Shield of Straw Remake In the Works
It looks like we could see an English-language adaptation of Takashi Miike’s 2013 cop thriller Shield of Straw.
EuropaCorp have announced that it is partnering with the global entertainment studio All Nippon Entertainment Works, Japanese partner Nippon Television and Chris and Paul Weitz’s production company Depth of Field, to develop, finance and produce the remake which will be written Olympus has Fallen scribes Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt.
The original film sees a team of five police officers charged with protecting an accused killer who has been marked for death by the billionaire grandfather of his latest victim.
The film is based on the novel by Kazuhiro Kiuchi – a translated version of the original novel was released by Vertical Publishing earlier this year.
“We are thrilled at the prospect of bringing the remake of the Japanese thriller Shield of Straw to American audiences and the world-wide market,” said EuropaCorp President Lisa Ellzey. “This film is right on brand for EuropaCorp, and we look forward to working with the filmmakers on this project.”
“I’m thrilled to learn that the Hollywood film production based on my debut novel ‘Wara no Tate’ is proceeding smoothly,” said the author of the original novel, Kazuhiro Kiuchi. “With EuropaCorp’s involvement in the project, it’s exciting to consider the prospects of the film being set in the U.S. where we’ll see the characters speeding via train through cities across the country. As a fan of the original film, I look forward to seeing this new version.”
