"The Man From Nowhere [5]," an action thriller that was South Korea's highest-grossing movie of 2010, is being remade in English, Dimension Films said Thursday.
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"We have always been huge action and martial arts fans and are getting back into the genre in a big way with 'The Man From Nowhere,' " Bob Weinstein, The Weinstein Company [7]'s co-chairman, said in a statement. "It's a slick, fast-paced action thriller anchored by a strong emotional relationship that audiences are going to love."
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The Weinstein Company owns Dimension and has hired Shawn Christensen [8] ("Abduction [9]") to write the script.
The Korean film is about a pawn shop owner who takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring to save his only friend, a child.
It grossed $42.5 million in South Korea.
Dimension acquired the rights from CJ Entertainment.