Dirty Carnival is the latest Asian remake

Hoping to be another Departed?

Oct 22nd 2009

The producers behind National Treasure have bought the rights to remake Korean gangster drama A Dirty Carnival.

We doubt it'll keep that name (it sounds more like a perverted circus movie than a crime pic),but it'll likely keep the rough plot intact - a small time debt collector for the triads finds his fortunes rising but his own family swirling into debt.

Sparkler Entertainment (which helped bring the world Nicolas Cage's code-cracking adventures) is producing, and has hired Never Back Down writer Chris Hauty to tap out a script.

Since The Departed, which was adapted from Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs, scooped an Oscar for Martin Scorsese, the producers will be hoping this works out as well…

[Source: Variety]

 

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