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W...T...F... Joint Security Area (JSA) being remade for the U.S?!

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IAmtheFMan

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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9575

Screenwriter David Franzoni (Gladiator) has optioned rights to adapt Park Chan-wook's 2000 hit Joint Security Area.

The film is a controversial drama about the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea -- using the backdrop of the U.S.-Mexico border and illegal immigration.

Under the deal, Franzoni also will make his directing debut on the as-yet-untitled remake.
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How in the hell can this be done? Look... I could accept, but not be entirely thrilled about Sassy Girl, Marrying the Mafia, and Oldboy, but JSA is something that is about a divided country; brother against brother in a conflict that touches on an extremely poignant nerve to many Koreans and those of Korean descent. It's a film that captures the futility of the conflict between the two sides, and the stragic stalemate that they're in.

Mexicans and the U.S.? Good God. Words cannot express how pissed I am by this news.
 
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Manabanana

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There was supposed to be a Metroid movie, too... I don't think this will ever happen. Hollywood can't be THAT creatively bankrupt/dumb.
 
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nitewulf

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exactly...how will this work?? mexico vs us? even that doesnt work well, because mexico/us doesn't have that sort of a relationship/bond.

and i hate the fact that my sassy girl is being remade...i bet all the punching and hitting will be taken out.
 
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nitewulf said:
exactly...how will this work?? mexico vs us? even that doesnt work well, because mexico/us doesn't have that sort of a relationship/bond.
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I don't know. It doesn't make any Goddamn sense. "OOH LOOK, AMERICAN AND MEXICAN DISCOVER THAT THEY AREN'T THAT DIFFERENT AFTERALL!!!111"
 
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IAmtheFMan said:
I don't know. It doesn't make any Goddamn sense. "OOH LOOK, AMERICAN AND MEXICAN DISCOVER THAT THEY AREN'T THAT DIFFERENT AFTERALL!!!111"
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It's easier to tug at some people's heartstrings rather than to get their mental cogs a'turnin'.
 
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