Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, Oldboy) is the new Flash Gordon screenwriter. Matthew Vaughn is directing the new feature based on the classic franchise.
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Back in June, news broke that J.J. Abrams would be producing a film directed by Edgar Wright and co-written by Wright and Mark Protosevich. The title of the work was Collider and all we heard at the time was the film was "sci-fi." With Protosevich's latest film Oldboy now in theaters, he spoke ever so briefly about…
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Though film fans are well-versed in Chan-wook Park's 2003 film Oldboy, most audiences have no idea what the film is. To 90% of people who go to the movies, it's nothing more than an ultra-violent, ten-year-old foreign language film with subtitles, if they even know that much about it. At least, that's what Filmdistrict is…
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Josh Brolin says he spent three days in solitary confinement to prep for Oldboy. That's pretty serious stuff. He doesn't make the mistake of thinking that it really gave him the mindset of Joe Doucette, the character he plays who is imprisoned for 20 years for reasons unknown. But it does represent a level of…
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Another day, another super-secretive but highly intriguing J.J. Abrams movie. Paramount has just begun developing a sci-fi pic titled Collider, and while -- surprise, surprise -- the longline is being kept under very tight wraps, the talent involved definitely makes this one we'll keep on our radar. /Film favorite Edgar Wright originated the idea, which is…
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As Clive Owen ponders the villain role in Spike Lee's Oldboy, Mia Wasikowska has been offered the female lead of Marie. If Wasikowska accepts, she'll be starring opposite Josh Brolin, the only star confirmed so far for the English-language remake of the twisted 2003 thriller from Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park. More details after the jump. Lee is…
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I think this is pretty disappointing. Spike Lee and Mandate Pictures are prepping a new version of Oldboy for an early 2012 shoot, and the film needs a new villain. Well, 'villain' is perhaps the wrong term. Regardless, Colin Firth had been offered one of the major roles in the film, and it wasn't the…
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The possibility of an American remake of South Korean revenge film Oldboy has been a worrisome thing for a few years now. But this year Spike Lee was tapped to direct, which immediately made the new Oldboy a more attractive, or at least a more interesting proposition. With Josh Brolin set to star and Colin…
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Friendship can often be fraught with difficult negotiations. When friends are involved in creative endeavors, some disagreement and compromise is guaranteed to be in order. Take George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, who have been friends and occasional collaborators for decades. Their friendship launched the Indiana Jones film series, the last installment of which isn't quite…
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After being thought dead for quite some time, the new English-language version of Oldboy is really happening under the direction of Spike Lee. His hire was confirmed yesterday via a press release, and the language of the release made the project, which is based on a script by Mark Protosevich, sound as if it is…
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Big day for Spike Lee. First he started shooting a new film, rumored to be called Red Hook Summer, and now Mandate Pictures has sent out a press release confirming the recent report that he'll direct the remake of Park Chan-wook's Oldboy. (Nice work on that scoop, Twitch!) Get the info from Mandate below. There…
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I can't decide if this is the best news we could possibly have with respect to a new version of Oldboy, or merely the most unexpected. It is certainly an intriguing idea, however. Spike Lee has just been talking about how he can't get a movie financed -- after Miracle at St. Anna no one…
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Rumors of a fourth Jurassic Park movie have come and gone for years, but with the latest report it seems like a new film in the series is more likely than ever. A quick recap of the stories about the sequel: Joe Johnston, who directed the third film as well as this summer's Captain America,…
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One of the biggest potential remake projects of the past couple years was the much-derided Steven Spielberg / Will Smith version of Oldboy. Never mind that their film was said to be a new adaptation of the original manga, rather than a straight remake of Park Chan-Wook's widely praised (and quite excellent) film. The remake…
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The San Diego Comic Con is a giant tangle of new publications, and it can be difficult to sort out the good from the bad. One title I came across on the last day of the con (the only time I got to wander the show floor at my own pace) was Freakshow, from writers…
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I'm surprised it has taken this long after the release of Mass Effect 2 for a deal like this to go down: Legendary Pictures has picked up the rights to the BioWare game series Mass Effect. I Am Legend and Thor screenwriter Mark Protosevich has been assigned to write. THR says that Avi and Ari…
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This is basically TweetNews confirming a plan that was mentioned in May. Last night, Production Weekly said over Twitter that Marvel Studios would begin shooting Thor in January. With Kenneth Branagh's tale of the Norse thunder god on schedule and finally about to go before cameras, hopefully we'll soon see some production design, costumes and…
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Fox have option the non-fiction book The World Without Us, with the view that it will become a fictionalised, sci-fi tentpole movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter they have Mark Protosevich attached to write, and Francis Lawrence to eventually direct the film. Alan Weisman's original book was Time Magazine's number-one non fiction pick for 2007,…
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Screenwriter Mark Protosevich is in talks to write the American remake of Oldboy for director Steven Speilberg. Star Will Smith recommended Protosevich for the project after working with him on I Am Legend. Yes, your worst fears have come true, the guy who wrote the 2006 adaptation of Poseidon might be writing the script for…
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Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated Northern Irish actor and film director Kenneth Branagh is in talks to helm a big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics' Thor. Branagh is an odd choice as he hasn't directed an action movie in 19 years. And his feature directorial debut of William Shakespeare's play Henry V is hardly audition material…
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With Matthew Vaughn off directing Kick-Ass and his once-proposed $300 million Thor epic but a memory, DJ Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) is now expressing interest in bringing Marvel's Son of Odin to the big screen. In an interview with IESB he said... "...I would definitely tackle it and I sort of wrestled with it before…
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Marvel just announced a June 4th 2010 release date for Thor (six weeks after Iron Man 2), but Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Stardust) is no longer is attached to direct the live action adaptation because his holding deal expired December. Back in October Vaughn told the Guardian that Marvel loved the latest draft of the…
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It has been rumored for a couple months now that Stardust director Matthew Vaughn was in talks to direct a big screen adaptation of the Marvel Comics character Thor. And this morning Marvel has made the deal official. I Am Legend scribe Mark Protosevich penned the adaptation. The Mighty Thor is a Marvel Comics superhero…
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I Am Legend screenwriter Mark Protosevich is already talking about a potential sequel. The LA Times writes: "There is no word yet on how Protosevich plans to extend the story of lone military scientist Robert Neville's struggle to survive against a mutant populace. But it's a good bet that he's setting it at least 10…
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