Josh Brolin Asked Oldboy Director For Remake Blessing

We REALLY hope the Oldboy remake can live up to the original.

It's such a beautiful and daring movie, packed with one hell of a twist at the end -- and Chan-Wook Park is nothing short of one of the best visionary directors working right now, anywhere in the world.

So when we hear that Josh Brolin , who has been casted in the remake, went out of his way to get Park's blessing... we feel like that's a step in the right direction in making sure this new version is going to be awesome!

If you don't know the story, listen up baby birds: A man is released from having been imprisoned for 15 years, only to have just days to figure out who did it to him, and why.

And Brolin had to make sure the film's original director was happy for his movie to be given the Hollywood makeover before he signed on!

Brolin explains:

"I wrote an email to Park, who I really love, when I tried to get him to direct (action film) Jonah Hex. He almost did it, and when I let him go, I was like, 'If you're not completely into this, then we'll find something else to do together. Then I said, 'I want your blessing to do OldBoy' He wrote back this beautiful letter and it said, 'I love remakes and I think it’s great, just don’t do it exactly like we did.'"

Amen!

We hope that Park finds success over here in the States -- his work is not to be missed!

We'll have to see how Stoker does, which stars Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska.

Are U pumped for this remake??

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