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Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Gets October 2013 Release Date

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday October 19, 2012 @ 11:14am PDTTags: FilmDistrict, Oldboy, Spike Lee

FilmDistrict so far has October 11, 2013 all to itself on the release schedule with Oldboy, which stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley and Samuel L. Jackson in a remake of Park Chan-wook’s 2003 cult suspense thriller. Spike Lee is directing. Brolin plays an advertising executive who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement without any indication of his captor’s motive. When he is released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment. Mark Protosevich wrote the adapted screenplay and is co-producing.

FilmDistrict picked up U.S. distribution rights to Oldboy last month in Toronto. It is set as the first title from Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane’s Good Universe. Kahane produced with Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Doug Davison, and Drake, FilmDistrict CEO Peter Schlessel and John Middleton executive produced. The film is also a 40 Acres & A Mule production.

The original South Korean film won the Grand Prize Jury Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

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Toronto: FilmDistrict Grabs U.S. Rights To Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 7, 2012 @ 7:33am PDTTags: FilmDistrict, Josh Brolin, Oldboy, Spike Lee
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: FilmDistrict grabbed US distribution rights to Oldboy, the Spike Lee-directed remake of the crazy South Korean suspense film. Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, and Sharlto Copley star. Roy Lee and Doug Davison via Vertigo Entertainment and Nathan Kahane on behalf … Read More »

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Good Universe Continues Ramp-Up With Promotions

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 23, 2012 @ 6:05pm PDTTags: Good Universe, Last Vegas, Oldboy

Joe Drake Nathan Kahane Good UniverseEXCLUSIVE: Good Universe, the full-service movie financing, production and sales company launched by Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane just ahead of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has promoted a trio of execs. … Read More »

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Sharlto Copley Cast in ‘Open Grave,’ Confirmed For Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 1, 2012 @ 1:27pm PDTTags: Oldboy, Open Grave, Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copely OldboyEXCLUSIVE: Sharlto Copley is heading to Hungary to begin shooting Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s Open Grave, and he has closed his deal to play the villain in Spike Lee’s Oldboy, a remake of the cult 2003 Korean revenge thriller … Read More »

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Josh Brolin To Star In Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Redo For Mandate

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 29, 2011 @ 12:24pm PDTTags: Film Casting, Josh Brolin, Mandate Pictures, Oldboy, Spike Lee
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Josh Brolin was rumored to be on the short list to star in Spike Lee’s Oldboy, a remake of the cult 2003 Korean revenge thriller from Park Chan-wook. Now it’s official: Brolin will topline the Mandate Pictures redo, which … Read More »

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Spike Lee To Direct ‘Oldboy’ For Mandate

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 11, 2011 @ 11:42am PDTTags: Mandate Pictures, Mark Protosevich, Oldboy, Roy Lee, Spike Lee

Mandate Pictures just announced that Spike Lee will direct Oldboy, a remake of the cult 2003 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook that won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Mark Protosevich has adapted the … Read More »

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