Spike Lee in talks to direct remake of Asian cult classic thriller Oldboy
According to TwitchFilm, Spike Lee is currently in talks to direct the long-rumored Hollywood remake of Park Chan-Wook’s cult classic revenge thriller Oldboy. Development on the remake supposedly began in 2008 with word that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were eyeing the project and now it appears to be finally moving ahead. Oldboy is set ….
Australian horror Lake Mungo remake gets writer
David Leslie Johnson, who wrote the script for the Orphan, which hits theaters on July 24th, has been tapped to pen a remake of the Australian horror suspense film Lake Mungo for Paramount Vantage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vantage grabbed remake rights to the film in November, when it premiered at the American Film ….
Last House on the Left director gets a Cure
The Last House on the Left director Dennis Iliadis has signed on to direct the thriller Cure later this summer, according to Variety. Cure centers on a young man who enters his wife in an experimental treatment program to save her from a terminal illness. While she returns completely cured, she’s suddenly infected with something ….
Stephen King’s It headed to the big screen
Warner Bros. has tapped Dave Kajganich – wrote penned The Invasion and Joel Schumacher’s upcoming horror Creek – to adapt Stephen King’s horror novel It, with Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Doug Davison producing, according to Variety. The original story follows the lives of seven children in a small Maine town who confront a demonic ….
Pirates director to remake The Host (Gwoemul)
Looks like Gore Verbinski, who helmed The Ring and the Pirates of the Caribbean threesome, will be remaking another Asian film – this time a Korean monster movie that broke box office records in that country, and has developed sort of a cult following elsewhere. Universal and Verbinski have nabbed remake rights to the 2006 ….