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Korean film "Seven Days" set for Hollywood remake

Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:35am EST
South Korean actress Kim Yun-Jin, one of the cast on the television series ''Lost'' poses as she arrives at the taping of the 37th annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, California February 25, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

By Mark Russell

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SEOUL (Hollywood Reporter) - The thriller "Seven Days" is the latest South Korean film set for a Hollywood remake. Summit Entertainment, the independent producer behind the recent horror release "P2," has acquired rights to the film from Korea's Prime Entertainment in a deal sources put in the low-six figures.

Prime said Summit intends to begin filming the remake in 2008.

"Days," which opened Wednesday in Korea, stars Yun-jin Kim ("Lost") as a lawyer who must free a convicted killer in just one week or else see her kidnapped daughter murdered.

Last year, a Hollywood version of "Il Mare" was released as "The Lake House," starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Korean films such as "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "Old Boy" are in various stages of development Stateside.

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