In news that had delighted some of the more cynical movie fans across the globe, cult Korean film Oldboy will NOT be remade by Steven Spielberg and Will Smith. Smith and Spielberg have gone on record as stating that they're massive fans of the Park Chan-wook helmed original and had long considered committing to a big budget Hollywood remake. Fans had began to clog the intertubes with blogs and posts about how the original should remain unblemished by the touch of the Hollywood millionaires. It seems as the masses have got their wishes as Dreamworks has reportedly pulled by plug because of squabbling with their investor partners Mandate. To me, this is disappointing news. Granted, the foreign hits that Hollywood tries to remake rarely come close to being as good as the original but it's still worth seeing nonetheless. It's not like Spielberg was going to destroy all the prints of the original Oldboy while doing the remake, or anything…
-John Balfe
