Ever wondered what a Japanese remake of your favorite movie might be like? If your favorite movie happens to be Sideways then you're in luck. The New York Times is reporting that Fuji TV wants to remake the movie Sideways. Sideways wasn't a huge success in Japan upon its initial release, but that's what makes it ripe for the picking.

Toru Miyazawa, deputy director of sales and acquisitions for Fuji TV, said the modest size of the original (and the fact that it did little business in Japan) lent it to being redone. “Obviously it doesn’t make sense to remake ‘Titanic’ or ‘Star Wars,’ anything too big,” he said, explaining that he had been drawn to “Sideways” because “it’s a good comedy, but not a broad stupid comedy.” The international travels (and the cultural dislocations) of the main characters, he added, would be interesting to people in their late 30s and early 40s, the movie’s main audience.

Import, anyone?

Full article here.