Tony Leung and newcomer Tang Wei are set to star in Ang Lee's espionage thriller
Lust, Caution, says Variety.
Set in WWII-era Shanghai, Leung will star as a powerful political figure in 1940s Shanghai, while Tang plays a young woman who gets swept up in a dangerous game of intrigue.
Chinese pop star Wang Lee Hom will also join the cast as a young student. Wang Hui-Ling is adapting the screenplay, based on a short story by Eileen Chang.