It’s time for another episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and with this one we’re looking back at director Chan-wook Park’s 2003 South Korean film Oldboy (watch it Here) – a movie that has not only been ranked on lists of the Greatest Films Ever Made, but has also had people looking at hammers differently for over twenty years now. You can hear all about it in the video embedded above.
Written by Park with Jo-yun Hwang and Jun-hyung Lim, Oldboy is a loose adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name. The film has the following synopsis: Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from the police station yet again by a friend. However, he’s abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for the next 15 years, drugged unconscious when human contact is unavoidable, otherwise with only the television as company.
Written by Park with Jo-yun Hwang and Jun-hyung Lim, Oldboy is a loose adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name. The film has the following synopsis: Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from the police station yet again by a friend. However, he’s abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for the next 15 years, drugged unconscious when human contact is unavoidable, otherwise with only the television as company.
- 5/27/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay.
- 11/7/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay.
- 11/7/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay. Apparently, Spielberg has been eyeing an opportunity to work with Smith. Will's up next in "Seven Pounds," a dramatic film helmed by Gabriele Muccino of "The Pursuit of Happyness" which Grant Nieporte wrote. Columbia Pictures distributes.
- 11/7/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay.
- 11/7/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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