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"Sympathy for Mr Vengeance&amp;#039;s English-language remake has hired Hany Abu-Assad as director. The Paradise Now filmmaker will head up the project for producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian, The Wrap reports.  The original film is Park Chan-wook&amp;#039;s predecessor to Oldboy and the first instalment in his acclaimed Vengeance Trilogy. It centres around a deaf-mute man who seeks revenge after being ripped off when he saved money for his sister&amp;#039;s operation. Abu-Assad is best known for his films depicting the Arab-Israeli conflict, such as Paradise Now and Omar. He also directed 2012&amp;#039;s The Courier, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Mickey Rourke. Oldboy is also being given a Hollywood makeover, with Josh Brolin in the lead role and Spike Lee directing. Watch a trailer for the original Sympathy for Mr Vengeance below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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