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Spike Lee In Talks To Helm Oldboy Remake |
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Wednesday, 06 July 2011 03:38 |
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If you have seen Park Chan Wook's original Oldboy then you know that it wouldn't exactly seem like a natural fit for Steven Spielberg and Will Smith. But they are the heavy hitters originally in line to bring an American remake(although their version was said to be a more direct adaptation of the original Manga) to the screen. Well, Spielberg is out but Twitchfilm reports that another high profile director may take his place..
Twitch has learned that Spike Lee is currently in talks to direct the long-rumored Hollywood remake of Park Chan-Wook´s Oldboy.
Word of a US remake of the Park Chan-Wook revenge classic first surfaced in 2008 with word that both Steven Spielberg (in some capacity) and Will Smith were eyeing the project and now it appears to finally be moving ahead.
Smith was in line to play lead character Oh De Su(Shinichi Gotō in the comic) and may still Read more: |
