When Paramount shoved the latest attempt to remake an Asian horror into turnaround, it looked like The Eye might never get made. Renee Zellweger had been attached to star but then dropped out, which resulted in the studio all but ditching the film.
Now Lionsgate has stepped up to finance he movie, which sees a cornea transplant patient realise that she can now see disturbing imagery and must solve the mystery of what happened to the woman whose eyes provided the raw material for the surgery.
Lionsgate has Jessica Alba in talks to star and French helmers David Moreau and Xavier Palud all set to direct the movie this winter.