Not that the article says Fincher is working on the script and not necessarily directing. Maybe he'll direct...or maybe the project will be handed off to someone who will turn the film into a non-stop suckfest.
Meanwhile, I haven't read Battle Royale, but I'm terribly fond of the movie. It would be nice if Hollywood would just, you know, release Asian movies over here rather than constantly feel the urge to remake them badly.
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.
Umm.. not really, Toho actually wanted to release it across megaplexs in America, but there was no way in bells that a U.S. distributor was going to do that. More or less: Toho would allow a us release of the movie, but they wanted a major run, not some dinky art house release.
And the lack of Love towards Kinji Fukasaku in this thread is disturbing(Note BR2 is his son's fault, he died before it basically started).
Well you know, I never thought the japanese Ringu would come out here, but as soon as the American remake hit theaters, the japanese one came out in video rental. Same with Juon after The Grudge came out.
However I get a feeling that the US Battle Royale will be so different from the Japanese one, that they won't have a reason to bring the Japanese one out here. Stupid Columbine put an end to all possibilities of movies about kids killing each other from coming out here.
Umm.. not really, Toho actually wanted to release it across megaplexs in America, but there was no way in bells that a U.S. distributor was going to do that. More or less: Toho would allow a us release of the movie, but they wanted a major run, not some dinky art house release.
That's the complete opposite of I've read numerous times, do you have a link to back it up? I know that a few studios such as Media Blasters have been trying to throw enough money at them to change their minds and nothing has come of it and all the reasons I've seen for them holding onto it has been the violence issue, not a wide release issue.
I'd rather they remade Attack The Gas Station, because BR has undertones and a story and is trying to make a statement; all of this will get muddled in the rerelease.
ATGS is just mindless and fun. More suited for Hollywood.
I for one loved the ending, especially the part where Takeshi got up again to answer the phone after he was dead. The original work may take a rather grim, shocking tone, but I spent most of the movie laughing at the use of kids in classic war/survival movie type scenes.
Any meaning that was supposed to be in the story was lost amidst the ridiculous deaths, but I prefer it that way. I could never have taken that movie seriously.
The only reason why BR never came out in america is that Toho wanted a crazy price for the distribution right, something in the ranges of 10-15 millions, and that there is no way in hell than a now 5 years old niche movie would make it up in profits.
Especially since everyone who wanted to see has seen it already on import dvds or just pirated versions
The only reason why BR never came out in america is that Toho wanted a crazy price for the distribution right, something in the ranges of 10-15 millions, and that there is no way in hell than a now 5 years old niche movie would make it up in profits.
Especially since everyone who wanted to see has seen it already on import dvds or just pirated versions
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.
The original Japanese version of Shall We Dance? was released in the United States back in 1997 or so, as I remember seeing it in the theater. You could even pick it up on VHS. The only thing that we were deprived of was a DVD release until a few months back.
The original Japanese version of Shall We Dance? was released in the United States back in 1997 or so, as I remember seeing it in the theater. You could even pick it up on VHS. The only thing that we were deprived of was a DVD release until a few months back.
Yep, it's also the highest grossing Japanese subtitled movie ever in America(more then likely the reason it got remade), and I remember at the time the highest grossing dubbed movie was Godzilla 2000 but that's probably been replaced by sen to chiro.
