IS OLDBOY In More Trouble Than We Think? Spike Lee Talks About The Chan-wook Park Remake

IS OLDBOY In More Trouble Than We Think? Spike Lee Talks About The Chan-wook Park Remake

While at Sundance to promote Red Hook Summer, Spike Lee was of course assaulted with questions about OldBoy, however the talented and controversial director remained mum on the subject.

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By MarkJulian - Jan 27, 2012 07:01 AM EST
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Here's Spike's answers to Esquire Magazine:

ESQ: Now that you've finished this, you're onto remaking Oldboy, a somewhat notorious South Korean thriller. What's a Spike Lee Oldboy going to look like?

SL: We should find out.

ESQ: The original is drastically different from the comic it comes from. It goes from Japan to Korea to America. How do you feel about bringing it here?

SL: To be honest, I don't like talking about stuff in advance.

ESQ: So it's not already...?

SL: No. We're not shooting yet.



And in an interview with The Playlist, Spike says he hopes his next film will be Brooklyn Loves MJ (rumored to star Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, and Kerry Washington) not OldBoy. However, I have to note that Spike shot Red Hook Summer in a mere 18 days, and there's plenty of time to fit that in before OldBoy supposedly starts production. Still, there was no mention of OldBoy.


Skip to the 1:21 mark to hear Spike Lee dodge questions about OldBoy from MTV's Josh Horowitz.




All this leads me and many others to believe that OldBoy is in serious trouble, not the "delayed" kind of trouble but "shelved all together" kind of trouble. Speaking to a few other bloggers and media journalists, the feeling is that the announcement that OldBoy has been put on an indefinite hold could come down at any moment. More news on the movie as we have it.




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Shaman
Shaman - 1/27/2012, 7:58 AM
When has Spike Lee ever been any more vocal than what he was right here? What part of this screams "SHELVED!!!" really?
Shaman
Shaman - 1/27/2012, 8:01 AM
Hell, he specifically stated "We SHOULD find out" and then followed with "I don't like talking about stuff(i.e. ANYTHING) in advance". Now... if the movie ever got "shelved", we wouldn't find out anything about that movie. Would we?
MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 1/27/2012, 8:03 AM
You mean, when has Spike Lee, not been vocal, right? A quick Google search will show you just how vocal Spike Lee can be.
Tevii
Tevii - 1/27/2012, 8:21 AM
Screw that racist ass Spike Lee. It sucks he's involved at all
RyanLantern77
RyanLantern77 - 1/27/2012, 8:48 AM
Leave it alone Spike. You can't improve on the original
joeker
joeker - 1/27/2012, 9:52 AM
Spike Lee = Douche
Bojac
Bojac - 1/27/2012, 10:24 AM
What a [foo foo].
Shaman
Shaman - 1/27/2012, 12:12 PM
GraphicCity- Spike's vocal about whatever issue he feels like being vocal about. My point was that i have never heard of him being so vocal about a future project that hasn't even started pre-production yet. This is the first time i've heard anyone ask him questions about Oldboy, he could just happen to "not be there yet", ya know? It's still pretty early in game to be expecting it to be shelved. Look at how long they've been talking about a Crow remake, having it lose it's director and changing writers and lead casting choices. It's still not shelved. What could possibly make anyone "feel" like it's going to be shelved JUST by having Spike not spoil the beans the first time he's being questionned about it? Christ, we still don't know who the aliens in Avengers are, does that mean it's going to be shelved too?
kylemf88
kylemf88 - 1/27/2012, 1:06 PM
Can't stand Spike Lee, he's such a prick.
DZ123
DZ123 - 1/27/2012, 4:10 PM
This is one of those films which is either cursed not to get off the ground or be a bloated mess, if it does. Justin Lin and Nick Cage were attached to it once, after all.
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