The Raid Redemption Remake has been previously reported to be confirmed, and the cast reportedly includes Taylor Kitsch. Although there still isn't a contract signed by the new True Detective star, speculators are certain that he will be signing on to the project eventually.
According to reports, filming will also begin by early 2015, different from the initial date announced which was late 2014.
As to how the US Remake will do justice to the original movie, during an interview with Screenrant, remake director Patrick Hughes said that:
"We have a really, really interesting take on that film. One thing, obviously the original just blew my mind... The thing that blew my mind with that film was the aesthetics and the fight sequences but also the simplicity of the premise, and there's so much you can do with that. So our take on it is really interesting and I feel like if anything what I want to do is elevate the emotional aspect of it, and I think those are my favorite action films of all time when you can balance the action and the emotion..."
Aside from The Raid Redemption Remake News, during an interview with CS, Hughes had this to say in regards to the remake's storyline, in terms of how it will be "americanized":
"Certainly, we're not there to recreate that film beat for beat, with the set up we're following a DEA task team, which was implemented by the Bush administration after September 11th when they realized that terrorism and the drug trade were so closely aligned. So they set up a DEA task team that's six units and they work across borders and sort of act like Navy SEALS. You never read about it, you never hear about it, but they go on these missions. So that's a really interesting take and a really nice premise and also what's interesting on this take on it is the clash of cultures and the clash of martial arts, the fighting styles, which is something that's going to be a lot of fun when we've really started pre-vizzing stuff."
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