F. Javier Gutierrez to Helm The Ring 3
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- July 22, 2014
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS)
I loved The Ring and the original Japanese Ringu which, I'll be honest, I saw after the American remake directed by Gore Verbinski. Both were nice and creepy, and had me looking at my CRT television with apprehension, after watching both films 12 years ago.
It was followed up with The Ring 2, directed by original Ringu director Hideo Nakata, nine years ago and then — nothing. The second film did decent business at the box office, but got middling reviews, but you always had a sense that they would be making a third one.,
According to The Hollywood Reporter, original producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are on board to usher in the next installment of the Ring franchise and are bringing on F. Javier Gutierrez to direct it. No word yet on a release date.
Gutierrez gained acclaim for his 2008 sci-fi film Before The Fall (3 Dias), which is follows what happens when humanity discovers an asteroid will hit Earth in 72 hours. He's also currently attached to The Crow reboot with Luke Evans, ever since Juan Carlos Fresnadillo walked away from it back in 2012. That brings up whether he'll still be onboardThe Crow if The Ring 3 gets fast-tracked.
There's no word on whether Ring and Ring 2 star Naomi Watts will return for the third film. Back in 2010, Paramount had planned to make a third film where creepy Samara would terrorize some teens, rather than continue the story arc started in the first two films, called The Ring 3D. No word on whether this is still the direction they want to go in, or whether they want to reboot the series.
The other dilemma that will have to be tackled is who uses a VHS player anymore? The original film,s based on the Japanese novel by Koji Suzuki, revolved around a mysterious video tape that, when watched, would curse the viewer. They would receive a call letting them know that they had seven days to live. It turned out that the only way to lift the curse is to show it to someone else, who would then have to show it to another person, or they would die in seven days, and so on. In that way, it sort of worked like a virus going from person to person. It was the subject of Rings, a short film that accompanied the 2002 movie’s DVD release.
With VHS all but a dead technology, I wonder if the creative team will reinvent the film for today's audience. No longer do you need to pass a tape around, you could upload it to YouTube and hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people could watch it. In a world of shares, reblogs, and retweets, the mysterious ring video could go viral.
Pun intended.
What do you think, has The Ring's time come and gone or are you looking forward to another trip down the well? Let us know in the comments below!
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