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Will Smith's Oldboy is Actually Based on the Graphic Novel

First Showing | by Alex Billington | Fri, Nov 21

Fri, Nov 21 When the news first hit two weeks ago that Will Smith and Steven Spielberg were remaking Chan-wook Park's Oldboy, the reaction was severe. "Worst idea ever," they cried out. "Just leave it alone and come up with another story." Well it seems we might not need to be so worried after all, as the gu...

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