We have sad news for fans of The Host. It appears the fan favorite will soon be getting the remake treatment. Surprise, surprise. We get the skinny from our friends at IESB:
“Universal Pictures and Gore Verbinski will remake the 2006 Bong Joon-ho-directed Korean thriller “The Host,” with commercials director Fredrik Bond making his feature helming debut and Mark Poirier (“Smart People”) to pen the script.
Story follows a town terrorized by a giant mutant squidlike creature hatched by toxins that flow into a nearby river from a military base. When the creature grabs a little girl, her dysfunctional family must band together to rescue her.
Here is another remake of a well received and beloved Korean horror film. I feel unfortunate for horror fans, espescially fans of asian cinema. The business of making these films into shitty Hollywood versions is unfortunate and peculiar.
I feel bad for even posting this news.
I’m sorry.
