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Oh No They Didn't!: "Old Boy" proceeds despite legal scuffle
Latino Review: Will the Old Boy Remake Ever Slow Down?
/Film: Lawsuit Won’t Slow Down Spielberg’s Oldboy Remake
Film School Rejects: Oldboy Remake Faces Legal Hullabaloo
:: The Playlist ::: Legal Path Cleared For Steven Spielberg & Will Smith To Butcher 'Oldboy'
"Old Boy" proceeds despite legal scuffle
Oh No They Didn't! —
... the remake deal with Universal. Universal brought in Roy Lee's Vertigo Entertainment, which has made a specialty of Asian film remakes, to produce the picture, and then Mandate acquired the rights from Universal. DreamWorks, in one of its first moves in the wake of its November separation from Paramount, secured remake rights from Mandate, which remains involved in the project. DreamWorks had no comment on the dispute between Futubasha and Show East. Source God damn it. And just when I had gotten my hopes up that the ...
Will the Old Boy Remake Ever Slow Down?
Latino Review —
... "We haven't been able to confirm that Show East is bankrupt, and at this stage we're not sure what effect this will have on the legal case."
I'm hoping it means that Futabasha will eventually win and no Old Boy remake will ever taint the big screen with its presence.
For those of you who have seen Old Boy are you comfortable with the idea of a remake? Especially one helmed by Smith and Spielberg? I know I'm not.
Source: Reuters
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Lawsuit Won’t Slow Down Spielberg’s Oldboy Remake
/Film —
... According to a new report from Reuters, South Korean sales company Cineclick Asia, which represented Show East’s Oldboy in international territories, actually negotiated the remake deal with Universal. Of course, the rights to remake the film got bought by Mandate, who later sold to DreamWorks. And while the studio is not publicly commenting about the mess, Dreamworks is still moving forward with the development of the film. ...
Oldboy Remake Faces Legal Hullabaloo
Film School Rejects —
... Even with this legal hullabaloo, Reuters is reporting that the remake is moving forward. Of course they stress that this won’t be a remake of the film, but ...
Legal Path Cleared For Steven Spielberg & Will Smith To Butcher 'Oldboy'
:: The Playlist :: —
... , the publisher of the "Oldboy" comic, Futabasha, had filed a case against the production company who reportedly dealt with Universal for the remake rights, Show East. Now, according to Reuters, Show East has shut down its operations, is possibly bankrupt and has had its CEO literally gone missing. Furthermore, a sales company, Cineclick Asia, have come forth as the negotiator for the remake deal with things now back on track for Universal as the rights have ended up in their hands via Mandate and Vertigo Entertainment. ...
‘Oldboy’ Remake Status: Sadly Back On Track
Screen Rant —
... another version has me annoyed. I, and just about every other Oldboy fan out there, can only hope another problem arises that hinders and hopefully even cancels this remake project altogether.
What do you think of an Oldboy remake? Are you glad it’s back on board after its legal troubles?
No release date has been set as of yet for the Oldboy remake.
Sources: The Playlist, FirstShowing, /Film, Reuters and Variety
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Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk —
... The Oldboy remake is currently at the centre of a legal battle involving the manga's publishers, Futabasha, and the Korean producers of Chan-Wook's film, with the former suggesting that the latter had no right to negotiate with Spielberg and Smith over a new version. That is unlikely to scupper the film being made, however. What's interesting about the remake, which would feature Smith in the role made famous by Min-sik Choi, a man imprisoned for 15 years in a grubby cell without explanation, is that Spielberg is apparently planning to follow the story from the original comic ...
