Nooo~~ the old one was good! They'll ruin it like My Sassy Girl...

I'm apprehensive about this bit of news. I do agree that Danny Boyle would be a great director for translating this movie for Americans but I can't see Will Smith acting on the same level as Choi Min-sik. In a movie which is so rooted in the anguish that the main character feels, they should pick an actor with more acting chops than Will Smith.

All I wanna know: what's going to happen to the octopus scene??

I saw this news on SlashFilm and I think I've been pretty upset since then.

This definitely does not need to be remade. What is wrong with Hollywood? First "Let Me In" which is a shot for shot remake of "Let The Right One In" and now they're also remaking "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"

Are they really that out of ideas? Was the drowning waves of comic book movies not enough?

I miss the Hollywood that would take risks and create edgy artwork.

Old Boy is a classic, it was amazing and needs to be left alone. You don't see the rest of the world trying to remake the Godfather.

An Old Boy Hollywood remake?? eeehhhh, even though there are some big names thrown around, but this doesn't seem like a good idea...just because Old Boy is...OLD BOY. How can anyone ever top Choi Min Shik??

There are some movies that should be left alone. I can't see remaking this is one. Watch the Original. What makes it work is the fact it is Korean, if they try to change it, to Americanize the story, it will not work.
And for Steven Spielberg.... Hell No !
shuttering...

cheers, parsnip

NOOOOO...hollywood please don't screw this up...when you killed il mare and my sassy girl i just snorted but you're going over the line this time

Will Smith in the Choi Min Sik role? Someone may watch it, just not me. I don't get why they'd take a great, great movie and make it mediocre.

I don't understand why they wanna make it Hollywood. Why not just put the original in American Theatres with subtitles and make their money that way. They are soo going to ruin this movie just like they ruined every other one. America may like it because they are so closedminded and don't understand foreign films or it may suck so bad and never see another week in theatres. Why waste that money HOLLYWOOD. make your own movies.....I hate this idea.

Yikes! A remake of Oldboy? I can't imagine America making as intense a movie as Oldboy was for me, plus, I really loved the trilogy as a set, all three movies were amazing in their own way. I don't think America would be able to do Oldboy justice.

Ergh.. I vote Danny Boyle..And if I have to watch the Will Smith do the final scene, I'm gonna be sick. It's so not his kindof movie..

I'm always kind of sad about remakes, because 1. they might mess it up 2. even if it is amazing, unless you've seen the original (which at this time is pretty much limited to film buffs and Asians), people don't really give the original movie credit. Example: Infernal Affairs/The Departed; I've heard the remake was good, but I pretty much died a little bit inside each time someone gushed about how awesome The Departed was without realizing/acknowledging that it was a remake of an Asian movie.

Oldboy was the first Korean film that I saw. I cannot believe they have the audacity to remake this.

Will Smith = No. I don't dislike him, but his talents in acting lie elsewhere.

Steven Spielberg = No. All I can think of is Titanic. I don't want Mr. Titanic directing one of the most gruesome and disturbing movies that I have seen. No thank you.

If I had to choose, I agree with other people and vote Danny Boyle. But what I really vote is for them to not remake this into a Hollywood film. Not that Americans can't make gritty films, the original isn't exactly "Hollywood blockbuster" material.

I know my opinion will be a minority here, but i think old boy is pretty adaptable (with the right director and actors), because the movie is very much about isolation and the search for oneself. Two themes that are very universal and identifiable to American audiences. My dream director for this project would be Darren Aronofsky or Alfonso Cuarón. I think either of them could get the tone, git, and bring their own spin on the story.

hahaha if it is being made in hollywood - incest is definitely out. Hollywood is too conservative.
Old boy was made in bollywood(indian movie) with the incest parts cut completely out of the story - It was some mafia revenge movie....

I can't really get on board with Will Smith as the lead for the remake. (In fact, I am against the remake because Old Boy is already great.) I do miss him in Fresh Prince (prior to the character of Nicki being introduced). Good times back then.

I have no problem with this, so long as it's done well. Though I would've liked to see how other established directors like the Coen brothers, the very ambitious Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino would have interpreted the film. Oldboy seems to fit more into their particular quirks, I guess.

Hollywood just needs to get some new stories, they keep remaking an otherwise perfect movie and bling it up and add all these effects and basically trash the brilliance of the original film just so they can make money off of someone else's idea!
I felt they did the same with The Departed, which was a remake of Infernal Affairs, and I'm not sure they even gave credit to the original film. It was exactly the same though except for the location.

Tarantino is an interesting choice. After watching Basterds, I could see him pulling it off.

Other than him, the only directors I would go with is...

David Lynch or David Fincher.

I am going to have to disagree with the majority.

Will Smith is all about image and does not put his name on anything that will not be a box office smash. I think he has thought this through and it will be a well made, well executed hit.

I wish they wouldn't touch the original, but I think this one will be a lot different from the original.

arrgghhh... they'll blotched up Old Boy the way they did Il Mare, that movie with the two sisters [forgot the title] and My Sassy Girl... the latter was sooooo distasteful that I couldn't even finish watching the movie! But despite that, I do feel glad for the people behind these movies because at least Hollywood has given their work an awesome praise-- by actually remaking 'em, thus a great acknowledgment of their great work. I'm not Korean but boy am I proud! lol...

Uh there not even remaking the film their doing an adaptation of the manga, the korean movie this stick close to the manga. Especially with that one twist in the movie had, that wasn't in the manga.

I love Will Smith but,....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Please, Please don't remake this movie smh. Some things are NOT meant to be remade...It's like remaking Casablanca or Gone with the Wind (totally different genres of film) but, PERFECT none the less smh...

I've never seen Old Boy, but apparently everyone is against it being re-made XD I mean, that usually doesn't work out well, I agree, but nya XD

Oh Hollywood... WHY? What else do you want to prove?

Why can't Hollywood with all its money produce original movies?????

Ah, why do americans have to mess with this? They always put their finger in awesome asian movies and turn it into some mediocre remake that has no soul to it at all. Why can't they understand that each screenplay carries the culture bagage from where it was made and that when you take that bagage away, you're taking away what makes it so good. Would you see an Bollywood remake of a Hollywood movie? No. The same answer applies for Hollywood remakes of any asian movie. I will avoid the pain that is to come. I'm so not watching that.

LOL. I like the last photo! (:

Hmm, I'm skeptical about this remake because the original was really that awesome and mind-corrupting LOL. A lot of Asian movie remakes really becomes dull and so unlike the original (ahem My Sassy Girl). Somehow the American version just doesn't understand the deeper concept or cultural meanings.

However, I have nothing against Will Smith whatsoever if he does get the role. Who says he can't act? Besides Fresh Prince or Men In Black and other action roles he's ever done, you guys should see his more serious roles like Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds, etc. Doing the intense and wronged character of the "kidnapped" guy works for him.

Right now it all depends on the other characters and who the director would be. If it was me I would go for Christopher Nolan. The guy is a master at mind twisting games so yep he's perfect for the job too.

Hollywood remakes of Korean movies always failed in comparison to the original. This is not a good idea.

This ought to be interesting.

I've been living under a rock.

Outside the black hole more commonly known a America is not under a rock. The US is not the be-all and end-all of the literate world. Just an FYI.

Hollywood and Bollywood always trying to remake the Korean movies,,, just another fail>< I dont even watch american movies any more, I mean yea there are some amazing movies that I still like but remaking east asian films like Kor, HK and Jap into Hollywood style or Bollywood style just cracks me up,,, ignorant Americans always want it there way,,,,I'm also American too but its sad Korean movies should be left as it is,,,