HOLLYWOOD (Variety) – After a frustrating tenure on the lot at Sony Pictures, action director John Woo has signed a three-year film production deal with MGM.

The Hong Kong native did not direct a single film for Sony during his two years there, and instead focused on shooting “Mission: Impossible 2“ for Paramount and developing two MGM projects.

“Woo and the studio have enjoyed a wonderful relationship thus far,“ said Michael Nathanson, MGM`s president and chief operating officer. “It will expand from movies that John will direct here to ones that he and Terence (Chang, Woo`s partner in Lion Rock Prods.) will also produce here.“

Woo is currently committed to directing MGM`s Nicolas Cage starrer “Wind Talkers“ and, according to Nathanson, is already in advanced talks to helm and produce a second MGM picture that Nathanson declined to name.

And just as netting Woo is clearly a coup for MGM, it`s a loss for Columbia Pictures.
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Woo`s career exploded as loudly as a car in one of his hard-boiled action pictures after hits like “Broken Arrow“ (1996) and “Face/Off“ (1997). Together, those pics produced well over half a billion dollars at the worldwide box office.

In January 1998, he signed a two-year, first-look deal with Sony. But after Sony underwent a change in the executive suites, Woo found the new management was largely unreceptive to many of his picture plans.

Instead, Woo inked a deal to helm the sequel to “Mission: Impossible“ at Paramount and, after Sony passed on the project, set up the WWII espionage thriller “Wind Talkers“ at MGM.

Asked how soon Woo and Chang could be on the lot, Nathanson responded, “We`ve already ordered the trucks.“ He hastened to call the new deal “a continued step for MGM to be in the mainstream and attract first class talent.“