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Gore Verbinski Gets a 'Host' Remake
Source: Variety
Universal Pictures has given then nod to Gore Verbinski produce a remake of the 2006 Korean thriller The Host. The film, originally titled "Gwoemul," did record-breaking business in its theatrical run in South Korea.
The film will feature the directing debut of commercials director Fredrik Bond. Smart People writer Mark Poirier will pen the script.
Story follows a town terrorized by a giant mutant squidlike creature hatched by toxins that flow into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band together to rescue her.
Bond has directed campaigns for Nike, Adidas and Levi's. He and Verbinski had been looking for a project to do together, and Bond said he embraced the opportunity to mix a larger-than-life monster with a heartfelt family drama.
"It processes a few genres together, and visually it feels close to the stuff I've made over the last few years in commercials, the tonality of humor and the scale," Bond said.
Universal Pictures has given then nod to Gore Verbinski produce a remake of the 2006 Korean thriller The Host. The film, originally titled "Gwoemul," did record-breaking business in its theatrical run in South Korea.
The film will feature the directing debut of commercials director Fredrik Bond. Smart People writer Mark Poirier will pen the script.
Story follows a town terrorized by a giant mutant squidlike creature hatched by toxins that flow into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band together to rescue her.
Bond has directed campaigns for Nike, Adidas and Levi's. He and Verbinski had been looking for a project to do together, and Bond said he embraced the opportunity to mix a larger-than-life monster with a heartfelt family drama.
"It processes a few genres together, and visually it feels close to the stuff I've made over the last few years in commercials, the tonality of humor and the scale," Bond said.
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Comment by GreyFox785 on November 20, 2008 at 11:48pm - Um... Why? Was there anything wrong with the original? It practically just came out!
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Comment by Stephanie on November 20, 2008 at 12:55pm - I'm glad they are remaking this, maybe they will do better. When I saw this trailer I was really excited and they I saw this movie and was sadly disappointed.
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Comment by AJ on November 20, 2008 at 12:38pm -
MileyZorEl
so americans have a "conquering" mindset and asians have a "being conquered" mindset??
your a FUCKIN moron.
get your history straight before you speak your overly pretentious and racist mind.
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Comment by The Movie Whore on November 20, 2008 at 12:10pm -
F*CK GORE VERBINSKI!
This is such a bad idea. Why not trying to make an original flick you talentless hack.
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Comment by Florencio De La Cruz on November 20, 2008 at 1:56am - Another god-damn Asian remake thats going to suck ass
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Comment by Kody on November 20, 2008 at 12:44am -
YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!!
YOU JUST CAN'T!!!
IT'S THE SINGLE GREATEST MONSTEER MOVIE OF ALL TIME BAR NONE.
HEADS WILL ROLL FOR THIS!!!!
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Comment by Dominique Meyer on November 20, 2008 at 12:15am - I'm the one person in the world who thinks the original is a RENTAL.
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Comment by MDS on November 19, 2008 at 9:21pm - Sweet... Hollywood picks up yet ANOTHER Asian movie and tries to remake it into something that will appeal to the general American audience that has never seen the original movie. Forgetting of course that the Asian culture is completely different to the American culture, and almost EVERY Asian-to-American movie has done POORLY compared to what American companies thought they would do.
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Comment by Dr. Detfink on November 19, 2008 at 8:34pm - My biggest worry with this remake...the ending won't fit Hollywood.
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Comment by Jason on November 19, 2008 at 8:18pm - i've actually seen this movie before, and i still dont understand why it was so great to koreans. I laughed when something bad happenned. Anyways, this is just gonna be another dumb remake.
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