I SAW THE DEVIL Remake Nears Production

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BLAIR WITCH Director Adam Wingard to Helm US Update

Reports indicate that production is gearing up to begin on the long-gestating American remake of KIM Jee-woon’s I Saw The Devil (2010). Two years ago, indie genre director Adam Wingard was attached to helm an update of the revered Korean revenge thriller along with his writing partner Simon Barrett and it seems that it is now the next project in the pipeline for the director.

Wingard, who previously made The Guest (2014), recently released Blair Witch, a sequel to the found footage horror The Blair Witch Project (1999) and has also completed principal photography on Death Note, a remake of the 2006 Japanese film of the same name.

The original I Saw The Devil featured LEE Byung-hun as a special agent who goes on the hunt for the serial killer (CHOI Min-shik) responsible for murdering his fiancee, and then becomes an equally sadistic villain in his quest for vengeance. The violent thriller was seen by 1.82 million viewers (USD 12.68 million) during its original Korean release and won several prizes on the festival circuit following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

KIM’s latest film The Age of Shadows recently debuted to strong reviews at the Venice International Film Festival and has been a smash in its native Korea, amassing over seven million spectators to date (USD 52.47 million).

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