Word came earlier this month that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were going to collaborate on a remake of Oldboy, a classic Asian film. However, Will Smith has refuted the news story, noting that their new project will actually be an adaptation of the comics by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi.
Said Smith: “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…"
They are currently looking for a writer to begin the development process.
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A chance for Steven Spielberg and Will Smith to work together would be fantastic. They both hold their own brilliantly. Together would be a lava flow. Variety just reported that the two are in discussions to collaborate on a remake of Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy. The film won Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
DreamWorks is working on securing the remake rights, and the new film will be distributed by Universal.
In the 2003 Korean original, which is a second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, a man gets kidnapped and held in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. Suddenly, he’s released and given money, a cell phone and clothes and is set on a path to discover who destroyed his life so he can take revenge.
Spielberg would like to take this opportunity to make a film with Smith, who would play the kidnapped man if all the pieces fall into place. Spielberg is looking for a writer to begin the process of putting the production together.
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Variety reports that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in early discussions to collaborate on a remake of Oldboy, a Korean film by CHan Wook-park. Dreamworks is reportedly in the process of securing the remake rights, with the new film to be distributed by Universal.
The 2003 original saw a man getting kidnapped and held in a cell for 15 years without any explanation. Suddenly, he is freed, given money, a cell phone and clothes and is set on the path to discover who destroyed his life.
Smith is hoping to play the kidnapped man. Writers are being looked for right now to begin the development process.
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