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slashfilm.com - 10 days ago

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith’s Old Boy is No More

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Could it be? Have our prayer’s been answered? Latino Review is reporting that Steven Spielberg’s Old Boy starring Will Smith is dead in the water. Apparently Dreamworks and original Korean production studio were working together to get the rights to the manga, but the two ...

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latinoreview.com - 10 days ago

Exclusive: Will Smith & Steven Spielberg’s Old Boy DEAD!

— latinoreview.com — Late Breaking News… This just in… You know that OLDBOY remake…well it wasn’t really a remake, anyway (which is a terrible idea by the way) Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were suppose to do a film that was based on the Japanese manga by Nobuaki ... Exclusive: Will Smith & Steven Spielberg’s Old Boy DEAD!

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filmschoolrejects.com - 10 days ago

Have Spielberg And Smith Said Goodbye To Remaking Old Boy?

— filmschoolrejects.com — Word on the web is that the answer to that question is a big old fat Hell Yeah! Latino Review is reporting that the oft-discussed, continuously derided pairing of director Steven Spielberg and megastar Will Smith on a remake of Park Chan-wook’s film Old Boy is officially DOA. News ... Have Spielberg And Smith Said Goodbye To Remaking Old Boy?

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getthebigpicture.net - 10 days ago

Will Smith Taking on 'Flowers for Algernon'?

— getthebigpicture.net — Another non-confirmed bit o' casting goodness, which comes to us from Pajiba . How's this strike you: Will Smith to produce and star in an update of Flowers for Algernon ? There are a plenty of details here and taken at face value, it's not too hard a story to believe. According ... Will Smith Taking on 'Flowers for Algernon'?

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Screen Rant:  Steven Spielberg & Will Smith ‘Oldboy’ Remake Dead!

Row Three:  American Remake of Oldboy Dead?

Pajiba:  Blog Trends from My Bunk 11/10/09

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hard to imagine how they'd have made it palatable for a mainstream audience! spielberg/smith's oldboy is no more. http://ow.ly/BA4G 8 days ago

RT @NateLanxon: Thank all that is sacred. Spielberg will not remake Old Boy. http://is.gd/4S1IU // whew. dodged a bullet. 10 days ago

There is a God! Speilberg/Smith regurgitation of Oldboy is cancelled http://bit.ly/veIAc - Ok, maybe still no God, but you get the point 10 days ago

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Steven Spielberg & Will Smith ‘Oldboy’ Remake Dead!
Screen Rant — ... As /Film points out, this isn’t to say that we will NEVER see a U.S. remake (oops, sorry – new adaptation) of Oldboy – perhaps even sooner rather than later – as it may get taken somewhere else to get made. A smaller studio than Dreamworks may be a better fit for the project, as opposed to the powerhouse of Dreamworks and Spielberg. And, of course, there’s Smith, who I personally think is a bad choice for the lead role -  not because I don’t think he’s suited for it, but his star status will draw away ...

American Remake of Oldboy Dead?
Row Three — ... has a tip that production companies Mandate and DreamWorks didn’t see eye to eye and negotiation for the rights to the manga by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya (on which Park Chan-Wook’s incredible Korean film was based) have fallen through and DreamWorks is walking away from the project. /Film and ...

Blog Trends from My Bunk 11/10/09
Pajiba — ... Chan-wook film are probably dancing in the streets with joy right now, and who can blame them? A seminal, violent, envelope-pushing film was going to be remade as some kind of Hollywood blockbuster, starring Will Smith, a guy who doesn’t know how to be mean on camera. Yes, it was going to be based on the original manga, and not a remake of the film, but that’s like making a movie based on the short stories of Ryunosuke Akutagawa and claiming it has nothing to do with Rashomon .” Devindra Hardawar at /Film :“Could it be? Have our prayer’s been answered? […] I honestly loathed ...