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Daniel Stamm To Play Game Of Death
Remaking Thai horror 13: Beloved

13 September 2011  |  Written by Owen Williams  |  Source: Deadline


Daniel Stamm To Play Game Of Death

Nope, it's nothing to do with the ropey posthumous Bruce Lee vehicle from 1978 (nor the DTV Wesley Snipes epic from earlier this year). 13: Game of Death is a Thai horror hit from 2006, and it's about to be remade by The Last Exorcism's Daniel Stamm.

The original film, directed by Chukiat Sakveerakul, also goes by the moniker of 13: Beloved, and is based on Thirteenth Quiz Show, an instalment in the My Mania manga series by Eakasit Thairaat. It involves a hapless musical instrument salesman who finds himself in the middle of a reality TV contest in which he must perform thirteen tasks. They start easily with a spot of fly-swatting, but rapidly spiral into decapitating motorcyclists, beating people up with furniture, and kidnapping old ladies from hospitals. There's also a short prequel in 12: Begin, and a 2009 sequel, 14: Beyond.

The news of the new version comes from the Toronto International Film Festival, where deals are currently being dealt with IM Global, who are also behind Jason Statham's Safe and Sylvester Stallone's Bullet To The Head.

Stamm is currently adapting the screenplay with his writing partner David Birke. Last we heard, he was supposed to be following his Night Chronicle Reincarnate with a different remake: that of Pascal Laugier's Martyrs. Is that now not happening?

UPDATE: Martyrs is still on the table, although not happening immediately. "Different projects are always in different stages of development and financing," Stamm explains to Empire. "You're always trying to juggle preparations for a couple at the same time so you're ready once all the other elements align. If that sounds vague, it's a vague process..."

 
 

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