Spike Lee to Direct Oldboy

Spike Lee has signed on to remake Park Chan-Wook's ultra-violent vengeance thriller Oldboy for Hollywood.
 
Mandate Pictures executives have ended months of speculation by announcing Lee is their man for the revamp of the hit Korean film.
 
Mandate bosses have been trying to get Oldboy adapted since 2008, and now they think they have the perfect script and director.
 
Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were reportedly attached to the project at one point.

We haven't seen Spike Lee in the director's chair for a movie since 2008's Miracle at St. Anna - but he has been working in TV.

The filmmaker as been working on Passing Stranger and Kobe Doin' Work as well as series Da Brick.