Spielberg And Will Smith May Re-Do A Korean Epic
Will Smith and Steven Spielberg may enact their first partnership on the remake of a Korean thriller, Chan Wook Park’s “Oldboy,” for DreamWorks and Universal Pictures, Variety says .
The film would mark one of the earlier DreamWorks/Universal efforts in the new deal between the two studios. DreamWorks will secure the remake rights and Universal will distribute.
In the 2003 Korean original, a man gets kidnapped and held in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation.
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