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The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

A reboot to a remake...

EXCLUSIVE: The Grudge, the Takashi Shimazu-directed 2004 film that helped establish the viability of low-cost genre films, is getting a reboot. Ghost House Pictures and Good Universe will relaunch the franchise, and they’ve set Midnight Meat Train scribe Jeff Buhler to draft the reboot.

The original starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, cost around $10 million, grossed $187 million worldwide and hatched a sequel. It was based on the Japanese horror thriller Ju-On by Shimizu. The new one will be produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise, with Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane exec producing. Gellar played a nurse in Tokyo who was afflicted by a curse that created uncontrollable rage and was pretty much fatal.

Buhler, who is separately working on a new version of Jacob’s Ladder, is repped by WME and The Gotham Group.
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Yeah, since there aren't enough Ju-on movies in the world.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

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Yeah, since there aren't enough Ju-on movies in the world.
I was going to make a similar joke. Has there been a Ju-on / Ringu crossover yet?
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

So now they are mining the 2000's for remake material?
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Wait, they're also working on a new Jacob's Ladder??
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

I know true horror film fans were hoping to see the resurgence of crappy PG-13 Japanese remakes. The endless output we got in the early 2000s wasn't nearly enough!
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Originally Posted by dex14
A reboot to a remake...
The originals and the remakes both sucked so I am indifferent towards this news.
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omg I can't wait to watch it.
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Originally Posted by antspawn
omg I can't wait to watch it.
I think the mods need to talk to dan30oly regarding multiple accounts.
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I've seen both theatrical movies and the made for video sequel.

I wonder if they plan to keep the Japanese theme of the previous films. I thought that was the most fascinating part of this series.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

they’ve set Midnight Meat Train scribe Jeff Buhler to draft the reboot.
MMT is awesome, so here's hoping that this re-boot (never seen the original or its sequels) has lots of Lovecraftian imagery.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

I'm starting to harbor my own grudge ...
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
I know true horror film fans were hoping to see the resurgence of crappy PG-13 Japanese remakes. The endless output we got in the early 2000s wasn't nearly enough!
Yep! After all the r-rated found footage movies of the late 2000s were so much better.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Seems like an odd choice for a reboot. I don't think the original remake was that popular that people are clamoring for a reboot to it or anything and the films weren't all that special.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

So, who in 2014 is the Sarah Michelle Gellar equivalent?

Amber Heard? Blake Lively?
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
Wait, they're also working on a new Jacob's Ladder??
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...ng-remake.html
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

All iterations of Ju-on/The Grudge have sucked.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Originally Posted by Mike86
Seems like an odd choice for a reboot. I don't think the original remake was that popular that people are clamoring for a reboot to it or anything and the films weren't all that special.
Yeah it was:

The original starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, cost around $10 million, grossed $187 million worldwide and hatched a sequel.
That was the remake.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Yea I feel like The Grudge didn't come out that long ago, but I guess nor did Spider-Man and that's been rebooted.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Originally Posted by Chadm
So, who in 2014 is the Sarah Michelle Gellar equivalent?

Amber Heard? Blake Lively?
Lively hasn't really done anything since Gossip Girl ended.

Heard, maybe. Her "it" factor grew when she got involved with Johnny Depp.

I could see these people being possibilities:

Emily VanCamp (Revenge)
Emma Stone
Shailene Woodley

I'd love to see someone like Troian Bellisario be considered

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069079/

She's one of the leads of Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family, which is one of the most popular young adult shows on TV right now.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Originally Posted by DJariya
Emma Stone
Shailene Woodley
Emma and Shailene are trying to be seen as somewhat serious actors now, I doubt they would do a remake to a remake.
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
Yeah it was:



That was the remake.
That's not really that hard for a horror film to do though. They're one of the cheaper kinds of films to make. All it takes is a decent marketing campaign and releasing it at the right time of year and they make money easily. It was a flash in the pan type film and I really doubt there's that many people going I wish there was another sequel to The Grudge.
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Looks like I missed that thread. Probably got lost in the shuffle.
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EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Pesce has been set to rewrite and direct The Grudge reboot for Ghost House Pictures. Pesce, who made his directorial debut on the critically acclaimed 2016 Sundance pic The Eyes of My Mother, will resuscitate the Takashi Shimazu-directed 2004 film that helped establish the viability of low-cost genre films. The new film is based on a script by Midnight Meat Train scribe Jeff Buhler, and it will be produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise. Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce. Erin Westerman and Romel Adam will oversee for Ghost House.
http://deadline.com/2017/07/the-grud...es-1202124784/
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re: The Grudge -- reboot (2020, D: Nicolas Pesce) S: Bichir, Riseborough

Originally Posted by Mike86
That's not really that hard for a horror film to do though. They're one of the cheaper kinds of films to make.
So that's why we're getting more. It's like you answered your own question, but then act confused by the obviousness of it.

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