Over at SuicideGirls, they’ve scored a nice interview with Justin Lin. He’s on tap to direct a remake of OLDBOY, so I’ve included all the info about that from the chat below. If you also want to hear about his experience helming ANNAPOLIS and the upcoming FAST AND THE FURIOUS sequel, TOKYO DRIFT, click here.
Now on to the meat!
DRE: I’ve heard a couple rumors of rumors about the Oldboy remake. That the main character will eat tacos instead of squid. Is that correct?
Justin: [laughs] We’re just playing around. We went from tacos to burritos but right now we’re so far away from it being a reality. I love that film and the only reason I wanted to explore that avenue is because it really spoke to me. I didn’t sign on to make a Xerox copy of the original because it’s a masterpiece. I wanted to explore other themes within it. If I was going to come close to making a Xerox I hope I have enough sense to stop that process. Oldboy is one of those projects where structurally it’s so solid and it brings up so many great themes that you could give it to ten different filmmakers and it would be interesting to see what comes out of each of them.
So far Universal has been very open to anything. I told them that I’m not signing on unless we’re not going to water down the ending. It has always been important to make sure that it’s understood up front what we’re trying to accomplish.
DRE: Is Nicolas Cage still attached?
Justin: We don’t have formal attachments. It’s a great movie and any actor in their right mind would want to be a part of it. I know he said publicly he’d be interested in it. I just don’t think we’re at that stage yet so hopefully after I wrap this movie I’ll have a little bit more time to play around and see what comes up.
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