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Jason Behr Aboard Gellar’s The Grudge
Source: Variety
Thursday, January 8, 2004

Jason Behr (Roswell will star opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) in a remake of Takashi Shimizu’s Japanese-language horror film The Grudge for Senator Films. Takashi will direct the remake which is executive produced by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi.

The screenplay for the new film is adapted by Stephen Susco, combining elements from the original and its three sequels. The original film concerned a murderous curse stemming from a grudge held by someone who died enraged. Behr plays a college student at an international university in Tokyo, the boyfriend of Gellar’s character.

The Grudge is set to film this month in Tokyo. Columbia Pictures will distribute in North America.

From Scifi.com :

09:00am ET, 8-January-04

Behr Joins Gellar In Grudge

Former Roswell star Jason Behr will star opposite former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar in a remake of Takashi Shimizu’s Japanese horror movie The Grudge for Senator Films, Variety reported. Takashi will direct the remake, produced by Nathan Kahane, Doug Davison and Roy Lee. Spider-Man director Sam Raimi executive produces via his Ghost House Pictures, the trade paper reported.

The Grudge is set to film this month in Tokyo; Columbia Pictures will distribute domestically.

Stephen Susco adapted the screenplay, which combines elements from the original and its three sequels, the trade paper reported. The original Grudge deals with a murderous curse stemming from a grudge held by someone who died enraged. Behr plays a college student at an international university in Tokyo, the boyfriend of Gellar’s character.