My thoughts keep coming back to Clint directing a supernatural thriller. The man is an absolutely incredible director and he shows no signs of slowing down. He was behind the recent drama Changeling and he has Gran Torino coming next month, not to mention the back to back releases of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima in 2006, and is currently preparing the Nelson Mandela centered The Human Factor.
World War Z Has a Director
Hot off of Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond film, director Marc Forster has been tapped to direct the adaptation of World War Z for Paramount pictures. The news comes from Variety and the project sounds fascinating.
The film is based on a novel by Max Brooks (son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft). It concerns a worldwide zombie outbreak that pretty much decimates the planet. However, this is not about the war, although I am sure plenty of it will be shown; it concerns a researcher for a UN post-war commission putting together the details of the apocalyptic event. He interviews survivors from around the globe, collecting their first-hand accounts of the outbreak and war.
I have not read the novel, although that premise makes me want to. Any fan of zombie films has to be interested in seeing this one. It sounds like an original concept that could make for a classic piece of zombie cinema. One can only hope that it lives up to its promise.
The Host to be Remade by Universal
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, remakes are always bad, blah, blah, all the standard arguments against. Believe me, I hear you. More often than not the remakes are made by committee and studio executives sap the original story's creativity and any aspect that helped make it stand out in order to get a remake order in the first place. Funny how things like that work, isn't it? Of course, remakes are not always bad, just look at The Thing, The Ring, and Quarantine (I liked it). But for every good one, there is a Ring 2, The Grudge 2, Shutter, One Missed Call, and Shall We Dance?.
Article comments
1 - Jordan Richardson
One of the things that made The Host so great was the humour, so let's hope Hollywood doesn't leave that element out of the remake. I think it could be okay, generally, although I'm far from enthralled with Gore Verbinski.