Scott Mann

Scott Mann Hired to Direct SEVEN SAMURAI Remake for The Weinstein Company

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 3rd, 2011 at 2:12 pm

Remaking Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is an exercise in futility* but so is railing against remakes.  They’re going to happen, and they’re probably not going to be as good as the original, but you’ll always have that original.  The Weinstein Company is remaking Seven Samurai but that doesn’t mean Harvey Weinstein is coming to my house and confiscating my Criterion Collection Blu-ray.  Variety reports that the studio has hired Scott Mann to helm the remake (written by Young Guns screenwriter John Fusco).  The new Seven Samurai will have a $60 million budget, reset the action from feudal Japan to modern-day Thailand, and replace the samurai with paramilitary contractors.  It’s a smart update because as we all know, the age of the paramilitary contractor is coming to an end and those mercenaries who work for companies like Blackwater are truly noble and tragic figures.

Mann’s been receiving some attention for his recent film The Tournament, but The Playlist says the flick is “pretty turgid overall.”  For those who’ve never seen Seven Samurai, I’ve included a synopsis for the film after the jump, but I want you to promise me you’ll see the movie ASAP.  Deal?

More AFM Promo Photos and Synopses For 7 More Movies Including HELLRAISER, THE TOURNAMENT, EARTHBOUND

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 12th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

The hits from this year’s American Film Market (AFM)* keep on coming.  The yearly festival where buyers and sellers do business to bring us all the movies we’ll see in the (hopefully) near future offers plenty of photos and full synopses.  You may not have the fat cash to purchase these movies but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy their first images and plot details.  We’ve got the goods for Hellraiser, Earthbound (Starring Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal), Nowhere Boy, The Concert, The Tournament, and the animated films Escape from Planet Earth, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil.  Check it all out (plus the digital version of the promo poster for Scream 4) after the jump.  Please note that I have copied down all synopsis exactly as they were originally written.

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