Joshua Jackson has joined the American remake of the Thai horror movie Shutter. We previously reported in January that Transformers star Rachael Taylor had signed on to lead the flick.
Here is the plot for you guys again…
The story revolves around a young American couple on their honeymoon in Tokyo who begin seeing ghostly images in their photos as well as around them.
Also cast in the movie are David Denman from the U.S. version of The Office, James Kyson Lee from Heroes and John Hensley from Nip/Tuck with Masayuki Ochiai directing.
The only thing that would concern me about hiring Jackson, is that it might remind people of the Wes Craven horror flop Cursed from a few years back that he featured prominately in the trailer.
Actor association, especially if they have been in bad genre movies… will always hurt an actor’s attempt to star in that type of film again.
source – the hollywood reporter, coming soon
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First of all, psychological thrillers and Cursed are two different things. Also, considering how Cursed was a flop, do people honestly think that they will remember it? I doubt it. Give the film a chance.
If you look at what I said exactly…
The ONLY thing that would CONCERN ME about HIRING Jackson, is that it MIGHT remind people of the Wes Craven horror flop Cursed from a few years back that he featured prominately in the trailer.
All I was saying was that from a box office point of you, it might hurt the film because they COULD think “well the last horror I saw Joshua Jackson in sucked, why would I want to see this?”
The same thing happened with Sarah Michelle Gellar with The Return after The Grudge movies were rubbish.
On the subject of giving the movie a chance…. did I once say it was going to suck?
Although, quite honestly… it will because it’s a remake of an Asian horror movie and the track record of them being remade in the Western world aren’t so good.