Variety reports today that one of Japanese director Takashi Miike’s best films, CHAKUSHIN ARI aka ONE MISSED CALL, is up next for the Hollywood remake cash grab.
Ironically, French filmmaker Eric Valette is set to direct the English-language remake for Alcon Entertainment, Intermedia and Kadokawa Pictures USA, and Warner Bros. will distribute the pic through its output deal with Alcon. Filming is set to begin this summer, with an adapted screenplay by Andrew Klavan (most notable for doing the screenplay for A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM).
The Japanese original, which revolves around a college student whose friends begin receiving cell phone messages from the future in which they hear themselves being murdered, has garnered quite the following in its native country, with a third installment currently in production. No casting news has been announced yet, so expect to hear more about this one in the near future.
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