DreamWorks to Remake TIME CRIMES with Steve Zaillian
DreamWorks has picked up the rights to remake the 2007 time travel Spanish film Time Crimes. You may roll your eyes at the notion, but Steve Zaillian is the man who will adapt the script for American audiences. This is actually good news for the film. Zaillian is responsible for writing several excellent films such as Gangs of New York, Hannibal, Mission Impossible, Schindler's List, Clear and Present Danger, and several other films. He's recently worked on the yet-to-be released films The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball and The Irishman.
Yeah, I'd say Zailliam makes a great addition to the remake of this film, and it could actually end up being better than the original with him behind it. And I never say that about remakes, but the guy is a very talented writer. I loved the original Time Crimes; it had a great concept, but it could have been executed better. "Time Crimes is an intricate science fiction thriller in which a man repeatedly goes back in time an hour in an attempt to alter the events of a crime."
Here's the film's original synopsis:
An ordinary guy takes an extraordinary step through time in this science fiction thriller. Hector is spending a few days in the countryside with his girlfriend, Clara, when he sees something that catches his attention while playing with his binoculars. Looking at a nearby house near a wooded area, Hector spies a beautiful woman taking her clothes off, and decides to take a stroll and give her a closer look. However, when he arrives at the house several minutes later, the woman is lying in the grass and appears to either be dead or passed out. As Hector examines her, he's attacked by a strange man and flees on foot. Hector seeks refuge in a building that turns out to be a research facility owned by a mysterious scientist, who gives him a place to hide inside a futuristic closet. However, Hector realizes it was actually a time-travel machine when he emerges a few minutes later and looks out the window to see himself standing over the unconscious woman in the distance.
Here's the trailer for the original movie: