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BATTLE ROYALE - US Remake - David Fincher
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distantmantra
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If nothing else, we'll finally see a R1 version of the original Battle Royale on DVD.
Funky Papa
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Given how incredibly crappy the Japanese film was, this can only be better.
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I'm betting the fact they will use actors in their early to mid 20s to play the roles of teenagers, and that would be lame.
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So is it possible this could turn out better than the JP movie? I loved the movie, but a friend that read the book said it was lots better, and they left a bunch of stuff out of the movie...
Prince of Space
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Yeah, Fincher or Tarantino would be the only choices who could actually pull this off.
Amen. God, that ending was terrible.
King Jippo
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Yeah, seriously. At least remake some good movies - namely, those which originate from Korea. Actually, I'm sure the Japanese studios & directors don't mind all that cash Hollywood is tossing their way for these remakes. Aside from this BR news, what other recent Japanese films have been remade besides "The Ring" & "The Grudge"?Matlock said:
distantmantra
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King Jippo said:
The American remake of Dark Water comes out this summer, and while the Japanese film isn't new, we saw a completely pointless American remake of Shall We Dance? earlier this year.
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Well that movie wasted some time in my life even though I liked the premise, and fincher is pretty damn good. I'll see it.
Cerebral Palsy
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If anything, at least it's Fincher doing it. Could have been a lot worse, like Michael Bay.
God's Hand
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Disgraceful.
And it probably won't even have hot Japanese school girls.
And it probably won't even have hot Japanese school girls.
Tommie Hu$tle
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Someone give me the 2 dollar summary of Battle Royale
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Where did this news originate from? Link?
ThirstyFly
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Considering how the Japanese producers simply won't allow a US release of the film, I find this news hard to believe. That is of course, unless the US movie is based off the book and not the film, I guess they could have gotten around it that way.
If it is true, Fincher is a great choice. And hopefully it does lead to a US release of the Japaense film on DVD as well, though I highly doubt it.
If it is true, Fincher is a great choice. And hopefully it does lead to a US release of the Japaense film on DVD as well, though I highly doubt it.
Litigation Manuel
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A random class was chosen out of the school system and sent to an island on which all the children, using weapons and other such things supplied, must kill each other off until only one remains. They wear collars that explode in a certain time if they don't follow the instructions, so the killing must happen or everyone dies. It occurs once a year, every year.Tommie Hu$tle said:
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Is it in the realm of possibility that Beat Takeshi might be in it?
He was in Johnny Mnemoic (sp)!
He was in Johnny Mnemoic (sp)!
I'm going to assume
1) this will use college students or ordinary people (ala Survivor)
2) will be set in the US
3) probably will not have the alternate timeline universe, and there'll be some retarded excuse for it instead
It might be a good movie but I'll probably be disappointed with it by the "thematic" changes
That would rock but I hope they use some old cranky US celebrity who wouldn't mind playing himself.
1) this will use college students or ordinary people (ala Survivor)
2) will be set in the US
3) probably will not have the alternate timeline universe, and there'll be some retarded excuse for it instead
It might be a good movie but I'll probably be disappointed with it by the "thematic" changes
That would rock but I hope they use some old cranky US celebrity who wouldn't mind playing himself.
The book for Battle Royale was awful, at least the official English translation of it. Just shitty pulp fiction. The movie kicked ass though. They could easily do an American version justice. All they have to do is set it in the U.S. in the near future and say something like "The war on terror has taken a toll on the nation and after years of attrition a totalitarian regime took over and implemented the battle royale..." etc. They could also fix up the shitty ending.
Still some of the cultural things wouldn't translate as well, like the school uniform deal. The whole thing about how in America there are different cultures/ethnicities (would all the black people band together, for example) that were a non-issue in the Japanese version.
What they need to do is have actual high school aged students (as someone else said, no 25 year olds playing high school students) doing it and maybe have Beat Takeshi. If they keep up the atmosphere (especially with the music and bloody violence) and do a nice cultural transition from Japan to America this could be a promising project (like the American The Ring, though I didn't see Ringu)
Still some of the cultural things wouldn't translate as well, like the school uniform deal. The whole thing about how in America there are different cultures/ethnicities (would all the black people band together, for example) that were a non-issue in the Japanese version.
What they need to do is have actual high school aged students (as someone else said, no 25 year olds playing high school students) doing it and maybe have Beat Takeshi. If they keep up the atmosphere (especially with the music and bloody violence) and do a nice cultural transition from Japan to America this could be a promising project (like the American The Ring, though I didn't see Ringu)
I love all the shitty US remakes of Japanese movies. Without stupid Richard Gere and JLo, they probably wouldn't have released the Japanese 'shall we dance' over here - you can tell by the box that they hope blind/stupid people will pick it up thinking its the Richard Gere one.
robertsan21
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i am sure fincher can do BR better than the japanese can!
i for one am happy about this news
i for one am happy about this news
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