March 14, 2008 - Oscar winner Charlize Theron will produce and star in an Americanized remake of Park Chan-wook's 2005 revenge flick Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Lady Vengeance (Korean: 친절한 금자씨; RR: Chinjeolhan geumjassi; lit. Each entry in Chan-wook Park's riveting vengeance trilogy has been rumored to have an American remake in the works over the years. Die neuesten Nachrichten und Specials zu diesen Film Lady Vengeance: "Departed"-Autor schreibt Drehbuch für "Lady Vengeance"-Remake mit Charlize Theron. Sympathy For Lady Vengeance. '"Kind-hearted Geum-ja"'; titled Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in Australia) is a 2005 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant. Charlize Theron is set to star in and produce the remake of Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Lady Vengeance is set up as a vehicle for Charlize Theron and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance has uber-producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura attached. The press release doesn't clarify whether Monahan is just scripting the Lady Vengeance remake or serving as writer-director on the project, which admittedly leaves room for more skepticism - as Monahan's directorial debut, London Boulevard, was not received as enthusiastically by the critical masses as his previous writing efforts (which include Body of Lies and Edge of Darkness). Lady Vengeance (Korean: 친절한 금자씨; RR: Chinjeolhan geumjassi; lit. The film is the third installment in Park's Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003). "He made an almost perfect film [but] he came to me and said he really wanted us to do this. Oldboy. The film is the third installment in Park's Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003). Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad. William Monahan will adapt the film. Theron told Moviesblog.MTV.com that she only agreed to do the movie because Chan-wook asked her. "Kind-hearted Geum-ja"; titled Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in Australia) is a 2005 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook.