"Gold Circle Films has bought remake rights to South Korean hit romantic comedy "My Sassy Girl," which DreamWorks recently put into turnaround. Helmer Gurinder Chadha ("Bend It Like Beckham") is directing an adaptation penned by Vic Levin. Lensing is set to begin in the spring. "Sassy Girl," the No. 2 pic at the South Korean box office in 2001, is about a dolt who falls in love with a loud-mouthed, aggressive girl who doesn't hesitate to vent her frustrations in public..." (full details)
"New Films Intl. has pacted with Terence Chang and John Woo's Lion Rock Prods. to co-finance and co-produce thriller "Bloody Numbers," with Woo's MI2 A.D. Arthur Anderson set to direct a script by Todd Berger. The film, scheduled to be shot on location next year in New Orleans' French Quarter, is about a woman who must come to grips with a strange supernatural gift in order to track down a serial killer who murdered her sister..." (full details)
"DreamWorks Pictures has picked up the rights to "A Guy Not Taken," a short story written by best-selling author Jennifer Weiner. First published in Glamour magazine in October, "Guy" is a wish-fulfillment fantasy that explores a married woman's life had she chosen a different path. A search for a writer to adapt the story is under way..." (full details)
