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"Spike Lee has signed on to direct a remake of 2003 thriller Oldboy, Mandate Pictures has announced. The original South Korean film was directed by Park Chan-wook, and won the 2004 Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Mark Protosevich has adapted the screenplay and will co-produce the film along with Roy Lee and Doug Davison. The film deals with a man who is kidnapped at his daughter&amp;#039;s birthday party and held in solitary confinement for 15 years with no explanation. When released he embarks on a vengeance mission against those who ruined his life. Will Smith and Steven Spielberg were attached to a remake of the film, but the project had stalled by 2009. Watch the trailer for the original Oldboy below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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