soldoutmatinee ([info]soldoutmatinee) wrote in [info]ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2008-11-19 10:06:00
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Asian Remake Alert!
Universal and Verbinski Remaking The Host
Source: Variety
November 19, 2008

Universal Pictures and Gore Verbinski will remake the 2006 Bong Joon-ho-directed Korean thriller The Host, with commercials director Fredrik Bond making his feature helming debut and Mark Poirier (Smart People) to write the script.

The story follows a town terrorized by a giant mutant squidlike creature hatched by toxins that flow into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band together to rescue her.

Verbinski will produce with Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison, along with Paul Brooks.

The film, originally titled Gwoemul, did record-breaking business in its theatrical run in South Korea.

src: comingsoon.net

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[info]likerussia
2008-11-19 06:41 pm UTC (link)
This I can agree with, because although the original was scary, it wasn't that great.

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[info]jazz_thieves
2008-11-19 06:41 pm UTC (link)
GOD. DAMNIT.

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[info]soba_kasu
2008-11-19 07:01 pm UTC (link)
your icon is making me want to kill myself

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(no subject) - [info]warwarwar, 2008-11-19 08:17 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]jazz_thieves, 2008-11-19 10:34 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]ohh_hay
2008-11-19 06:41 pm UTC (link)
Um, that's creepy.

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[info]distinguetraces
2008-11-19 06:42 pm UTC (link)
I don't get it.

That movie got a fair bit of exposure in the West just a couple of years ago.

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[info]easily_amused87
2008-11-19 06:43 pm UTC (link)
yeah i remember thinking that it was an american remake of something korean, haha.

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(no subject) - [info]rnbmusicdude, 2008-11-19 06:43 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]beach_justice
2008-11-19 06:42 pm UTC (link)
soo it means it will be better?
asian made horror movies pwn all

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[info]reiband
2008-11-19 06:43 pm UTC (link)

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[info]ineedawittyname
2008-11-19 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Americans need to come up with their own ideas. They remake too many movies!

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[info]macaroni_salad
2008-11-19 08:39 pm UTC (link)
MTE

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[info]fadezaway
2008-11-19 06:45 pm UTC (link)
when did creativity in hollywood die?

so pathetic.

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[info]bambislaught3r
2008-11-19 06:45 pm UTC (link)
No more!

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[info]jazz_thieves
2008-11-19 10:35 pm UTC (link)
I laugh every fucking time I see your icon. Seriously.

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(no subject) - [info]bambislaught3r, 2008-11-20 09:27 am UTC (Expand)

[info]i_dont_need_1
2008-11-19 06:46 pm UTC (link)
Do these remakes ever get into theaters? I never see them being advertised anywhere.

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[info]dudebritneeee
2008-11-19 07:16 pm UTC (link)
The Ring? The Grudge? Pulse? Shutter? I don't know how you haven't seen them being advertised.

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(no subject) - [info]lajolievie, 2008-11-19 09:15 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]dudebritneeee, 2008-11-19 09:33 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]___joyride, 2008-11-19 11:54 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]dudebritneeee, 2008-11-20 03:20 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]shanny_w, 2008-11-19 11:21 pm UTC (Expand)
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(no subject) - [info]dayse, 2008-11-20 12:24 am UTC (Expand)

[info]asceticlife
2008-11-19 06:46 pm UTC (link)
This sounds like a Sci-Fi Channel Original.

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[info]eloutsider
2008-11-19 06:50 pm UTC (link)
lol ia

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(no subject) - [info]dudebritneeee, 2008-11-19 08:51 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]peopleareshapes
2008-11-19 06:46 pm UTC (link)
The first one was terrible, WTG Hollywood.

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[info]bamboobanga2
2008-11-19 06:46 pm UTC (link)
oh shit i love crappy horror movies!

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[info]timbre
2008-11-19 07:01 pm UTC (link)
oh my god your icon

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(no subject) - [info]bamboobanga2, 2008-11-19 07:04 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]jughoood
2008-11-19 06:46 pm UTC (link)
i remember that movie being like the best reviewed movie of the year on rotten tomatoes and being all wtf because it sounds stupid

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[info]mistress_kizuna
2008-11-19 06:48 pm UTC (link)
It's actually pretty good. It's not really scary, and alot of the humor is very specific to the Korean culture, but it's actually better than it sounds.

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(no subject) - [info]lajolievie, 2008-11-19 09:16 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]my_gun_yer_face, 2008-11-19 10:26 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]everafterisalie, 2008-11-19 06:50 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]amanda_aces, 2008-11-19 06:58 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]soba_kasu, 2008-11-19 07:03 pm UTC (Expand)
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[info]everafterisalie
2008-11-19 06:47 pm UTC (link)
Please don't. It's perfect just as it is. Seriously, this is an excellent film - there's no way in hell they can make one better, so why bother doing it just so that the actors are speaking in English? This is probably the best film in its genre - people can just damn well learn to read subtitles.

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[info]jacobcomelately
2008-11-19 10:08 pm UTC (link)
AGREED.

People who don't watch things because of subtitles bother me.

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[info]mistress_kizuna
2008-11-19 06:48 pm UTC (link)
WHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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[info]ariellypoo
2008-11-19 06:50 pm UTC (link)
ummm not necessary. I loved this movie!

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[info]lajolievie
2008-11-19 09:17 pm UTC (link)
fucking awesome icon

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(no subject) - [info]ariellypoo, 2008-11-19 09:18 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]lil_pixiedevil
2008-11-19 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Icon LOVE :D

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[info]coldthee
2008-11-19 06:51 pm UTC (link)
And I loved it. They have already kind a made a remake of it..."Cloverfeild"

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[info]milkradio
2008-11-19 07:12 pm UTC (link)
That was just ~similar~ though.

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(no subject) - [info]shanny_w, 2008-11-19 11:25 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]heather_duke
2008-11-19 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Augh, enough.

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[info]chocool
2008-11-19 06:52 pm UTC (link)
The opening scene in the original was so ridiculous, lol.

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[info]winterwooskie2
2008-11-19 06:54 pm UTC (link)
In before the family drama is toned down, the monster movie aspects are dialed way up, and the ending is changed.

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[info]beetlebummer
2008-11-19 08:14 pm UTC (link)
A+

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[info]evilmarcie
2008-11-19 06:55 pm UTC (link)
That movie was pretty good.

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[info]drayton
2008-11-19 06:56 pm UTC (link)
lol sad

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[info]amanda_aces
2008-11-19 06:57 pm UTC (link)
I loved this movie. It was so funny and sad.
Oh, well, I will act like the American remake doesn't exist.

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[info]beetlebummer
2008-11-19 08:14 pm UTC (link)
I was just thinking: I wonder how they will change the ending for American audiences.

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