/Film (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam revel in the pleasures of Sukiyaki Western Django, continue to be pessimistic about the Oldboy remake, and get depressed about the death of one of their favorite TV shows. Special guests Angie Han and Jen Yamato from Rotten Tomatoes join us to provide us their [...]
Film Junk (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
It was just another average week in Hollywood with lots of directors and writers boarding new projects, as more and more actors contemplated retirement. We finally received updates on the long-gestating remakes of The Host and Oldboy, the new He-Man live action movie is back from the dead, and another South Park theatrical feature is [...]
Film-Book dot Com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
The Host, one of the best monster movies I have ever seen, directed Bong Joon-ho, is being remade by commercial film director Fredrik Bond based on a script by Mark Poirier. The remake is being produced by Gore Verbinski of Pirates of the Caribbean fame. I think remaking The Host is a bad idea, as [...]
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is teaming with Universal to remake a Korean horror film called Gwoemul ( The Host According to Variety, commercial director Frederik Bond will make...
Draven99's Musings (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Variety is reporting that Korean monster movie, The Host , will be remade under the Universal banner with Pirates of the Caribbean and Mouse Hunt director Gore Verbinski on board to produce. The movie was a huge hit in Korea and has gained favorable ground in the States, although it never had a meaningful theatrical release. Since it is a remake many fans are crying foul: Hollywood has no creativity,...
KillerMovies (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Universal Pictures and Gore Verbinski will remake the 2006 Bong Joon-ho-directed Korean thriller "The Host," with commercials director Fredrik Bond making his feature helming debut and Mark Poirier ("Smart People") to pen the script..
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
American version of Korean horror flick will have everyone screaming in English.
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Bong Joon-ho's blockbuster 2006 film, The Host, has found a home for its inevitable US remake. Gore Verbinski has brought the film to Universal Pictures. Verbinski will be producing and handing the directorial reins over to feature film virgin Fredrik Bond. Bond has directed multiple commercials, and he says he ...
Defamer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
· The O.C. and Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz has been hired to write X-Men: First Class, featuring a "younger set of mutants." Pyro's gonna go totally psycho on Rogue and burn all her...
GamersCircle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are being named as scribes for “The First Avenger: Captain America.” Markus and McFeely worked on “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and its sequel, “Prince Caspian.” Related Posts ‘Wonder Woman’ DVD Due March 3rd The New Trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek! Guillermo del Toro Brings Stop-Motion “Pinocchio” [...]
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Universal Pictures and Gore Verbinski will remake the 2006 Bong Joon-ho-directed Korean thriller The Host , with commercials director Fredrik Bond making his feature helming debut and Mark Poirier ( Smart People ) to write the script.
Live for Films (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
In May Gossip Girl, Chuck and The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz let it slip that he was writing a young X-Men spin-off. 20th Century Fox has remained mum, but now Variety has confirmed the project and is reporting that Schwartz declined an offer to direct the film. It will be called X-Men: First Class and will focus on some young mutants at Xavier's school. Don't think it will be a prequel think
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Doctor Who Next Doctor will be black – or Vanessa Redgrave But not John Simm , who's not allowed to say if he'll be back Film Narnia writers to write Captain America Gore Verbinski to remake The Host Josh Schwartz to write younger X-Men movie Kung Fu Panda director to helm He-Man British TV After You've Gone cancelled Harley Street cancelled BSkyB to raise $600m for acquisitions US TV Rashida Jones...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
I’m not sure how Universal Pictures and producer Gore Verbinski were convinced Mark Poirier was the man to write an American adaptation of the Korean mutant fish hit The Host, but he has apparently got the gig. Poirier has only this year’s mediocre Smart People to his credit and it hardly screams horror. For those not [...]
Empire News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
In his review of South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s genre-melding monster movie, The Host, Empire’s own Simon Crook advised readers thus: “catch it before the inevitable remake.”That was in 2006. And two years lat...
