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There has been a rise of foreign film studios remaking Korean films. In the remake film of PARK Chan-wook’s Sympathy For Lady Vengeance, Charlize THERON takes the leading role while Academy-winning scripter William MONOHAN of The Departed, the Hollywood remake of Infernal Affairs, is writing the script.

 

Director Spike LEE is at the helm of the remake project of PARK’s Old Boy, starring Josh BROLIN. The film is slated to open in October 2013. Director PARK Chul-soo’s 1995 movie Three-Oh-0ne Three-Oh-Two has been remade in the U.S. and is set to open next year under the title Compulsion, starring Heather GRAHAM and Carrie-Anne MOSS.

 

Korean star LEE Byung-hun’s A Bittersweet Life is to be remade by Allen HUGHES of From Hell and The Book of Eli. Denzel WASHINGTON is rumored to have been selected for the lead role.

A Korean film from earlier this year, Confession of Murder, has received a remake offer from Japan after getting one from the U.S. The Japanese company is Robot Production, the production company that made Love Letter and Bayside Shakedown. Earlier in October, film producer Kenneth KOKIN of The Usual Suspects said he wanted to remake the Korean film because of its interesting storyline during Film Independent Forum held at Directors Guild of America theater in Los Angeles. “The Korean film industry is well-known for its professionalism and many Korean films have dramatic storylines. There are specific reasons why Hollywood keeps remaking many Korean films. They have great stories and are very well-made films,” said Ben AFFLECK, Hollywood actor and director of Argo.