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I know what you're thinking. This is the second helping of Cinemash in a single day. I must be lazy. Yes. Yes I am. But that's besides the point. This isn't just any Cinemash. This one features "Heroes" star Milo Ventimiglia. Rehashing the most incredible fight scene from "Thirst" director Park Chan-wook's "Oldboy." Check it out. And then hit the jump to peep and original clip, if only to get an idea of how completely the Cinemash team commits to their send-ups.
With the film and the original manga well-known for their disturbing themes -- a crucial plot point involves incest -- and graphic violence, is the typically family-friendly Spielberg up to the task of staying true to the dark, violent nature of the story?
"It's the thing that Steven was attracted to," Smith told MTV News. "We're working from the comic and we haven't done anything other than talk about it. So we'll see what happens, but he's not going to do anything that would be less than stunning."
"We’re looking at that right now. Not the film though, it’s the original source material," said Smith. "There’s the original comics of 'Oldboy' that they made the first film from. And that’s what we’re working from, not an adaptation of the film."
This is definitely one of the more eyebrow-raising remake ideas to come out of Hollywood. Variety is reporting that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in talks to film a remake of Chan-Wook Park's violent "Oldboy."
If you haven't seen Park's "Oldboy," be prepared for a film that is nothing like Spielberg or Smith have ever made before. It follows a man named Dae-Su, who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without having a good reason why. Once released, he goes on a path of vengance, tracing the identity of his captors through a strange maze of conspiracy. It's bloody, it's brutal, and yet packs quite an emotional punch. Read more...