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Ken Watanabe Joins 'Godzilla' As Production Starts, Juliette Binoche Confirmed

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 18, 2013 2:29 PM
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...and just like that, Warner Bros. has announced that production has started today on "Godzilla," with the studio, filmmakers and everyone else keeping a tight lock and seal over details or anything else concerning the production. But the press release did offer up a couple more eyebrow raising bits of casting for a monster movie that seems to be following the "Pacific Rim" playbook to a certain degree.

Ken Watanabe To Star In Japanese Language Remake Of Clint Eastwood's 'Unforgiven'

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • August 20, 2012 9:24 AM
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For years Hollywood has remade foreign films to varying degrees, with some of the most successful examples being genre-swaps: for example, John Sturges’ classic western “The Magnificent Seven” was based on Akira Kurosawa’s landmark “Seven Samurai.” And now a western film will have its setting swapped out for the East as Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” is being remade under the tutelage of “Villain” helmer Lee Sang-il with Ken Watanabe set to star.

Gary Oldman Won't Be The Colonel In 'Akira,' Ken Watanabe Next On List

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • November 23, 2011 8:56 AM
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