The Man from Nowhere
Chad Stehelski and Derek Kolstad , the respective directors and writers of the massively successfulJohn Wickseries , are reuniting for an American version ofThe mankind from Nowhere . The remake of Lee Jeong - beom ’s 2010 South Korean action - thriller ( not to be mix up with the 2016 Indian remaking starring John Abraham ) will add up from New Line , produce by Stahelski and his partner Jason Spitz through their production standard , 87Eleven Entertainment .
The originalMan From Nowherefollows a loan office proprietor with a military past named Cha Tae - sik as heexacts brutal and well - steer punishmenton a drug gang that kidnaps a little young woman whom he count his only friend . It starred the now seemingly bed Won Bin , and was the highest - gross film in Korea that year at about $ 43 million . Interestingly enough , an English - words remake was write for Dimension Films back in 2012 , but the project fell through , and the right reverted back to CJ Entertainment before being bought again by New Line in 2016.The project is directly in the pilothouse of this team , as one could say they particularise in violent revenge stories about quiet loner .
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Deadlinereports that Kolstad has already finished the script and that executives are very excited to get into production . Though he is joining on to produce , Chad Stahelski does n’t intend to channelize , as he ’s enough busy with other project already . meeting with potential directors will be happening as soon as possible , concord to insider , and it ’s probable they ’ll be chomping at the bit to work on one of Kolstad ’s hand .
Both Stahelski and Kolstad have been very busy late , even outside the bubble of nearly $ 600 millionJohn Wickfranchise . 87Eleven Entertainment has the spinoffsBallerinaandThe Continentalon their workforce , and Stahelski is personally lend his expertness to the eventual product ofThe Matrix 4 . Meanwhile , Kolstad has become one of Hollywood ’s premier legal action writers , with an animatedSplinter CellNetflix showand aMy Friend Pedroadaptation with former John Wick collaborationist David Leitch on his calendar .
The Man From Nowhereis a solid action movie , notable more so for its barbarity and kinetic than its story . at long last , it ’s not unlikeJohn Wickin that way , and leave alone plenty of way for the balletic violence and visual storytelling that makes the serial so democratic . It ’s disappointing to see that Stahelski most likely wo n’t be direct himself , but such a in high spirits profile project will in all likelihood attract a talented director with asimilar respect for the art of stunt choreography , leaving devotee with another fashionable and technically impressive action mechanism spectacle to tot up to the archive .
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author : Deadline
