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'Oldboy' is Dead! Long Live the Real 'Oldboy!'

source: Cinematical

I just don't get the appeal of remaking foreign films for US audiences, especially now that services like Netflix and GreenCine can bring whatever obscure film you just read about on your friend's Twitter/Facebook/Tumblr to your home in a matter of days. Although it could have been fun to...

Published Tue, Nov 10

Opinion: OLDBOY remake dead

source: Obsessed With Film

The Oldboy remake is done. Latino Review report from "a trusted source" that Mandate (Korean studio behind the original film) and Dreamworks were unable to see eye-to-eye during negotiations over the manga's rights and it left Dreamworks into walking out on the project, along with Stev...

Published Tue, Nov 10

Opinion: OLDBOY remake dead

source: obsessedwithfilm (Feedburner)

The Oldboy remake is done. Latino Review report from "a trusted source" that Mandate (Korean studio behind the original film) and Dreamworks were unable to see eye-to-eye during negotiations over the manga's rights and it left Dreamworks into walking out on the project, along with Stev...

Published Tue, Nov 10

LOL

source: Oh No They Didn't!

In a joint venture, Shady Talez will be produced by John Davis who created the 2004 film I, Robot starring Will Smith, and writer and producer Dallas Jackson via D.J. Classicz/Davis Entertainment label. Also enlisting the help of writer and producer of the sci-fi vampire movie trilogy Unde...

Published Sun, Nov 8

Jamie Foxx on Bringing Justice, Shenehneh and Tyson to Big Screen

source: bvonmovies.com

While speaking to Black Voices, Foxx talked about his reason for doing the film, bringing his character Shenehneh to the big screen and playing Mike Tyson. Do you think the decision your character, a lawyer, made in the beginning of the film, which sets Gerard Butler's character off, was t...

Published Wed, Oct 14

Q & A with Park Chan-Wook

source: Oh No They Didn't!

It is always difficult, especially with cultural differences, as some character is always lost in translation. Park Chan-Wook explains how bilingual people often approach him and question him, saying “great film, but the translation is terrible”, but if they tried to do it themselves...

Published Tue, Oct 13

What Have You Done For Us Lately? 10 Directors We're Dissapointed With

source: The Playlist

While some will cite the moment of David Gordon Green's downfall as the release of last year's "Pineapple Express," one could actually go back a few months earlier to the uneven Robert Altman-aping "Snow Angels"— a film that's even more overt in its Altman-ness than any of Paul Thomas And...

Published Tue, Oct 13

Indepedence Day 2 More Likely Than Less Likely?

source: Oh No They Didn't!

The possibility of a sequel for 1996’s "Independence Day" has been long talked about. Over the years producer/writer Dean Devlin has been very coy about not saying a word regarding a film that grossed over $800 million worldwide. In 2008, 20th Century Fox CEO Tom Rothman spoke with IESB.net...

Published Mon, Oct 12