'I Saw the Devil' Remake (from the director & writer of 'You're Next' & 'The Guest')

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‘The Guest's’ Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett to Tackle ‘I Saw the Devil’ Remake (Exclusive)

Snoot Entertainment's Keith and Jessica Calder will produce with Adi Shankar and Spencer Silna

Just days before their latest genre film “The Guest” hits theaters, Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard are nearing a deal to write and direct an English-language remake of Kim Jee-Woon's 2010 South Korean serial killer thriller “I Saw the Devil,” TheWrap has learned.

Snoot Entertainment, the company behind “The Guest” and “You're Next,” has also boarded the project. Snoot's Keith Calder and Jessica Calder will produce with Adi Shankar (“Dredd”) and Spencer Silna.

The original “I Saw the Devil” is a classic revenge tale about an elite special agent (“G.I. Joe's” Lee Byung-hun) whose pregnant fiancé is murdered by an evil madman (“Oldboy's'” Choi Min-sik), prompting him to lure the killer into an increasingly violent and twisted game of cat-and-mouse.

Like Denis Villeneuve‘s “Prisoners,” the premise of “I Saw the Devil” basically asks the question, “what happens when the hero becomes a monster himself?”

“I Saw the Devil” is character-driven rather than plot-driven, as the mystery of the killer's identity is revealed early on. As the lines between good and evil become blurred, the film pushes the concept of revenge to its most extreme limits, effectively transcending the police procedural and serial killer genres in surprising and thrilling new ways.

The deal has been in the works for some time now, as Barrett has already started writing the script and director Wingard has begun meeting with actors, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.

CAA will represent domestic rights to the “I Saw the Devil” remake, having packaged the project and set up the rights with Shankar and Silna's production company.

Wingard and Barrett previously collaborated on “A Horrible Way to Die,” “V/H/S” and “You're Next,” which made them darlings of the genre community.

Source: The Wrap

[The Debts]

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

hooray for more remakes!!!!!!

[DragonOfTheBlackPool]

Alright, now I'm pissed.

[Kevin Holly]

On the bright side, it's such a good movie that I really don't think it's possible for a remake to be that bad unless it changes literally everything.

If you haven't seen it, then do. It's arguably the best film of the last 20 years.

[JonD7]

No... just F this.

The original is one of my all time favorite films.

[Al_The_Strange]

I got a feeling it'll be just like the OldBoy remake. Which is to say, it'll be rather inferior.

What's next, A Bittersweet Life remake?

[LloydChristmas]

Sucks that they're remaking it, but it's another Wingard and Barrett project which is good. Love those two.

[Jasonic]

No. Hollywood is like 0 for (insert however many there are here) in remaking Korean films. I Saw the Devil is one of those films that immediately when I saw it, I knew you just couldn't get something like it in Hollywood.

I love You're Next, but for very different reasons than what makes I Saw the Devil so good. There is a quality to it that Wingard will not be able to reproduce.

[chris_sc77]

It's gonna suck if they keep it short like around 90-100 mins.


The original is a masterpiece.

[Scottie]

You're Next was terrible and if the Oldboy remake, directed by an actual good director, was any indication of how well Korean remakes work out, this should definitely not happen.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

NO GOD! PLEASE NO!!! NOOOOOOOOOO - YouTube

So seems everyone is taking the news well.

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

So seems everyone is taking the news well.

In Bizarro world.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

It's gonna suck if they keep it short like around 90-100 mins.

Yes, because short movies are terrible for some reason.

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Yes, because short movies are terrible for some reason.

Oh, come on. Of course some movies are better suited to a longer runtime.

[Pounder]

They should have gotten a better director if they were gonna remake this.

[Kaiju]

I'll watch it. I enjoy Wingard's work so far.

Never seen the original Korean film.

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Yes, because short movies are terrible for some reason.

Don't you remember how bad Halloween '78 and A Fistful of Dollars were?

[Icemouth]

Good. I'm watching movies and they gon go put them letter things in my pictures? And speak made up sissy sounds?

[Kaiju]

'Murica