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Warner Bros. "Train to Busan" Remake Delayed


Mon 11 Jul 2022 | 11:21 PM
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Warner Bros. delayed on Monday the release of the highly-anticipated remake of the 2016 Korean zombie horror movie "Train to Busan".

It was scripted by Joo-Suk Park and Sang-ho Yeon, the latter helmed the project as well as directed the prequel and sequel to the zombie movie series, with one being an animated feature.

The movie follows a young father who boards a train with his daughter, unaware that a zombie outbreak is beginning to overrun Korea. He soon finds himself fighting to survive as the virus begins infecting other passengers on the train.

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"Train to Busan" proved to be a huge hit for horror movie fans across the globe and made the audience scream and cry.

There have been talks of an American remake since the movie's premiere. Progress on the project seemed to be picking up steam last December when the movie got a title, "The Last Train to New York" and a release date, April 21, 2023.

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The remake is expected to follow a similar plot but will take place on a train to New York.

Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto is set to serve as director of the remake with "The Conjuring" creator James Wan set to produce and Gary Dauberman writing the script.