New Trailer for Crime Thriller 'The Lookalike' starring Justin Long and Gillian Jacobs

There wasn't a lot of celebrating when news broke that some guy named Richard Gray would be directing a remake of Takashi Miike's horror classic, Audition. Part of the reason is nobody knows who the heck Gray is and why he's qualified for such a task. Well, if you're curious to see what he can do, then this trailer for his next film The Lookalike should help. Uh, it may not instill you with a lot of confidence, though.

Starring Justin Long (he's out of the walrus suit now?), Gillian Jacobs, John Corbett, Jerry O'Connell, Gina Gershon, and Luis Guzman (O'Connelll/Gershon/Guzman, the "B-movie trifecta"), the story centers on the death of Sadie, the favorite gal of a drug lord, and his goons attempts to find a suitable replacement for her. And "suitable" means a girl who looks exactly like Sadie, and he'll pay any amount of money for her. That leads to a bunch of crazy characters looking to cash in the odd job. This looks pretty terrible, mainly because the premise seems to demand it be a comedy, yet this trailer is gloomy and boring and blah.

The Lookalike hits VOD on November 7th.


The Lookalike - Official Trailer (2014) Justin Long, Gillian Jacobs by MovieSpawn

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Remake of Takashi Miike's 'Audition' On the Way

Considering the number of remakes we get on a regular basis, especially in the horror genre, it's kind of amazing that a classic like Takashi Miike's Audition hasn't been remade once or twice already. I kind of assumed it would happen around during the mid-2000s when we were flooded with J-horror remakes like The Grudge, The Ring, and Dark Water. It may have taken awhile longer but Audition is indeed getting a redo, and sadly Miike isn't involved.

Producer Mario Kassar (Terminator 2, Rambo III) is developing an English-language remake of Audition that will be directed by Richard Gray. Haven't heard of him? Join the club. The film is based on the wild 1997 novel by Ryu Murakami and much like Miike's brutally graphic version there won't be many significant changes to the story. The American film will follow a lonely father named Sam Davis who lives alone with his son after the death of his wife. Convinced by a friend to put out a fake casting call in an effort to find a girlfriend, Sam gets more than he bargained for when he falls in love with a mysterious ballerina, now named Evie Lawrence.

This is probably a bad idea but it is definitely happening so we might as well get used to it. Gray has adapted the script and has eyed a fall start date after he finishes directing Jason Momoa in Sugar Mountain.

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