Nearly 4 years after the movie went into manufacturing, The Raid director Gareth Evans’ motion thriller Havoc was lastly launched via the Netflix streaming service again in April, the place it had a powerful debut and even earned reward from Quentin Tarantino. Evans not too long ago tell us that he has a brand new concept for the long-awaited The Raid 3 – but it surely doesn’t appear like that’s going to be his subsequent undertaking. In keeping with trade scooper Jeff Sneider of The InSneider, Evans is now set to direct a remake of the 1967 Japanese movie A Colt Is My Passport – and if you happen to’ve been taking note of Evans’ social media in recent times, it may not be too shocking to listen to that he’s taken with making a brand new model of that film.
Evans has been open about the truth that he first grew to become conscious of the existence of A Colt Is My Passport in 2013, however wasn’t capable of finding a replica till he noticed it on the Criterion Channel through the pandemic lockdowns. He immediately grew to become an enormous fan and went on to have a good time receiving the movie’s poster as a present in September of 2022 and to introduce a screening of the movie at on the 2023 L’Etrange Competition. The rumor that he was gearing up for a remake has been bouncing round for no less than a 12 months, and now it appears to be greater than only a rumor.
Directed by Takashi Nomura from a screenplay by Shūichi Nagahara and Nobuo Yamada that was primarily based on the novel Tobosha by Shinji Fujihara, A Colt Is My Passport is a yakuza noir that reveals us what occurs when a gang lord hires Kamimura, successful man, to take out a rival boss who’s gotten grasping. Joe Shishido and Jerry Fujio star within the movie, which drew inspiration from French New Wave motion pictures and Sergio Leone-style westerns.
For the L’Etrange Competition, Evans wrote, “I’m past excited to have the ability to current Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport, a criminally underseen 60s Hitman / Yakuza thriller starring the effortlessly cool Jô Shishido because the eponymous hitman, Shûji. Through the pandemic, I began in search of out the movies that, for some purpose or one other, had escaped me. I’ve at all times had an affinity for Japanese cinema so again in 2013 once I first grew to become conscious of A Colt Is My Passport (throughout a gathering with Shinjiro Nishimura at Nikkatsu) I knew instantly that this movie with it’s undeniably cool title was one I needed to see. Downside being, I couldn’t discover it anyplace. Quick ahead to the pandemic. Scrolling via the Criterion Channel and there’s Patton Oswalt enthusiastically introducing the movie I’d heard a lot about. I clicked on it instantly. And 80 minutes or so later, I’d fallen in love with it. A lean, imply pulpy thriller – it wasn’t essentially the story that did it for me – it was the pure type and swagger of the filmmaking on show. Shigeyoshi Mine’s cinematography is simply beautiful, composition and lighting is means forward of the curve for a movie at this finances stage. And with a recreation solid enjoying into this fusion of genres Nomura has created a stunning wanting noir that has echoes of American crime footage but additionally fascinatingly attracts inspiration from Leone’s spaghetti westerns in equal measure. Belief me, you’ll be whistling the rating by Harumi Ibe on the drive dwelling and replaying the ferocious power of its closing moments for days after. The finale specifically is straight out of the Leone playbook, Jô Shishido may as effectively be carrying a duster as he faces inconceivable odds in probably the most desolate of locales earlier than being immortalized by that last iconic shot. It’s one for the ages and I couldn’t be extra excited to share, and presumably introduce this glorious movie to you all.“
Evans might be making the remake for Amazon MGM’s Orion Photos label, with Orion president Alana Mayo overseeing the undertaking.
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