In the article “Hollywood Warms to Asian Movies, American-Style,” by Renee Graham, she discusses Hollywood’s trend of remaking Asian movies into English. She informs readers that movies such as The Grudge and Shall We Dance? were both based on Japanese originals. Major studios are continuing to snap up the rights to films from South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong with the intention of remaking them with American actors (Graham 229). Throughout the article, Graham outlines the pros and cons of remaking the movies because of cultural differences. Some wonder whether the same vigor and funding would be better spent promoting the original films which are more audacious and challenging (Graham 229). She goes on to discuss how the American multiplexes
