Asian producers see potential in remakes
Published 6/4/2008 at Variety.com
Weekly International: Kim directing new take on French 'Junkmen' -- Investment from outside the U.S. continued to fuel high-profile projects at Cannes, as Kim Jee-woon, the sought-after Korean director whose "The Good the Bad the Weird" wrapped the fest's special screenings, signed to helm a remake of 1970s French classic "Max et les Ferrailleurs" (Max and the Junkmen).
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