Jalil Lespert, the helmer of Yves Saint Laurent and the big-budget series “Versailles,” is set to reteam with producer Wassim Beji on French remake of Japanese genre master Hideo Nakata’s Chaos, Variety reports out of AFM.
The French makeover will topline French stars Romain Duris, Charlotte Lebon and Lespert.
Beji, who is producing the film via his banner WY Prods., has tapped Australian scribe Andrew Bovell (A Most Wanted Man) to pen the adaptation.
Beji said the untitled pic will transpose the action in Paris and follow the same narrative thread while including many new twists.
The producer described the project as a psychological thriller in the spirit of Gone Girl but with a strong sexual tension.
The iMBD described the original, from the director of Ringu:
“A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?”
The film will start lensing in France on Jan. 18.
