"Battle Royale" might finally get its American remake, though not in the form we have expected.
According to the Los Angeles Times, teen-centric television station The CW is looking to turn the story from Koushun Takami's novel-turned-cult Japanese movie into an hour-long drama TV series. "Battle Royale" tells the story of a group of ninth grade Japanese students who are kidnapped and forced to fight to the death on a remote island under the Battle Royale Act.
If that sounds like a familiar concept, it's because it is. Though Takami's novel came out in 1999 and the film came out a year later, this "making children fight to the death" story became popularized in the States thanks to Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games." This sort of dystopian future has seen a surge in popularity ever since, and it's likely that The CW wants to give their own spin on "Battle Royale" in the wake of that.
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