Christian Tafdrup, director of the unique model of Converse No Evil, is about to helm a remake of Takashi Miike’s Audition
Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup introduced the extremely bleak movie Gæsterne, a.ok.a. Converse No Evil (learn our evaluate HERE) into the world again in 2022 – and when the American remake was launched final 12 months, Tafdrup let or not it’s identified that he wasn’t impressed by the brand new tackle his story, as a result of it didn’t depart viewers traumatized like the unique movie did. Now, Deadline has revealed that Tafdrup is on board to direct a remake of director Takashi Miike’s darkish and twisted 1999 Japanese movie Audition… and we are able to in all probability relaxation assured that he’s not going to take it straightforward on viewers together with his tackle the fabric.
Primarily based on a 1997 horror thriller novel by Ryū Murakami, Miike’s Audition was scripted by Daisuke Tengan and has the next synopsis: Widower Aoyama decides to start out courting once more. Aided by a film-producer pal, Aoyama makes use of auditions for a pretend manufacturing to operate as a courting service. When Aoyama turns into intrigued by the withdrawn, beautiful Asami, they start a relationship. Nonetheless, he begins to comprehend that Asami isn’t as reserved as she seems to be, resulting in steadily elevated rigidity and a harrowing climax. The movie stars Ryo Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, and Eihi Shiina.
Tafdrup is writing the screenplay for the remake together with his brother Mads Tafdrup, who additionally wrote the unique Converse No Evil and the drama A Horrible Lady with him.
Deadline stories that Focus Options, Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment, and Mario Kassar Productions are near securing a deal to provide the brand new Audition. If/when the deal goes by, Focus can be producing the movie alongside Hyde Park’s Ashok and Priya Amritraj, in addition to Mario Kassar for MKP. Multi-media expertise firm Cineverse‘s Chris McGurk and Yolanda Macias will function government producers with Joyce Jun and creator Murakami.
Deadline provides that, “1999’s Audition received critical acclaim, with The Guardian listing it in 2010 as one of the 25 best horror films of all time.”
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