Spike Lee eyeing Oldboy remake
The 2005 original centered on a man is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and his wife is brutally murdered.
Mandate is producing and Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) is writing the script.
No production date has been set.
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Err
Hmm.
11 months agoby @err2005Flag
Billyboy
I'd rather see Will Smith eaten by a squid than the other way around.
11 months agoby @billyboyFlag
Dan
@narrator You had to bring up the Lethal Weapon reboot, didn't you? *facepalm* sigh....
11 months agoby @dan1Flag
m2
Do something else Spike, but not this. You too Hollywood!!
11 months agoby @m2Flag
MovieWiz001
Don't be a fool, fool!
11 months agoby @moviewiz001Flag
Jay.A.Ottley
HELL F*CKING NO!!! Sorry i'll just watch the original if Spike Lee is directing
11 months agoby @jayaottleyFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
@ejk1, not to mention The Departed (Japan's "Internal Affairs"). However, some remakes are actually worth the risk. Internal Affairs, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, etc are pretty worthwhile remakes, as the foreign films were good, but in another language, and so, to capitalize on the idea, they'd remake them nearly word for word (with a few exceptions) give them a solid cast, and introduce fine film-making to the american audiences once again. Not all remakes are an evil.
That said, most are. Let Me In, while it was a good remake, was still completely unnecessary. Oldboy, while I find it overrated, is still a very solid film that can't be duplicated. It's just tooo.... different. Too unique to ever be remade for American audiences. Studios really need to pick their battles, ahem, I mean remakes, far more carefully. I'm still shocked over the Lethal Weapon reboot going on, and that's a reboot!
11 months agoby @narratorFlag
Sbrio26
OMG NOOOOO!!... There couldn't possibly be a worse match of director and film than this. Lee is fine with certain kinds of movies but OLDBOY! The only (and I mean ONLY) director who could possibly not screw up a remake of this film is Quentin Tarantino!
If Spike Lee is the best they can do then they need to scrap the whole idea!
UGH
11 months agoby @sbrio26Flag
Summit10
Spike just take care of Amare and Carmelo will yah :) Thanks!
11 months agoby @summit10Flag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
ugh
11 months agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
ejk1
I've never seen the original, but this doesn't surprise me. Hollywood has repeatedly remade foreign films, from Kurosawa's masterpieces all the way to making an American/English version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
11 months agoby @ejk1Flag
Mutant
DUMB IDEAS sounds like a great title for a film.
11 months agoby @zenderFlag
BODYTEMPLE
this is the number one dumbest idea in all of Hollywood history, While you at it remake God Father, Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull? You f*cks really have no clue that most real Americans does watch over sea films, but because you guys over there think we dont you going to remake a flawless classic.. this sh*t should really be left up to the fans, we should all boycot this....IF YOU A REAL HATER OF THIS IDEA...MAKE A YOUTUBE VIDEO STATING YOUR HATE FOR THIS IDEA...NO MORE HIDING BEHIND YOUR COMPUTER SPITTING HATE FOR DUMB IDEAS LETS PUT A FACE BEHIND OUR HATE FOR THE DUMB IDEAS OF HOLLYWOOD...LET US FANS OF REAL MOVIES MAKE A STAND TO STOP THE DUMB REMAKES.....PLEASE PLEASE DONT TOUCH THIS NEAR PERFECT FLAWLESS MASTER PIECE.
11 months agoby @bodytempleFlag
Cripple
Never. Oldboy can't be remade.
11 months agoby @crippleFlag
XxNickTheFilmCriticXx
I haven't even seen the original, and I'm completely against this.
11 months agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
Mutant
It's about time that Will Smiths ego needs to get back to reality. He needs to be in another failed film.
It's way too soon to reboot this and this is not meant for Spike Lee
11 months agoby @zenderFlag
Mutant
It's about time that Will Smiths ego needs to get back to reality. He needs to be in another failed film.
11 months agoby @zenderFlag
skywise
Is Will Smith doing this? This must not happen. Chan Wook Park is a genius and the movie does not need to be translated for US audiences to begin with but if they are hell bent on doing it this is NOT the right director. FAIL sandwich!!!!
11 months agoby @skywiseFlag
Dan
God..... f*cking fail.
11 months agoby @dan1Flag
Basquat
Oh dear. That is such a bad idea. Keep your filthy hands from Oldby. No way that can turn out well
11 months agoby @basquatFlag
The Kwisatz Haderach
No, no, no, bad idea...leave it alone, it a great movie don't ruin it cause you cant think of your own idea!
11 months agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag
Salem6777
no!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11 months agoby @Salem6777Flag
Photoman
F*ck you hollywood, if you will do this !!!!
11 months agoby @photomanFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
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11 months agoby @narratorFlag
Billyboy
Please please please don't c*ck about with my favourite film!
11 months agoby @billyboyFlag