'Ring' Sequel and 'Dawn of the Dead' Remake -- Yes, It's Still Happeni

[Scott W. Davis]

There really isn't a better resource for all thing RING than . True to form, they've uncovered some details on a sequel from a source. It goes like this:

"A contact in DreamWorks has confirmed that meetings have taken place about RING 2. It looks like Naomi Watts has been in talks to star again, and she is about to sign. She will pull in an estimated $15 million (unconfirmed publicly) for her reprisal of her role, and the child actor will return as her son ( HE Note: That's David Dorfman from BOUNCE and the upcoming TEXAS CHAINSAW remake ). No concrete story has been proposed, but Director Gore Verbinski may not return. The writing team will reunite. Spielberg, Wes Craven or Sam Mendes may take over the project. The sequel will NOT have anything to do with the Japanese sequels. A rough script will be in by December of this year. Hopefully, an October 2004 release date will be met. They will shoot for a two year anniversary."

Of the directors, Sam Mendes would probably be the best choice. Don't go with Craven, he can be a good genre director but would take this one in the wrong direction. Besides, Craven is already tapped to remake another Asian horror film, PULSE ( a.k.a. KAIRO ).

Looks like the American series is going off in a completely different version than their Japanese counterparts. Fine by me. It might add something new to the mythos, but just remember those great originals are still out there.

Also in the news, we haven't heard much about the DAWN OF THE DEAD ( a.k.a. ZOMBI ) remake. No news was good news as far as I was concerned, but today the silence is broken. reports that Zach Snyder has been tapped to direct. It would be Snyder's first film, after a career directing big-budget commercials.

I'll be blotting out my eyes like Oedipus. In the meantime, post in our Forums!

[JohnShaft]

I really don't know what's worse.
That they want to remake Dawn of the Dead, or that they want to use a cast of Teenagers to do it, or maybe that they're using a Director whose sole output has been commercials.
Actually, I do know what's worse. Teenagers every time.

Seriously, what a half-baked, Scream-Generation idea. :sick:

[DevilMan]

This is probably the first time I hoping that the remake will be better than the original when it comes to THE RING 2.

I've seen the original Japanese RINGU 2 film and I hated it because they took away all of the eerie supernatural suspense and tried to make it into a scientific phenomenon.

And what's even worst than that, this "possession" or "disease" can be cured by sending said evil spirit into a pool of water... what the fuck is that?!

Maybe I'm wrong in my interpretation of the movie but something is definitely amiss with the Japanese sequel and I'm surprised HIDEO even had anything to do with it.

But then again, I've heard that the first RINGU movie is quite different from the original novel so this could explain alot. I won't know until I sit down and read it myself.

-Steve