Bad Genius, the internationally acclaimed Thai heist thriller, is about to get the Hollywood treatment. This story about a group of high school seniors attempting to cheat the exam-system was considered a game-changer for Thai cinema, showing audiences that Thai filmmakers have so much more to offer. Now, it’s going to get its own English remake.
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The Hollywood version will be overseen by Erik Feig’s Picturestart (Hunger Games, Now You See Me) and Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Entertainment (Step Up, Mr. and Mrs. Smith). Eva Anderson (You’re The Worst) will be adapting Nattawut Poonpiriya’s original script.
Jessica Switch and Julia Enescu are presiding over the project on behalf of Picturestart. There has been no news of a director or cast for this version yet. Much about the project is still up in the air as the rights were only recently acquired.
(The Hollywood adaptation of ‘Kimi No Na Wa’ is going to have a westernized script)
If you aren’t familiar with the movie, you can watch the trailer below and let us know how you think it’ll fare as a Hollywood remake:
Do you think the Hollywood remake will be better or worse than the original?
