A new take on the beloved horror classic, Takashi Miike’s Audition, is currently in the works at Focus Features. Deadline reports that Focus, Hyde Park Entertainment and Mario Kassar Productions are nearing a deal to produce a new adaptation of the 1997 novel by Ryū Murakami, which served as the basis for Miike’s 1999 film.

Christian Tafdrup, who directed the original version of Speak No Evil, is co-writer the new Audition with Mads Tafdrup, his brother. Though it received 11 nominations at the 2023 Danish Film Awards, Speak No Evil garnered further attention when it was remade by Blumhouse last year, in a film that starred James McAvoy.

The original Japanese horror film follows Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a widower who decides to start dating again. Aided by a film producer friend (Miyuki Matsuda), Aoyama uses auditions for a fake production as a means to screen for a new wife. Then, when Aoyama becomes intrigued by the withdrawn, beautiful, former ballet dancer Asami (Eihi Shiina), they begin a relationship. However, he soon comes to realise that Asami isn’t who she appears to be, leading to some increasingly disturbing scenarios.

Stay tuned for any updates on the upcoming remake as we hear them!

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