We previously reported that Josh Brolin was the top choice to play the lead in Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-Wook’s 2003 Korean revenge flick, Oldboy. Now Deadline is reporting that he’s got the job. For those unfamiliar with the original, the story centers on a man who is abducted and imprisoned for 15 years with no idea why or by whom. When he is suddenly released for seemingly no reason, he goes on a hunt to track down and kill those responsible for his imprisonment. The original is a thoughtful, thrilling, and a fresh take on the revenge genre and I’m excited to see how Lee is going to handle the American version. Getting Josh Brolin on board ain’t a bad start.
Deadline reports that Brolin just wrapped on Men in Black III and that he’s moving on to Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad. The plan is to then shoot Oldboy before moving on to co-star with Kate Winslet in Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, which starts rolling in June.
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I hope this is a change of pace following the disastrous Jonah Hex a few years ago.
excellent.. Brolin’s brutal attitude will be put to good use! now we need Bale for the villain.
get ready for some intense acting. and Spike better not chicken out in the film’s brutality and intensity. let Bale go off!
I’m excited to see how Lee is going to handle the American version?!
Matt you always complain about everything and you are excited about this? This was one of the most awful movie news of the year, this is one of the movies that don’t need a remake ever. The only reason i find to make this movie is because americans don’t like to read subtitles.
I agree, the only reasons good foreign films are remade in Hollywood is because of the desperate lack of originality and the fact that it’s clearly asking too much of Americans to do a little reading. It’s a few words at the bottom of a screen… not that hard.