in may 2006, producer Bill Kong announced that he was producing a live-action film adaptation of the amine Blood: The Last Vampire, to be directed by Yu. Like the source material, it would be primarily filmed in English rather than Japanese. Kong and Yu originally planned to finance the project themselves, but in November 2006, Production I.G officially consented to the film and began offering financial support. Rather than being paid a straight license, Production I.G will receive a percentage of all revenues generated by the film. Through ties to Manga Entertainment, the French company Pathé became the film's co-production company, joining the Hong Kong-based Edko. Yu was retained as its producer, but Nahon took over as the film's director. Originally slated to be released worldwide in spring 2008, the film premiered in Japan on 29 May 2009, and was released in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2009. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group licensed the film for release in North America, where it was released to theatres by Samuel Goldwyn Films on 10 July 2009. The film grossed US$473,992 in Japan, and had a worldwide gross of US$5,731,143. On the opening weekend of its limited release to twenty theatres in the United States, the film grossed $103,000. In 2010, Yu appeared in the A Nightmare on Elm Street documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy. Films Producer only The Extras (Jia li fei) (1978) Eight in the Family (1985) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (Fu gui bi ren) (1987) The Girl Next Door (1988) Chicken and Duck Talk (Ji tong ya jiang) (1988) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World 2 (Fu gui zai po ren) (1988) Summer Lovers (Xia ri qing ren) (1992) Once Upon a Time a Hero in China (Huang Fei Hong xiao zhuan) (1992) Cohabitation (Tong ju guan xi) (1993) The Incorruptible (Li Luo-Fu qi an) (1993) All's Well, Ends Well Too (Hua tian xi shi) (1993) Once Upon a Time a Hero in China II (Huang Fei Hong dui Huang Fei Hong) (1993) Satin Steel (Chung Gam Suk) (1994) References Works cited Bracke, Peter (2006), Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday The 13th, Titan Books, ISBN 978-1845763435 External links 1950 births Living people Hong Kong film directors American film directors of Hong Kong descent Ohio University alumni Hong Kong people of Shandong descent