Spike Lee cooking up a disaster.

[Houston]

I was hoping the project would fall through somehow but looks like it's eventually gonna take off.

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) has reportedly been offered the role of the female lead in Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake. The part of Marie was previously turned down by Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland), but could be a major role for Olsen. Having quickly risen through the ranks of most-sought-after actresses, Olsen has a number of projects lined up for 2013 but may yet have time to work Oldboy into her schedule. If Oldboy can manage to pin down someone to play the villain (Clive Owen, Colin Firth and Christian Bale have already declined the role), Lee may be able to start filming late this summer as planned. Olsen would be joining Josh Brolin(the leading man) in the remake of the 2003 Korean revenge film by Park Chan-Wook.

TwitchFilm has brought us word that Olsen has been offered the role of Marie, renamed for the American remake written by Mark Protosevich (Thor).Olsen is an actress whose career really took off in 2011, thanks to her acclaimed performance in the Sundance breakout flick Martha Marcy May Marlene. The 23-year-old starlet looks to improve her standing even more in 2012, with a lead role in the upcoming “single-shot” psycho-thriller Silent House and a supporting part in the impending supernatural thriller Red Lights. Not to mention, Olsen already has several projects lined up for 2013, including the biographical drama Kill Your Darlings.

It’s been acknowledged that the basic plot setup for Lee’s Old Boy – based on a script by Mark Protosevich (The Cell and the screen story for Thor) - is essentially the same as Park’s adaptation and the original manga: a man (Brolin) is kidnapped and imprisoned in a hotel room without explanation, before he is released nearly two decades later and given four days to determine why he was held captive.

However, Lee’s Old Boy will deviate from the source material and Park’s movie in several respects, including the addition of several new plot elements cooked up by Protosevich and a retooled ending, which producer Roy Lee says is even darker than the original. As fans of Park’s Oldboy know all too well, that is REALLY saying something.

Why on Earth would you try and make an Americanized remake of this masterpiece? :smh:

 

[NAHSTE]

Saw this when I woke up and thought the same thing. I'm one of the few remaining who can still somewhat tolerate Spike's schtick, but this movie is guaranteed to be a steaming pile of shit.


American adaptation of Oldboy?
:cano:

Directed by Spike Lee?
:walker:

 

[EmpireWF]

Jeremy Lin will be involved somehow.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Terrible idea. Terrible.

 

[Palooza]

There's no reason for this.

Besides, Elizabeth Olson didn't impress me all that much in MMMM.

 

[Houston]

Besides, Elizabeth Olson didn't impress me all that much in MMMM.

Same here, at this point I'm not a fan.

 

[dell71]

I'm a huge Spike Lee fan and love Oldboy but even I don't think mixing the two is a good idea. I'll see it but can't say I'm pumped about it. If they just had to do an Americanremake I would've preferred someone like Aronofsky.

 

[Houston]

Spike Lee’s exhausting search for the villain in his Oldboy remake may have finally come to an end. After previously offering the role to Christian Bale, Colin Firth, and Clive Owen—all of who turned the part down—Variety now reports that District 9 star Sharlto Copley has been offered the role and is in early talks to sign on. Josh Brolin is set as the lead and Elizabeth Olsen is onboard in the lead female role of Lee’s take on Park Chan-wook’s classic revenge pic of the same name. For those unfamiliar, Brolin plays a man who is abducted and imprisoned for 15 years, after which he’s inexplicably released and sent on a hunt to track down those responsible for his imprisonment. Many unexpected twists and turns ensue.

The screenplay for the American version was written by Mark Protosevich, who wrote "The Cell" and did the screenplays or stories for other major films like "I Am Legend," "Thor" and this year's "Mass Effect." He's currently working on "Jurassic Park IV," the next installment in that dinosaur franchise from director Joe Johnston.

Nice resume:gayrod:

 

[Villain]

Sharlto Copley is awesome.

 

[Rylo]

I hope it bleeds this faggot dry and fails miserably.

 

[Pitty]

Great now Spike Lee can transform a masterpiece into a shitshow which will undoubtedly portray white people as racist know-nothings getting by only on the color of their skin repressing the far superior, both intellectually and physically, blacks who will become the heroes of the film.

Can't wait.

 

 

[st lickem]

I hope it bleeds this faggot dry and fails miserably.

tell us how you really feel lol

 

[Houston]

Very bland.

 

[Pitty]

:no: