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Zellweger spots 'Eye' for Par, C/W

Zellweger spots 'Eye' remake

Tatiana Siegel
Renee Zellweger is attached to star in the psychological horror film "The Eye" for Paramount Pictures, with Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner producing through their C/W Prods. banner.

A remake of 2002's Hong Kong thriller "Jian gui," "The Eye" centers on a woman (Zellweger) who sees more than she bargained for when she regains her vision after a cornea transplant.

Hideo Nakata, who helmed the Japanese horror hit "Ringu," which spawned a sequel and the English-language versions "The Ring" and "The Ring Two," will direct from a screenplay by Sebastian Gutierrez and Hillary Seitz. Nakata also directed "Ringu 2" and "The Ring Two."

Vertigo Entertainment's Peter Chan, Doug Davison and Roy Lee will executive produce.

The studio is targeting an early 2006 start date, with Paramount's Brad Weston and Marc Evans overseeing for the studio.

The Paramount-based C/W Prods. most recently produced the Cruise starrer "War of the Worlds" for the studio and is in production on "Mission: Impossible 3."

Zellweger, who won an Academy Award for her supporting role in "Cold Mountain," will lend her voice to the upcoming animated family comedy "Bee Movie" for DreamWorks.

She is repped by CAA.
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