Oldboy

[doug maverick]

Did anyone watch Spike Lee's remake?

I cannot bring myself to watch it after having watched the perfect original. Hollywood also remaking The Raid - i mean WTF? Chris Hemsworth is mentioned as possible lead?!!?!?! UGH

i saw spikes version.. its pretty much a staright shot remake with some small changes..the acting was great, and the ending sorry to say was superior to the original..much more darker and realistic.

[GeneChing]

Neon to Release ‘Oldboy’ in the U.S. for 20th Anniversary
The distributor has acquired the domestic to the cult classic from South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook.

BY MIA GALUPPO

AUGUST 29, 2022 9:00AM

Oldboy COURTESY OF NEON

Neon has acquired the U.S. rights to Park Chan-wook’s action classic Oldboy, and is planning a theatrical release of the film in time for its 20th anniversary.

Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, and Kang Hye-jung star in the movie, which won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The film’s logline reads: “After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik) is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.”

Chan-wook wrote the screenplay alongside Hwang Jo-yun and Lim Joon-hyung. Oldboy is the second installment of Park’s Vengeance Trilogy, sandwiched between Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance. It was also adapted as an American remake from filmmaker Spike Lee and starring Josh Brolin.

Anniversary re-releases have been populating the box office. This summer, E.T. was released back into select theaters for its 40th anniversary, while fellow Steven Spielberg title Jaws is getting a release in September via Universal and Amblin with an IMAX and RealD 3D upgrade.

Neon’s upcoming slate includes this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness from Ruben Östlund and Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, which is headed for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

Might be worth it just to see the hammer hallway fight on the big screen.

[GeneChing]

Park Chan-Wook Adapting Acclaimed Action Thriller ‘Oldboy’ To English-Language Series With Lionsgate Television
By Rosy Cordero
Associate Editor, TV
@SocialRosy

April 17, 2024 10:00am
Park Chan-wook
CJ ENM

Park Chan-wook is developing his acclaimed film Oldboy for the first time as an English-language series in partnership with Lionsgate Television. Park, who directed and co-wrote the original film, is set to produce the series alongside producing partner Syd Lim.

The 2003 feature is an adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name written by Garon Tsuchiya. It follows Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a man taken off the streets and imprisoned for 15 years who is one day released and given 5 days to find his captor.

Oldboy is the second title in Park’s Vengeance trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and preceding Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005). It earned multiple accolades including the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2004, a first for a South Korean film. Spike Lee remade the film in 2013 with Josh Brolin portraying the lead character, Joe Doucett.

“Lionsgate Television shares my creative vision for bringing Oldboy into the world of television,” said Park. “I look forward to working with a studio whose brand stands for bold, original and risk-taking storytelling.”

“Park is one of the most visionary storytellers of our generation, and we’re excited to partner with him in bringing his cinematic masterpiece to the television screen,” shared Scott Herbst, EVP and Head of Scripted Development, Lionsgate Television. “This series adaptation of Oldboy will feature the raw emotional power, iconic fight scenes and visceral style that made the film a classic.”

Executives Courtney Mock and Tara Joshi are overseeing the project for Lionsgate Television, and Bryan Weiser negotiated the deal.

Park is also known for directing The Handmaiden (2016), Decision to Leave (2022)— which earned him the Best Director award at Cannes— Stoker (2013) and Thirst (2009), as well as producing both the film and TV series Snowpiercer. Most recently, he produced and directed The Sympathizer, starring Robert Downey, Jr., currently airing on HBO. Up next, he has the period action thriller feature for Netflix, Uprising, premiering later this year.

He is represented by WME, Industry Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.

A series? How does that even work?