Norwegian Indie “Trollhunter” Already Being Optioned For American Remake
It’s just hitting U.S. theaters in a limited run this weekend, and director Chris Columbus (Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone, Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone) is working towards bringing the Norwegian indie hit Trollhunter to Hollywood.
“Troll Hunter was a visceral, thrilling cinematic rock and roller coaster ride of a movie. Visually, there are scenes in this film that American audiences have never seen. We want to introduce an International audience to this amazing moviegoing experience!” said Columbus.
With remakes like Fincher‘s upcoming The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Matt Reeves’s Let Me In, it appears there’s no shortage of filmmakers who are jumping at the opportunities to re-imagine the best of foreign cinema for American audiences.
(via Deadline)
If this were anyone like Fincher it would be okay, but it’s Chris Columbus wanting to do this. His style isn’t exactly “visceral” or “thrilling.” :P
Interesting that they want to remake all of these foreign films, rather than bringing the foreign films over here. Of course, I shouldn’t talk, because I probably more tend to see the Americanized versions. (I’ve certainly never heard of Troll Hunter before…)
Indeed. I feel kind of conflicted in my complaint against Americanized versions of foreign films. I don’t like this trend, but I also like Fincher films. In this case, I just don’t like Chris Columbus films, so I can be pretty much 100% against this.