Variety reports that Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired remake rights to Chan-wook Park’s Korean film Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Brian Tucker (Broken City) will write the script.
In the film, the women two different men love most are murdered, and the men set out on violent quests to punish those responsible. Trouble is, they themselves are the ones responsible and only one of them will have vengeance.
The movie will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian at di Bonaventura Pictures; CJ Entertainment’s Miky Lee and Ted Kim; and Room 101’s Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity).
