In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam revel in the pleasures of Sukiyaki Western Django, continue to be pessimistic about the Oldboy remake, and get depressed about the death of one of their favorite TV shows. Special guests Angie Han and Jen Yamato from Rotten Tomatoes join us to provide us their valuable perspectives on the important cultural landmark that is Twilight.
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Two weeks ago it was reported that Steven Spielberg was developing a remake of Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy, with Will Smith attached to star. Apparently that isn’t exactly 100% true. Our friends at Film School Rejects got a chance to speak with Smith, who clarified that the movie would not be a remake of Park’s 2003 film.
“We’re looking at that right now. Not the film though, it’s the original source material,” Smith told FSR. “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…”
That’s right, Spielberg’s film will be based on the Japanese manga by Nobuaki [...]

Screenwriter Mark Protosevich is in talks to write the American remake of Oldboy for director Steven Speilberg. Star Will Smith reccomended 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 the English-language adaptation of Old Boy. This can’t be good news.

In this episode of /Filmcast, Dave, Adam, and Devindra lament the prevalence of American remakes, compare 28 Days Later with 28 Weeks Later, review Role Models, and remember one of their favorite authors of all time.
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Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in talks to collaborate on a remake of Chan Wook-Park’s Oldboy. Spielberg has been looking for an opportunity to work with Smith for a few years now, and this just might be the project. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights, and Spielberg is on the search for a screenwriter to develop the project. The project was originally set up with Fast and Furious director Justin Lin.
In the 2003 South Korean film, a man named Dae-Su is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing why or who is holding him captive. He is suddenly released, given money, clothes [...]

Korean auteur Park Chan-Wook, most famous for the phenomenally kickass Oldboy, is getting some help from American shores for his next film, Thirst. Universal Pictures and Focus Features will be investing and co-producing, and Focus will distribute the film in North America.
The film, about a priest who becomes a vampire after a medical experiment gone wrong, certainly seems like an interesting project for Park. Said priest, played by Song Kang-ho (The Host and Park’s own Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance), is also in love with his friends wife—something which will surely be affected by his newfound vampirism. In a production synopsis for the film, Park explains what drew him to it:
This [...]

Oh no, the press have found a photo of Virginia Tech Mass Murderer Cho Seung-Hui mimicking a movie.
No disrespect to the families involved in the horrible tragedy that occurred earlier this week, but please don’t let this be Columbine all over again. For those of you who don’t remember, this is what happened. People decided that it couldn’t have been their fault, that ignoring all the signs from the messed up Columbine kids was not the issue at hand. The issue was instead the mass media the kids consumed.
American media compared the massacre to a fantasy sequence from the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries in which Leonardo DiCaprio wears a [...]