The Grudge 2

In a word...meh. The first film was remarkably boring, offering nothing exciting or new in a Hollywood so hyped up over Japanese Horror remakes (at the time). Can't say I'll be rushing out to see this sequel.
 
BREAKING NEWS!!!

Amber Tamblyn will topline The Grudge 2, the sequel to the 2004 horror hit for Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Director Takashi Shimizu, writer Stephen Susco and producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise all are returning. Arielle Kebbel and Teresa Palmer also have been cast.

Tamblyn will play the younger sister of Sarah Michelle Gellar, who returns long enough to pass on the movie's supernatural curse. The sequel delves into the secrets behind the grudge's wrath and introduces a seemingly unrelated host of new characters who find themselves connected by the curse.

Kebbel and Palmer (December Boys) play American schoolgirls in Tokyo.

Mandate Pictures' Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce alongside Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison. Matt Tolmach and Shannon Gaulding will oversee the production for Columbia. Michael Kirk and Drew Crevello will oversee for Ghost House.

Source: ComjngSoon
 
Well The Grudge was the biggest pile of American remake trash I have ever seen. They just took the Japanese original, put in some American actors in a Japanese setting and made it suck, badly. How ridiculous is that? Anyone who has seen the Japanese version will know how rubbish the remake is.

They don't know what they're doing, just look at the trash that was The Ring 2 :mad: . Add to the fact that Sarah Michelle Gellar was only ever good in her Buffy series...

I don't know whats worse, Hollywood remaking brilliant Asian horror and making it suck, or video-game to movie adaptions. I think both are as bad as each other!
 
This was on Empire website about The Grudge 2:

"Jennifer Beals has been added to the cast of horror sequel The Grudge 2, alongside Amber Tamblyn.

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ok here starts my rant lol...

Grudge 1 was an ok "remake" but i much prefer the original japanese version it is far more scarier and superior. When I watched the US version i was amazed at how much they had copied yet they couldnt match the atmosphere .

The US has done it with a number of other superb japanese horror movies and i can see no reason for it.
So making a Grudge 2 doesnt appeal to me really.
 
Here is the OFFICIAL Movie Poster :

http://www.cinemablend.com/gallery/previews/The-Grudge-2-1605.html?tid=6082

I have also put the plot here in spoiler tags :

In Tokyo, a young woman (Tamblyn) is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister (Gellar). The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt to unlock its secret to save their lives.

Credited Cast :

Sarah Michelle Gellar - Karen
Edison Chen - Eason
Amber Tamblyn - Aubrey
Arielle Kebbel - Allison
Jennifer Beals - Trish
Sarah Roemer - Lacey
Takako Fuji - Kayako Saeki
Matthew Knight - Jake
Misako Uno - Miyuki
Teresa Palmer - Vanessa
Ohga Tanaka - Toshio
Eve Gordon - Principal Dale
Ryo Ishibashi - Nakagawa
Paul Jarrett - John Fleming
Shaun Sipos - Michael

Rumour :

Karen (Geller) will die in the sequel
 
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