Hong Kong, March 2. (AP): Warner Bros. remade the Hong Kong crime thriller ``Infernal Affairs'' into the Oscar-winning movie ``The Departed.''

Now it's hoping to produce another hit by buying the rights to another movie made by the same creative team behind ``Infernal Affairs'' and hiring Leonardo DiCaprio's company to shoot the Hollywood version.

Warner Bros. spokeswoman Andrea Marozas and spokeswoman Emily Wong for Hong Kong's Media Asia film company confirmed the deal for the rights to the 2006 movie ``Confession of Pain'' but didn't say how much the rights cost.

``Confession of Pain,'' starring Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Taiwanese-Japanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro, is about a Hong Kong police officer who avenges the murder of his family after marrying the killer's daughter and earning his trust.

Like ``Infernal Affairs,'' ``Confession of Pain'' was directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak and written by Felix Chong.

Hollywood producer Roy Lee said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Warner Bros. has hired him and DiCaprio's production company to shoot the ``Confession of Pain'' remake.

It wasn't immediately clear if DiCaprio, who starred in ``The Departed,'' will also star in the American version of ``Confession of Pain.''

Lee said William Monahan, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for ``The Departed,'' will also write the remake of ``Confession of Pain.''

He said producers haven't decided on a director.

``The Departed,'' which also features Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon, also won best picture and best director for Martin Scorsese in Oscars results announced on Sunday.

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