New Line Taps Timo Tjahjanto To Direct ‘Train To Busan’, Its Remake Of South Korean Box Office Hit
The Train to Busan remake at New Line looks to be gaining steam, with Timo Tiahianto in negotiations to direct.
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Deadline: Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes For Us) to direct New Line’s Train To Busan remake
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You don't expect me to watch a movie with a *gasp* foreign language do you? And what's a Busan?
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Will probably be Train To Boston/Baltimore/[insert major city that starts with B]
At least for me, Timo heading this turns the idea of a Busan remake from a WTF, why, this is stupid, to a fuck, yeah, I can't wait to see what he does with the premise
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I'd like them to stick with the cross country aspect though, which (as someone who was living in S. Korea at the time Train to Busan came out) I thought was fun.
Timo is an interesting choice for a remake here, to the point where I'm wondering if they're going to push this to be a darker take on the material since he kind of has a knack for violently killing most of his casts with extreme prejudice. Not that the original didn't have a pretty big body count itself, but one could hardly accuse that film of lacking empathy for each character that dies off!
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Just have to hope this won't be a John Woo/Hard Target scenario where the studio won't let the director fully unleash their violent tendencies
"aye, this train is a wicked pissa"
"Yo we gotta get down tha cape before night fall'
"ah, i miss a good dunkies since we been fightin these dead heads. im starvin"
"dis train ride is a straight rippa"
all this delivered by probably marky mark.
No way this is going to be anywhere nearly as gory as either Headshot or The Night Comes for Us, and frankly, I don't think it needs to be. Train to Busan definitely felt violent enough, even if it is not particularly gory in the end.
Watch, if it is set in Boston, the trailer is a spooky cover version of that.
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Keeping my fingers crossed. New Line is co-producing Mortal Kombat and co-produced It, did all the Final Destinations, so their producers are no strangers to excessive gore
Wait.... A remake? The fuck? I'm interested since it's still zombies.
Yeah it's probably like Train to Boston/Baltimore/etc. Just don't.... Take cues from Peninsula.
Yeah it's probably like Train to Boston/Baltimore/etc. Just don't.... Take cues from Peninsula.
THIS TIMES A LOT. Jesus, talk about a movie that had no fucking idea what it wanted to do at all.
I think I'm familiar with the director so I don't think it's going to be a massive action infested zombie movie. I think.
I really liked Headshot.
Killers and Macabre were pretty good, too, as excessively gory horror movies go.
I don't want a remake of Busan, but having Timo attached at least has me intrigued. Though I'm now reminded of Peninsula...
Yeah Timo has me interested for sure. He did also direct May the Devil Take You so he's definitely no stranger to horror
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I just dont really see why the need to remake it. Its pretty much a perfect movie and its simple to understand. Changing the setting doesnt do anything at all since its still takes place in a train.
Honestly they should remake flight of the dead instead. Zombie on a plane is low key a a sick concept that has only been use in that movie. Funny thing is the full movie is on youtube in french lol
Honestly they should remake flight of the dead instead. Zombie on a plane is low key a a sick concept that has only been use in that movie. Funny thing is the full movie is on youtube in french lol
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Could change it to like an underground subway system. Makes it darker and more terrifying. The penultimate is when the survivors make it up to the surface is when they realize just how fucked up the outside world is.