Paramount To Remake Korean Thriller ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’; Don Lee Reprising Original Role & Producing Alongside Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is set to remake critically acclaimed South Korean crime thriller The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil with original star Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) reprising his lead role as a gang boss looking for redemption in the studio’s U.S.
version.Lee, whose acting credits also include Disney/Marvel’s Eternals and Korean blockbusters Train To Busan and The Roundup, is also producing under his U.S production banner Gorilla 8 Productions; and alongside Chris S.
Lee, CEO of B&C Content; Billy Acumen, CEO of BA Entertainment; and Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood under their production banner, Balboa Productions.
The U.S. remake is in the early stages of development.The original film centered on fierce and feared gang boss Jang Dong-su (Lee) who barely survives a violent attack by an elusive serial killer.
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