Korean film wave ripples to the U.S.

November 09, 2008 Remake rights to Korean feature films have long attracted the interest of the Hollywood studios -- but not the biggest director in town. Mandate is expected to remain a part of the new project as a financier or producer, alongside remake specialist Vertigo Entertainment, which originally acquired the rights with Universal back in 2004. After approaching potential writers, the word spread on Spielberg's intentions as far as the South-Korean capital Seoul in recent weeks where "Old Boy's" sales representative Suh Young-Joo of Finecut (then CineClick Asia) said that she had trouble believing what was then still a rumor.

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