James Wan’s TRAIN TO BUSAN Remake Lands New Director
Mike Sprague
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James Wan is producing Train to Busan remake for New Line. And today we hear the flick has snagged May the Devil Take You director Timo Tjahjanto.
Tjahjanto also co-directed the “Safe Haven” segment of V/H/S 2 with Gareth Evans, May the Devil Take You Too, and Netflix’s recent action-thriller The Night Comes for Us starring Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim (The Raid).
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The Nun and IT screenwriter Gary Dauberman penned the remake. Judson Scott will executive produce with Sidonie Dumas, Christophe Riandee, and Johanna Byer.
The original film follows a man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak in South Korea.
The film sports a 94% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes. The Critics Consensus reads: Train to Busan delivers a thrillingly unique — and purely entertaining — take on the zombie genre, with fully realized characters and plenty of social commentary to underscore the bursts of skillfully staged action.
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