Ring Remake

[eija@tkf.att.ne.jp]

And what happened to the Meg Ryan-remake of Shunji Iwai's Love Letter? 
eija

KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu wrote
> 
> BATTLE ROYALE would be a strong contenter. I was watching the NBC show
> SURVIVOR last night and I thought it would be lovely to watch all these
> obnoxious teenagers gunning each other down, though I guess its a bit non-PC
> for Hollywood.
> Are there any ideas as to who will star or direct in the RING remake?
> And finally, wasn't SHALL WE DANCE slated for a US overhaul at one point? I
> heard the names Tom Hanks and Joihn Turteltaub bandied around at one point
> and this was enough to send shudders of horror down my spine!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ono Seiko and Aaron Gerow [mailto:onogerow at angel.ne.jp]
> Sent: 14 February 2001 14:20
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Ring Remake
> 
> 
> >>DreamWorks has inked a deal costing a reported $1m (?681,000) to obtain 
> >the distribution and remake rights to cult Japanese horror yarn, Ring.
> 
> This is apparently true because I got a mail from someone who helped 
> arrange the deal.  He wanted to know if I could suggest other recent 
> Japanese films that could be "translated" into American film.  I don't 
> know if I could come up with the best suggestions, but, if we put aside 
> the issue of whether we like this kind of practice, I was wondering if 
> listmembers could offer some suggestions.
> 
> Aaron Gerow
> Yokohama National University
> KineJapan list owner
> For list commands: send "information kinejapan" to 
> listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html



Eija Niskanen
4-14-13-202 Koenji-kita
Suginami-ku
Tokyo 166-0002
tel. (03)3310-7090
PHS (070)5015-9255