Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett to Remake 'I Saw the Devil'

There was never going to be a good time to announce a remake a Kim Ji-woon's ultra-violet (and awesome) South Korean thriller, I Saw the Devil, but to do it not long after Spike Lee's disastrous Oldboy remake was just plain stupid. But that's what happened, and now that the project is moving forward the talent coming aboard it could make this American remake far more successful.

The Wrap reports that director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett, whose thriller The Guest opens this week, will bring I Saw the Devil to theaters. The duo also collaborated on the home invasion flick, You're Next, one of the best the genre has seen in years. The original film was released in 2010 and starred Oldboy's Choi Min-Sik as a vicious serial killer who gets more than he bargained for when murders a cop's pregnant fiance. It turns into a brutal game of cat 'n mouse as they both try to outdo the other. The film was known for the increasing levels of violence and a twisted conclusion where the line between hero and monster gets fuzzy.

So at least there's reason for optimism. Wingard and Barrett have the sensibility to do this film the way it needs to be done.

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New Trailer for Joe Swanberg's '24 Exposures'

The prolific Joe Swanberg doesn't seem to be slowing down a lick, even as 2013 has been a breakthrough year for the indie director. Not only did he give us one of the year's finest comedies in Drinking Buddies, and his Jane Adams-led drama All the Light in the Sky just hit VOD, but he's taking to Sundance next month with the comedy Happy Christmas. And as if that wasn't enough, he's got thriller 24 Exposures following right on its heels, and now we've received a new trailer for it.

Swanberg also penned the screenplay which centers on Billy (Adam Wingard), a photographer who specializes in fetish images of naked women in various death poses, until one of his models turns up dead and he becomes the suspect in a fragile cop's investigation.  It's definitely a change of pace for Swanberg but the familiar traits of his previous work; the dialogue, the character interaction, the low-budget aesthetic, are all there and should make for a fascinating combination in this genre.

Co-starring Simon Barrett, Sophia Takal and Helen Rogers, 24 Exposures hits VOD on January 24th.


"24 Exposures" Trailer from director Joe Swanberg by thesevensees

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