10 Upcoming Movie Remakes NOBODY Asked For
7. The Last Train To New York
It's tough to make a truly distinctive zombie movie these days, but Yeon Sang-ho's Train to Busan was a rare modern take that was at once inventive, action-packed, and emotionally affecting.
After the South Korean action-horror film grossed almost $100 million globally against a mere $8.5 million budget, it was just a matter of time before Hollywood set their sights on remaking it.
And indeed, Gaumont acquired the remake rights mere months after its 2016 release, and by 2018, Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes for Us) was attached to direct a script written by Gary Dauberman (It) and produced by genre vet James Wan.
The English-language remake, entitled The Last Train to New York, will unsurprisingly shift the setting to the U.S., and though Tjahjanto is certainly a talented filmmaker, it's tough not to view this as another cynical Hollywood remake made for people who can't be bothered to read subtitles.
Hell, considering most streaming versions of Train to Busan have an English dubbed option, it seems even less "necessary," and given Hollywood's penchant for watering-down uncompromising international horror films, why expect anything different here?