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Focus Features, Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment, and Mario Kassar Productions are all teaming up to adapt Ryū Murakami’s 1997 Japanese horror thriller novel, Audition, into a film.
The latest adaptation is being written and directed by Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup, who is co-writing the script with his brother and frequent collaborator, Mads Tafdrup.
The novel was first adapted back in 1999 by Takashi Miike.
Here is the goodreads synopsis of Audition by Ryu Murakami:
Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife, Ryoko. Now even his teenage son Shige has suggested he think about remarrying. So when his best friend Yoshikawa comes up with a plan to hold fake film auditions so that Aoyama can choose a new bride, he decides to go along with the idea.
Source: Deadline.com
The latest adaptation is being written and directed by Danish filmmaker Christian Tafdrup, who is co-writing the script with his brother and frequent collaborator, Mads Tafdrup.
The novel was first adapted back in 1999 by Takashi Miike.
Here is the goodreads synopsis of Audition by Ryu Murakami:
Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife, Ryoko. Now even his teenage son Shige has suggested he think about remarrying. So when his best friend Yoshikawa comes up with a plan to hold fake film auditions so that Aoyama can choose a new bride, he decides to go along with the idea.
Source: Deadline.com
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