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Lionsgate buys 'Bangkok' remake


February 08, 2008 Lionsgate has acquired North American distribution rights to the Nicolas Cage action thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" from IEG Virtual Studios, an affiliate of worldwide distribution company Initial Entertainment Group. Directed by Hong Kong directors Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, "Bangkok" is a remake of the Pang brothers' critically acclaimed 1999 film of the same name that won the International Critics Award at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival. The brothers also directed the Asian horror movies The Eye and The Eye 2, which Lionsgate recently remade as a Jessica Alba vehicle.

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