Charlize Theron's remake of 'Lady Vengeance' back on track
- Published: 30 Nov 2012 at 15.08
- Online news: Film
Charlize Theron has hired the scriptwriters of The Departed for the US adaptation of South Korean thriller Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, reports Deadline.com.
Charlize Theron ©AFP PHOTO Valerie MACON
First announced in 2008, the project is now back on track. Theron, who will be involved as producer and actress, called up William Monahan to adapt the Asian flick to Hollywood standards. Monahan seems like the right candidate for that job: he earned an Oscar for best adaptation of a foreign film in 2007 for the script of Scorcese's The Departed, based on the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs.
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