ROTTEN TOMATOES: Zellweger "Eyes" Role in Horror Remake

Zellweger "Eyes" Role in Horror Remake

by Scott Weinberg | September 30, 2005

Variety brings news that the always-busy Renee Zellweger will star in Paramount's remake of the Pang brothers' thriller "The Eye."

Going ahead with director Hideo Nakata, the "new version of "Eye" 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.

Nakata directed the original Japanese "Ringu," which was the basis for DreamWorks 2002 horror pic "The Ring." Nakata also directed that film's Japanese sequel and "The Ring 2" for DreamWorks."

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SniperCA writes:
on Sep 30 2005 01:17 AM

[b]Whay does Hollywood have a writers guild?[/b]
If all the writers and directors are going to do is remake stuff, why bother having organized groups and all that. Just get a historian to look up a script in the archives and reshoot it. Oh, that's right, they need writers for the sequels to the over done franchise lines. Got it.

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skletonkee writes:
on Sep 30 2005 10:38 AM

[b]the original sucked[/b]
and so with this one...

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krammai writes:
on Sep 30 2005 01:22 PM

It's interesting she's in a movie called "The Eye" when it appears she is incapable of fully opening her's.

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Aoiboy writes:
on Oct 01 2005 10:01 AM

LOL @ the last post... Anyway, the original had a pair of chilling moments but that was it. It was entertaining but not very scary. I hope in the process of adaptation they add more scary stuff to a good premise for a good horror movie. And I hope Nakata redeems himself after The Ring II, though I blame the script rather than the direction for the crap it turned out to be.

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It. writes:
on Oct 01 2005 10:23 AM

we already know that.
Alba said it was for the eye she audition with Tom Cruise, but it would be zellwegger.
she said that 2months ago, because somedumbass still beleive she auditionned for Tom's girlfriend!
Morons...lots of

so NO news here

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sbobosi writes:
on Oct 03 2005 07:48 AM

In reply to this comment (#826320)
[b]Huh?[/b]
"we already know that. Alba said it was for the eye she audition with Tom Cruise, but it would be zellwegger. she said that 2months ago, because somedumbass still beleive she auditionned for Tom's girlfriend!
Morons...lots of so NO news here"

*blink*

All your base are belong to us?

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It. writes:
on Oct 03 2005 12:47 PM

In reply to this comment (#826321)
[b]What?[/b]
Hey ok! magazine by my lil'bro!

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