Charlize Theron To Star In Sympathy For Lady Vengeance

Charlize Theron has committed to star in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, an adaptation of the final installment of Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy.

Charlize Theron, Thunder Road to Produce Film About Slain War Reporter (Exclusive) William Monahan has been tapped to pen the script for the project, which also see Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures coming on board to finance11 Theron's Denver & Delilah Films and CJ Entertainment have been slowly developing the English-language remake of since 2008. Theron had, up to this point, been only involved as a producer.

The 2005 South Korean movie centered on a woman who spends 13 years in prison for a crime she did not commit and then sets about exacting the revenge she has plotted during her time behind bars.

The 2005 South Korean movie centered on a woman who spends 13 years in prison for a crime she did not commit and then sets about exacting the revenge she has plotted during her time behind bars.

"This will be very American ­ and very unexpected," said Monahan in a statement. "Park is a genius; it¹s the Everest of adaptations and I've got blood in my teeth to do it."

Theron will produce with Denver & Delilah partner Beth Kono, Annapurna's Ellison and Chelsea Barnard, CJ Entertainment's Ted Kim, and Monahan. No director is currently attatched.

Justine Suzanne Jones of Henceforth Pictures, AJ Dix of Denver & Delilah, Ted Schipper of Annapurna and Miky Lee of CJ Entertainment will executive produce.

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