One Missed Call (2008) News
Pair pick up 'Missed Call'
07/27/06Ed Burns and Shannyn Sossamon have signed on to star in "One Missed Call" for Alcon Entertainment, Intermedia and Kadokawa Pictures USA. Warner Bros. Pictures is distributing. Eric Valette is directing the English-language remake of a Japanese supernatural horror hit. Story revolves around a college student (Sossamon) whose friends begin receiving cell phone messages from the future in which they hear themselves being murdered. When she receives her own death message, the coed has three days to change her fate. Burns plays a detective.
Valette answers 'Call'
04/26/06French filmmaker Eric Valette is set to direct the English-language remake of Japanese supernatural horror hit "Chakushin ari" ("One Missed Call"). In Japan, "One Missed Call" has become a lucrative franchise, with a third installment now in production. Story revolves around a college student whose friends begin receiving cell phone messages from the future in which they hear themselves being murdered. When she receives her own death message, the coed has three days to change her fate.
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