The Eye (remake)

[Brian in Mesa]

Zellweger to Star in The Eye Remake
Source: Variety
September 30, 2005

Renée Zellweger has her eye on The Eye for Paramount, reports Variety. The studio has signed the actress for its remake of the Pang brothers' thriller, to be produced by Paramount-based Cruise/Wagner Productions with Hideo Nakata (The Ring Two, Ringu) directing.

The trade says the new version is envisioned as a psychological horror film about a girl who sees more than she bargained for when she regains her vision after a cornea transplant.

The original version, produced by Thailand-based Oxide and Danny Pang, grossed $10 million-plus worldwide.

Writers who have worked on the script include Sebastian Gutierrez, Ryne Douglas Pearson and Hillary Seitz.

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Here's a thread on the original: The Eye

 

[Pariah]

:insert repetative remake rant here:

 

[Brian in Mesa]

New casting, new directors.

Two Join Alba in The Eye
Source: Variety
February 2, 2007

Alessandro Nivola (Grace Is Gone) has been cast opposite Jessica Alba in the English-language remake of Hong Kong thriller The Eye.

Variety says that Parker Posey (Superman Returns) also has boarded the project, which Cruise/Wagner Productions is producing for Lionsgate.

Another newcomer is Paramount Vantage, which has signed on as a co-financing partner. French helmers David Moreau and Xavier Palud are set to direct.

The storyline revolves around a woman who, after a cornea transplant, begins seeing disturbing images that send her on a quest to find out what happened to the eye's original owner.

Thai brothers Danny and Oxide Pang directed the original.

 

[Stout]

Wow, is this going to suck compared to the original.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Eye (2008)

The Eye (2008)

Release Date: February 1, 2008
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Screenwriter: Sebastian Gutierrez, Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence/terror and disturbing content)
Website: The Eye (2008)

Starring: Jessica Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola, Tamlyn Tomita, Chloe Moretz

Plot Summary: Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is an accomplished, independent, Los Angeles-based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since a childhood tragedy. As our story opens, Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, a surgery she has waited her whole life to have, and her sight is restored. After the surgery, neural ophthalmologist Dr. Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola) helps Sydney with the difficult adjustment, and with the support of her older sister Helen (Parker Posey), Sydney learns to see again.

But Sydney's happiness is short-lived as unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Are they a passing aftermath of her surgery, Sydney's mind adjusting to sight, a product of her imagination, or something horrifyingly real? As Sydney's family and friends begin to doubt her sanity, Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.

"The Eye" is a bone-chilling supernatural thriller that tests the boundaries of perception and reality. Directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud, the team who directed the suspenseful international hit "Them," "The Eye" stars Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola and Parker Posey. Produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner with Mike Elliott, Don Granger and Michelle Manning serving as executive producers.

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[Stout]

Great Japanese movie...no need in the least to make it again. Oh well. Won't be seeing it.

 

[Rivercard]

no need in the least to make it again. Oh well. Won't be seeing it.

I agree. They should put a lid on it.

 

[Linderbee]

I agree. They should put a lid on it.

I would, without batting an eyelash.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

great poster. I'll have to get the Japanese version.

 

[nashman]

Looks pretty good to me! I will check out any movie with Alba

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Looks pretty good to me! I will check out any movie with Alba

good luck with that chuck.

 

[JS22]

Premise seems kinda interesting.

But these "Americanized" remakes are awful.

 

[Shane]

The Eye

Jessica Alba is SOOO nice to look at. But it didnt help this movie any! It was terrible!!!!!

Dont waste your time.

 

[Mulli]

Alba. Serious eye candy.

 

[FArting]

rented it today

good movie

 

[phillycard]

Boring, boring, boring. Alba is off the hinges though.