Names revealed of those who will be in charge of the remake of I saw the Devil (Akmareul boatda), the immense and violent horror thriller genre film directed by South Korean Kim Jee-woon in 2010 and starring great actors Min-sik Choi (Old Boy) and Byung-hun Lee (Three... Extremes), respectively as the psychopathic serial killer and the special agent who will hunt him down.
Taking over the project are Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett, director and screenwriter of You're Next (2011) who together will edit the script for the remake. Instead, production of the film will be handled by Keith Calder and Jessica Calder (Snoot Entertainment) along with Adi Shankar and Spencer Silna.
The story of I saw the Devil by Kim Jee-woon centers on a psychopath who kills for sheer pleasure. Unfortunately, however, one winter evening he chooses to have fun with the wrong victim. This is Juyeon, an expectant girl, daughter of the now-retired police chief and girlfriend of Special Agent Soo-hyun. The latter, blinded by revenge, will transform himself into a monster in order to confront the crazed murderer. Only the strongest will survive the hard and bloody fight involving the two men.
