Overture to remake 'Jar City'

October 03, 2008 Overture Films has bought remake rights to the Icelandic whodunit "Jar City," continuing a trend of U.S. buys of foreign-language thrillers. The Liberty Media studio has attached Michael Ross to pen the screenplay; the Gersh-repped scribe is writing the script for "Strays" at Summit and is also penning "Near Dark," the remake of Kathryn Bigelow's vampire film, for Rogue. The "Jar" buy comes on the heels of several recent remake deals, including Overture's acquisition of rights to Israeli dark comedy "92 Minutes" and Mandate Pictures scooping up the rights to two thrillers from buzz Danish director Ole Bornedal.

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