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EXCLUSIVE: FX is working on a series project based on the 2007 Korean movie Soo (aka Act of Revenge) with Barry Josephson (Life as We Know It) on board to executive produce. A History of Violence writer Josh Olson is writing the adaptation, a drama exploring the nature of identity through the lens of twin brothers — one a detective and one a hitman. After witnessing the killing of his estranged twin brother, a hitman decides to assume his life and become a policeman to find those responsible. Olson is executive producing with Josephson Entertainment’s Josephson and Alexander Young as well as Ted Kim and Jiwon Park from Korean entertainment giant CJ Entertainment which distributed the movie based on the South Korean graphic novel Double Casting by Shin Young-woo. Olson, repped by UTA and Benderspink, has several feature projects in development, One Shot at Paramount, Oz at Warners and a script he is working on with the directing team of Neveldine/Taylor. He is also attached to direct his adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s short story Until Gwen. On TV, Josephson is executive producing Bones, now in its sixth season on Fox.
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Oh, oh. I know this one! Eagle Eye!
Hopefully it will do well and encourage more diverse programming. I don’t even watch television because there’s nothing I identify with on. Same recycled plots by the same recycled writers and producers for the same recycled audience.
I am a fan of Korean movies, though only few of their actors I have known, they are great in doing movies and they have good actors as well.
This movie is available at virgilfilmsent.com and it is fantastic!!!
If you’re listing all your dead feature projects as credits, your career isn’t in too good of shape.
You mean the credits being listed on a story ABOUT A NEW SHOW?
You’re a fucking genius.
Also, go look at his imdb page. Or, you know, check out past Oscar Nominees.
I love Korean TV and if this were on any other network besides FX, I probably wouldn’t care.
Nice to see Olson recharge his career in TV. I know the feature world hasn’t been kind to him as of late.
It’s all about the premise. I just watched the film last night on Netflix streaming. The movie was just OK; very violent. Did I say “very”? I meant ULTRA violent! Knives, knives, and bigger knives and swords. Oh, and baseball bats. And, blood, buckets of blood.
Yup to more diverse, interesting casting. Rarely watch anything outside of the internet. How many times do we need to see the same interchangeable people over and over again? Who is that? Who cares?! At least comedy has a bit more diverse casting. What happened to the great casting people from the 70′s?
Very interesting. I love Korean cinema. “Soo” was an entertaining film. I’d be more excited if FX was adapting “A Bittersweet Life”.
Regardless, I can’t argue with FX. They make some of the best drama’s on TV. I expect this to be good. I wasn’t a fan of “A History Violence”, though is started off great. Hopefully, Olson does the source material justice.
Wait, a lot of folks here are talking about “hooray for diverse programming and casting”, but has there been any news that this adaptation will actually feature Asians or Asian-Americans or any people of color in the lead role? Because in reading this story, I’m assuming FX and the producers will do what Hollywood always does: take an idea that originated in Asia and remake/adapt it with white actors in the lead role(s). You know, the same old narrow-minded crap.
And the fact that folks from Korea’s CJ Entertainment are apart of the producing team doesn’t mean the lead character will be Asian or Asian-American. On these types of deals, people connected to the original Asian property are usually onboard…and they usually take the money and stand by while the original Asian characters are transformed into yet another opportunity for Caucasian actors.
I hope I’m wrong on this one, and that they consider casting someone like James Kyson Lee (from “Heroes”) in the lead role. But I’m betting I’m right.
Cool idea for a show but bad idea for a writer, A History Of VIolence was a horribly written movie. I never understood how it got any critical acclaim, some of it was almost laughable.
Wannabe,
I bet you the show won’t be set in Korea, either. That’s usually how it works. When an American network bought the rights to Till Death Do Us Part, they didn’t cast Brits in the parts. They cast Americans. They even had the gall to change the title to All In The Family. Demanding that they keep the cultural aspects of the show is absurd, as is accusing them of racism. Have you seen A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop? Are you offended that Chinese filmmakers remake Blood Simple and recast all the leads with Chinese actors?
Carl Schenk,
Hear is a news flash for you: There are Americans who are not white. And there are plenty of non-Americans (including Caucasians) working in American film and TV. But of course that fact undoubtedly goes over your head, just as it seems to elude so many of the power brokers in Hollywood. You write like the type of clod who sees an Asian or brown face and immediately thinks “foreigner”.
And what do I care about the Chinese remake of “Blood Simple”? This isn’t a tit-for-tat thing. It’s apples and oranges. I’m talking about a Hollywood that loves to give lip service to the concept of diversity and inclusion, but time and time again shows it doesn’t really care about it…even when it comes to projects like “Soo” that are ready made for the industry to put it’s money where its wannabe-liberal mouth is. China’s got nothing to do with that.
wannabe = 1 schenk = 0