Japan remaking Hollywood?

[Rob Schwartz]

Jaspar-

Yup, it's happening.

Here's Mark Schilling's report, replete with a photo from the shoot posted
by a wine blogger in Calistoga.

http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7436/1/

Rob Schwartz

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:45 PM, drainer at mpinet.net <drainer at mpinet.net>wrote:

>  I think that this territory could do well in the Japanese market, that
> is, if they manage to be successfull in finding a "Japanese sensibility" in
> the adaptation.
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> Would be interesting to see a shift from the current paradigm of
> Japanese horror remakes in any case...
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> -d
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jasper Sharp
> Sent: Nov 14, 2008 7:49 AM
> To: kinejapan
> Subject: Japan remaking Hollywood?
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> I just stumbled across this bit of information on the imdb (
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236373/news#ni0601446):
> Has anyone else heard about this proposed Japanese remake of Alexander
> Payne's wonderful wine-tasting comedy Sideways? It will be interesting to
> see how it turns out, if it does indeed turn out...
>
> "Hollywood is still hell-bent on remaking movies from foreign countries,
> that much won't change anytime soon (Grumble, grumble, stupid Spielberg,
> grumble), but that doesn't mean the river can't flow both ways, or whatever
> the expression is. Usually we've got Turkey and India to rely on for
> cracktastic remakes of Hollywood movies—occasionally Russia
> (movies/movie-news/1274-wait-for-it-russian-commando.html)—with the results
> end up being cheap knock-offs. A legitimate Japanese remake of Sideways<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236373/> is
> currently shooting in Napa Valley wine country, co-starring Oscar nominee Rinko
> Kikuchi <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452860/> (Babel<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449467/>),
> a collaboration by Fox Japan and Fuji TV."
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> Midnight Eye www.midnighteye.com
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