{"id":11918,"date":"2011-02-17T07:26:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=11918"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:39:39","slug":"japanese-ring-franchise-going-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/17\/japanese-ring-franchise-going-3d\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese RING Franchise Going 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Don’t think that it’s just Hollywood studios who think that 3D is a way to add to a film’s box office take. Japanese studios are are starting to think that way too.<\/p>\n

It has been announced that a new installment of the horror franchise Ringu<\/strong>, remade as The Ring<\/strong> series by Hollywood, will be given the 3D treatment. It will be titled Sadako 3D<\/strong>, after the villain of the franchise. There has been no word on any cast or crew having been hired for the film yet.<\/p>\n

Based on a Japanese novel by Koji Suzuki, Ringu centered on a cursed video tape that, after being watched, will cause the viewer to die within a week.\u00a0<\/strong>A huge hit for director Hideo Nakata, the film spawned two Japanese sequels and a prequel and a Korean remake in addition to the American remake and a sequel. It is also responsible for sparking a wave of creepy, atmospheric horror films in Japan and a wave of\u00a0 slightly watered-down, not as good English language remakes from Hollywood. Nakata would go on to direct the first Ringu<\/strong> sequel as well and the English language The Ring 2<\/strong> as well as the original Japanese version of Dark Water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Given that some of the original film’s creepiest imagery centers on Sadako crawling out of a television picture into the real world, a 3D version of the story certainly seems like a natural idea. I have to admit that after a while I had gotten a bit burned out on the J-horror cycle and even more quickly burned out on the cycle of sub-standard English remakes. But I think enough time has passed that anyone who felt likewise might be willing to give a new film like this a chance. The only problem is that I don’t really see this getting a big theatrical distribution in the United States, so only a fraction of fans of the Japanese franchise might get to see it on the big screen.<\/p>\n

Last April, Paramount announced plans to create a 3D installment for the English Ring<\/strong> franchise though there has been no further news on the project.<\/p>\n

Via Bleeding Cool<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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