SEVEN SAMURAI Remake Finds A Director
[Our thanks to Hugo Ozman for the following.]
The Weinstein Brothers have been talking about remaking an Akira Kurosawa classic for a little while, and news has just been released that they have signed British director Scott Mann to direct a remake of Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece SEVEN SAMURAI. Mann previously directed cult film THE TOURNAMENT, starring Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames and Kelly Hu. He will be working with a script by John Fusco (THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM), and reportedly the story of the remake will take place in Thailand.
I am not sure about you, but whenever I hear the word 'remake' being mentioned, all kinds of negative thoughts immediately go through my mind. Yes, a few remakes manage to be surprisingly good, but a lot of them are sadly not. And when it comes to something like SEVEN SAMURAI, widely considered one of the greatest films in cinema history, I just cannot help but wonder if there is really a need to have another attempt at remaking it.
If you have not seen the original SEVEN SAMURAI, I urge you to do so before even contemplating whether to watch the remake when it is released. Embedded below is the theatrical trailer of the Kurosawa epic.
The Weinstein Brothers have been talking about remaking an Akira Kurosawa classic for a little while, and news has just been released that they have signed British director Scott Mann to direct a remake of Kurosawa's 1954 masterpiece SEVEN SAMURAI. Mann previously directed cult film THE TOURNAMENT, starring Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames and Kelly Hu. He will be working with a script by John Fusco (THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM), and reportedly the story of the remake will take place in Thailand.
I am not sure about you, but whenever I hear the word 'remake' being mentioned, all kinds of negative thoughts immediately go through my mind. Yes, a few remakes manage to be surprisingly good, but a lot of them are sadly not. And when it comes to something like SEVEN SAMURAI, widely considered one of the greatest films in cinema history, I just cannot help but wonder if there is really a need to have another attempt at remaking it.
If you have not seen the original SEVEN SAMURAI, I urge you to do so before even contemplating whether to watch the remake when it is released. Embedded below is the theatrical trailer of the Kurosawa epic.
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