxhoven after Zide-Perry Entertainment let their rights to the film expire.

Known for years to Hong Kong film buffs for films such as A Better Tomorrow, Bullet in the Head, The Killer, and Hard Boiled, Woo is more familiar to American audiences for directing Hollywood actioners such as Face/Off, Mission: Impossible 2, and Paycheck.

No word yet on any further developments regarding the movie.

--TJ