Screenshot of the original YOMIGAERI(2002).
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DreamWorks Remaking Japanese YOMIGAERI
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Source: Variety
A new remake of a Japanese smash hit is in development over at DreamWorks and it's not a horror film. Variety is reporting that Yomigaeri, a fantasy based on Shinji Kajio's novel has had its rights acquired from Tokyo Broadcasting System by the house that Spielberg built. William Nicholson is writing the screenplay while DreamWorks is eyeing a late 2008 start date.
Plot Concept: Based on a novel by Shinji Kajio, Yomigaeri centers on a government official who is sent to a rural town to investigate a child who, after vanishing for 60 years, returns to his mother not having aged at all.
