Nov 19, 2008 by Courtney O.

Fredrik Bond to Direct The Host

Universal Pictures and Gore Verbinski are planning a remake of the 2006 Bong Joon-ho-directed Korean thriller The Host, and has set Fredrik Bond to make his feature directorial debut and Mark Poirier (Smart People) to write the script.

According to Variety, the story follows a town terrorized by a giant mutant squidlike creature hatched by toxins that flow into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band together to rescue her.

Verbinski will produce with Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison, along with Paul Brooks.

The film, originally titled Gwoemul, did record-breaking business in its theatrical run in South Korea.

Bond has directed commercial campaigns for Nike, Adidas and Levi's. He and Verbinski had been looking for a project to do together, and Bond said he embraced the opportunity to mix a larger-than-life monster with a heartfelt family drama.

No production date has been set.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (20)

  1. SPetnAZ

    Cloverfield was great for a 'Hollywood Monster Movie' - way better than Godzilla - but still ot as good as The Host. I agree with err - the characters in Cloverfield were LAME. No originality there.

    3 years agoby @spetnazFlag

  2. T.Clark

    I actually loved Cloverfield...but I don't want to get into that. I haven't seen the Host, though...I'll have to get on that

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  3. THE JOKER

    i agree with err on this one. Cloverfield was awful and i liked the original but this is sounding like it hs the potential to be just as bad as Cloverfield is what i was trying to say.

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  4. Err

    why is that moviemaniac?
    because it made more money?
    or because it was so gay?

    don't get me wrong, the monster was awesome but the story and the characters were mind-numbingly lame... in my opinion.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  5. Moviemaniack1993

    Cloverfield was monumentally better than The Host. I am still against this remake though.

    3 years agoby @moviemaniack1993Flag

  6. Err

    whoah, hey gaius, lay off the crank man.
    try to break your thoughts up into individual sentences next time, buddy.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  7. Err

    thanks moviebuff.
    high five.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  8. GaiusBaltar

    original great movie two year later remake what a f*cking joke this will be complet garbage wghtas wrong with people these days can they not be original

    3 years agoby @gaiusbaltarFlag

  9. MovieBuff

    Err said it all. Perfectly stated. Nice job err.

    3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag

  10. Err

    so they're remaking another chinese movie but at least its not a ghost story.

    the host came out before cloverfield though, and had a better story and a more believable monster. and no teeny bopper "wheres my girlffriend" bullsh*t or irratic nausea-inducing camera work.

    the original is freaking great, in my opinion, despite its off-kilter pacing. the monster was awesome.

    that scene, for instance, where you first see the fish monster in all its glory, running up the shore knocking people over was just fantastic.

    i don't have much faith in verbinski though, his work has been sort of hit or miss with me.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  11. THE JOKER

    ummmm mega dumb. sounds like another Cloverfield. yippie...........

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  12. K Rules !!!

    man whats up with hollywood now a days !!!

    Original is already too Kool... dont try to mess up with that. I really like that movie for strong emotions with splendid CG...

    3 years agoby @kiranjgandhiFlag

  13. Hunch51984

    Seriously! Come on this is stupid, there is absolutely no reason to do this, because it will never be as good as the original.

    3 years agoby @hunch51984Flag

  14. Shelley

    I was impressed with the special effects in the original and liked it so much I purchased the movie. I am beginning to think Universal has a whole department dedicated to remakes. Other countries are going to start to think that the US can not come up with an original idea.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  15. T.Clark

    Verbinski needs to get to work on Bioshock...more news on that please

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  16. Brainiac

    this is the second movie announced in like two weeks in which it was a reasonably successful movie from across seas that came out last year that is already gettin remade. the other being Death at a Funeral, which was awesome and doesn't need chris rock to f*ck up.

    3 years agoby @thebdFlag

  17. SPetnAZ

    I'm sorry but in no way was the original horrible. Hollywood is just gonna ruin it. Just like they did with 'The Grudge', 'The Ring' and 'Darkwater'.

    3 years agoby @spetnazFlag

  18. Timmy

    The original was horrible. Just make it better friends.

    3 years agoby @timmyFlag

  19. -comrade-

    They didn't even change the f*cking name!!
    It hought this movie got a lot of exposure? Why isn't this story titled--Americans to remake one-year-old So. Korean monster pic.

    3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  20. -comrade-

    AAAAHHHH!! What? Was the Asian version not good enough!! F*ck this, just resell the Korean version to a larger market!

    3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

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