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Yet another Asian horror remake is on the cards, but before you all start groaning, this one sounds like it might be a cut above the usual Hollywood redo dross. The reboot of Byeong-ki Ahn’s (Bunshinsaba, A.P.T) Korean horror Phone will actually be a Korean /U.S co-production and following in the footsteps of the successful remake of The Grudge, Ahn the director of the original film is attached to helm and produce the remake. There is also talk that the production may even be set on location in Korea, keeping it even closer to its original source material. No word yet on the cast, but with the script already in the final stages of completion, Korean agent Mirovision said it expects to start production as early as the latter half of this year, with an aim to release the film in the summer of 2010. A Hollywood remake of an Asian movie,...

Yet another Asian horror remake is on the cards, but before you all start groaning, this one sounds like it might be a cut above the usual Hollywood redo dross. The reboot of Byeong-ki Ahn’s (Bunshinsaba, A.P.T) Korean horror Phone will actually be a Korean /U.S co-production and following in the footsteps of the successful remake of The Grudge, Ahn the director of the original film is attached to helm and produce the remake. There is also talk that the production may even be set on location in Korea, keeping it even closer to its original source material. No word yet on the cast, but with the script already in the final stages of completion, Korean agent Mirovision said it expects to start production as early as the latter half of this year, with an aim to release the film in the summer of 2010. A Hollywood remake of an Asian movie,...

Yet another Asian horror remake is on the cards, but before you all start groaning, this one sounds like it might be a cut above the usual Hollywood redo dross. The reboot of Byeong-ki Ahn’s (Bunshinsaba, A.P.T) Korean horror Phone will actually be a Korean /U.S co-production and following in the footsteps of the successful remake of The Grudge, Ahn the director of the original film is attached to helm and produce the remake. There is also talk that the production may even be set on location in Korea, keeping it even closer to its original source material. No word yet on the cast, but with the script already in the final stages of completion, Korean agent Mirovision said it expects to start production as early as the latter half of this year, with an aim to release the film in the summer of 2010. A Hollywood remake of an Asian movie,...

Paris-based producer Davis Films will steer an American remake of director Byeong-ki Ahn's hit South Korean horror picture Bunshinsaba (Ouija Board) after acquiring the rights from distributor/producer Mirovision, Davis chief Samuel Hadida said Friday ... The head of Italy's state-run broadcaster RAI Flavio Cattaneo was pulled in front of a Rome magistrate on Monday to answer claims that the RAI networks had willingly neglected to provide news coverage for an upcoming controversial referendum on artificial insemination.