Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Movie News: Spike Lee to Direct Oldboy Remake?


In case you didn't know, there has been an American English language remake of Oldboy in the works for the past couple of years.  Steven Spielberg was attached to direct the remake a couple of years ago with Will Smith attached to star.  Luckily and thankfully that project fell apart after some rights issues got in the way. Film geeks thought the project was forever stuck in development hell after that news broke, but Twitch is now reporting that Spike Lee is the frontrunner to direct the film now.

Spike Lee has been struggling to get his films made lately so this makes sense in a commercial sense for him.  I think that Lee is definitely more of apt choice than Spielberg is, but I just wish that there wasnt a remake in the works at all.  It will now be interesting to see who Lee lines up to star in his film and how it will differ from the original South Korean film.

I can't recommend the original film enough in case you haven't seen it yet.  It is one of the bleakest revenge films ever made with some of the most cynical plot twists.  On top of this, the film also holds a number of truly amazing sequences.  The one take hallway fight scene deserves every bit of love it gets and it's easy to see why the scene became an instant classic.

What do you guys think about Spike Lee directing an Oldboy remake?

7 comments:

  1. didn't even know spike lee was attempting to get movies made. good info!

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  2. Well, I think it's awesome, why not!

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  3. I love Spike Lee movies and I enjoyed the original Oldboy so sounds good to me.

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  4. Well Spike Lee is one of the greatest directors in Hollywood. Also i have to say this is an awesome blog, followd

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  5. I never watched the original so I couldn't tell, but if they're making a remake it must've been big. I think I'll check the original out.

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  6. I've never seen old boy but I've always liked Spike Lees work. Should be good regardless.

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