Will Smith Talks 'Oldboy'
Film School Rejects had the chance to pick Will Smith’s brain after the Seven Pounds premiere about the upcoming Oldboy remake he’s reportedly signed on to star in – and apparently it won’t be a remake. It will be an adaptation of the manga on which Chan Wook Park’s film was based. Says Smith, "We're looking at that right now. Not the film though, it's the original source material. 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." Not really sure what that means, considering the film isn’t much different from the manga, but I will assume it’s an attempt by Spielberg to try and not piss fans of the original film off – which is admirable if at the same time a little sniveling. But let’s hope Spielberg’s take on this is still as interesting as the original – which with his track record (ahem… Jurassic Park – which was almost nothing like the book) looks pretty certain.
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