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‘The Last Train to New York’ – James Wan Says ‘Train to Busan’ Remake Is Still a Passion Project
It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard a peep about The Last Train to New York, a remake of the South Korean zombie film Train to Busan from producer James Wan that was set to be directed by Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes for Us, May the Devil Take You, V/H/S/94). At one point the film was to release in theaters in April 2023, which of course never happened.
The Last Train to New York has been without a release date for the last couple years, but producer Wan tells Entertainment Weekly this week that the film remains a passion project. As for whether or not it’s ever actually leaving the station, well, that’s still up in the air.
“That’s definitely still a passion project of ours,” Wan tells EW. “I hope that could get off the ground eventually. Got to be honest with you, I’m not quite sure where it sits right now.”
The idea behind The Last Train to New York, Wan explains in the same update, is not to remake Train to Busan but rather for the film to serve as the 2016 movie’s American spinoff.
Wan explains, “Creatively, it takes place in the same world as Train to Busan. It’s happening epidemically around the world. So if Train to Busan is this particular slice of the story in South Korea, we want Train to New York to be the one set in America.”
In Train to Busan, a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, while train passengers struggle to survive. The film was directed by Sang-Ho Yeon and spawned a sequel and animated prequel.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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