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Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake release date changed

AICN reports that Spike Lee’s upcoming remake of Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy has been pushed back from it’s original release date of October 11th to October 25th, 2013. Spike Lee’s version reportedly closely follows the plot of the original film, but extends the lead’s imprisonment from 15 years to 20, and is apparently extremely intense for ….

Full trailer for Chan-wook Park’s vampire opus Thirst

This is the full subtitled trailer for Thirst (Bakjwi), the latest film from Oldboy director Chan-wook Park (Lady Vengeance and J.S.A.:Joint Security Area). Thirst tells the story of a failed medical experiment that turns a man of faith into a vampire. The movie stars Song Kang-ho (The Host, Secret Sunshine) and Kim Ok-bin (Dasepo Naughty ….

Thirst coming to UK via newly revamped Tartan shingle

According to Variety and 24 Frames Per Second, the newly revived Palisades Tartan UK has signed a deal with Korea’s CJ Entertainment to release Chan-Wook Park’s (Oldboy) highly anticipated vampire movie, Thirst (aka Evil Live), in the UK. Thirst tells the story of a failed medical experiment (a blood transfusion according to the director) that ….

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith to remake suspense thriller Oldboy

Variety reports that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are talking about collaborating on a remake of Chan Wook-park’s cult thriller Oldboy. DreamWorks is securing remake rights, which will be distributed by Universal, under their new agreement. In the 2003 Korean film, a man is mysteriously kidnapped and held in a decrepit prison cell for 15 ….

Don’t Mess With This B…Lady

Lady Vengeance, the critically acclaimed Korean hit, is finally getting a release here in the U.S. The film is about Lee Geum-Ja, a young woman who goes to prison for the murder and abduction of a child, in order to protect her accomplice, known as Mr. Baek, only to find out that she has been betrayed ….