Deadline is reporting that Josh Brolin - who recently finished filming for the third Men In Black film - has officially been cast in the lead role of the upcoming remake of Oldboy, a 2003 South Korean film based off of a manga series. Renown director will direct the remake, which is set to begin filming next March. Brolin has been rumored for the lead role for a while, but now we have official word of his signing on to do the film.
Josh Brolin was rumored to be on the short list to star in ’s Oldboy, a remake of the cult 2003 Korean revenge thriller from Park Chan-wook. Now it’s official: Brolin will topline the Mandate Pictures redo, which begins production in March. It looks like he’ll squeeze in Oldboy before shooting Jason Reitman’s Labor Day opposite Kate Winslet; that movie is set to begin production in June.
In other casting news,
The Dark Knight actor Christian Bale is considering the villain role for the remake, which is one of the projects he's considering after
The Dark Knight Rises finishes production. Brolin is the only confirmed cast member so far, however.
Spike Lee's
Oldboy remake is set to begin filming next spring, possibly for a 2013 release.