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Old Boy movie not based on Korean film
Friday, November 21, 2008
Will Smith told the folks over at Film School Rejects that the Old Boy movie he and Steven Spielberg have been developing is not a remake of the Korean film by Chan-wook Park, but based on the original Japanese manga of the same name.
Smith said:
We’re looking at that right now. Not the film though, it’s the original source material. There’s the original comics of ‘Oldboy’ that they made the first film from. And that’s what we’re working from, not an adaptation of the film…
Sounds like some spin from Smith as a lot of the chatter about the news of a remake has been negative. If we’re hearing about it this much then it will definitely happen.
By the way, I’m still calling it a remake.
Sorry Will.
Posted at 9:31AM by Mike
Old Boy remake to Dreamworks
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
According to THR Mandate has bought the rights to popular Korean cult hit Old Boy co-written and directed by Park Chan-wook from Universal, who had acquired the rights in 2004 with Vertigo Entertainment. And round and round we go.
Old Boy is “the story of Dae-Su who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor’s motives. When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef.” [wikipedia]
All of the usual ingredients are falling into place to make Old Boy another big budget, cookie cutter offering from Hollywood:
- The rights to a successful foreign film ripe for remaking, with a built in fan base, have been procured
- Dreamworks is involved
- Mark Protosevich who wrote I am Legend, Poseidon and The Cell is in talks to write the screenplay
- Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are developing the project
It is a formula that works. Doesn’t mean a great film. Financially successful? Yep.
Continue reading…
Posted at 8:49AM by Mike
