Spike Lee To Direct 'Oldboy' remake

[Poetic Chaos]

So this isn't gonna have the movies ending then. Pv$$ys

 

[Doctor Jones]

So this isn't gonna have the movies ending then. Pv$$ys

Wow, you don't know anything. How are they pu**y's? It's the handling of the source material that they're actually adapting by the way, if you didn't know that.

Why do people think to make a good movie it has to be rated R and has to have extreme violence? It still could be rated R.

And do some actual goddamn research. It's an adaption of the manga comic not a remale of the film.

 

[gwynplaine]

It's hammer time !t:

 

[cerealkiller182]

Why do people think to make a good movie it has to be rated R and has to have extreme violence? It still could be rated R.

I dont think a revenge flick about a guy beating everyone he comes across should be rated PG-13.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I dont think a revenge flick about a guy beating everyone he comes across should be rated PG-13.

I don't mean that, I mean that people just assume Spielberg will go PG-13 on us. He could go R we don;t know.

The fact is that we don't know anything except it's gonna be an adaption with Smith and Spielberg. Hold your damn critisizms until we actually see something.

 

[Neto Magnus]

I saw the original movie a few years ago and thought it was great. (even though it was a lil gross) But can anyone tell me what the differences are to the manga?

 

[X-Ray]

I saw the original movie a few years ago and thought it was great. (even though it was a lil gross) But can anyone tell me what the differences are to the manga?

Vile's got you covered.

Spoiler

I would say less action. The manga is a lot more cerebral, dense, and talky. The hypnotism is a big part of the manga as well. I mean there's action in the manga too.

The enemy in the bad guy is named Yakinuma and the lead is Goto. Goto and Yakinuma were in the same primary school together. Yakinuma was an isolated outcast that was weird and everyone hated. During a song class Yakinuma sang a song and Goto was deeply moved. I'm not totally sure why but this offended Yakinuma, I think maybe because Goto sort of forgot that he was moved deeply by the song. Yakinuma also had this strange obsession/attraction to Goto. But there wasn't anything like he was sleeping with his sister and she killed herself because she thought she was pregnant becuase of something the main guy said.

Also the girl Goto gets with isn't his daughter.

 

[Neto Magnus]

ok thanks.

Spoiler

so then the motive for Yakinuma was that he's got a man crush on Goto?

 

[screenamesuck]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. From what I've read its not going to be a remake of the other film, but a new story based off the comic, is that right??? I figured I'd just ask since there are a lot of pages to go through lol

Just doesn't look right

 

[cerealkiller182]

pretty much

 

[craigdbfan]

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith’s Old Boy is No More!

Could it be? Have our prayer’s been answered? Latino Review is reporting that Steven Spielberg’s Old Boy starring Will Smith is dead in the water. Apparently Dreamworks and original Korean production studio were working together to get the rights to the manga, but the two couldn’t reach an agreement, and Dreamworks simply walked away. Spielberg’s film was to be an adaptation of the original manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi, and not a direct remake of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy.

I honestly loathed this project a lot less when we learned that they were looking at the manga more than the film, but at the same time it would have been impossible not to compare Spielberg’s vision to Park’s. Had Spielberg tapped a more compelling actor for the role, I probably would have even been excited for this project. It’d be like Scorsese remaking Infernal Affairs as The Departed—it’s sometimes fascinating to see how Hollywood masters tackle the same material as foreign directors.

Since Mandate couldn’t agree on terms with two huge Hollywood names behind the project, I’m not sure if we’ll see anyone else attempting to do another American Oldboy project anytime soon. Then again, if it was just about Dreamworks wanting more of the pie than Mandate could tolerate, perhaps a smaller studio with less clout would actually be more agreeable for Mandate.

With Old Boy out, I wonder what Spielberg will be spending his time on next. His next listed project on IMDB is Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, but that has a depressingly distant release date of December 23, 2011. Perhaps Christmas will come early and we’ll see it even sooner?

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YAY!!!!!!

Good riddance!

 

[Octoberist]

thank GOD

 

[Lone]

I'd go watch a remake of this only if Gary Oldman is the lead.

 

[Rishi]

I was actually really looking forward to this.

Too bad.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

There was a Bollywood version of Oldboy called "Zinda" (Alive).
Nothing beats the original though

But it was a breath of fresh air compared to most of the nonsense we have here

 

[dark_b]

hahahhahahha

 

[Dark Victory]

thank GOD

I second that.

 

[Paroxysm]

Woooo Hoooooo!

 

[CelticPredator]

W00t! Oldboy is amazing and should not be remade.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I saw Oldboy a few days ago on my Xbox 360 through Netflix.

Holy ****ing **** was the movie intense. And ballsy. The movie took risks, atleast my my American point of view...so maybe compared to most non-American films that is the norm.

I thought it was beautifully shot. Fantastic transitions from scenes, I thought the 15 years were handled nicely. Oldboy is a Neo-Noir film, and the ending absolutely shocked me.

With that said, I don't see how Speilberg and Will Smith could pull it off. I think both men have a sorta comfortable reputation in Hollywood...and if they were to make the same story moves of the Oldboy film...well I could see a large number of "boycotters" ***** over how America's value system is in peril or some stupid ****.

With them onboard, atleast if in any other capacity than producing, the film would be far too easy a target for the conservative media to destroy.

It just seems like a losing battle.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

It's funny really. The Bollywood version isn't exactly tame either. I don't quite exactly see what is in the movie that would cause such a ruckus amongst the conservative in America

This is a real question. I have seen Oldboy. But found nothing that was too shocking or brutal. R rated stuff sure but still.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

It was psychological brutal though. Violence isn't the only thing that can be shocking or disturbing.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Conservative Media hates everything.

They'd roast Oldboy. Gleefully.

Having a villian who isn't exactly as deep and methodical as Americans would like to "justify" his actions would fuel the GTA-esque attacks on entertainment mediums we see all the time.

 

[Gabe99]

From Twitter:

Protosevich's "Old Boy" script nearly in -- studio high on it. Mandate to re-engage Spielberg, Vaughan; failing that, D. Boyle.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

There's no way I can see this going right without this getting screwed up. I just don't see this going well with the GA, Manga or Korean adaptation remake. They're going to change a lot of things.