Congrats to all the people who downvoted me for an apparently unpopular opinion. It's pretty bizarre to me that anyone would be surprised by this though. Look at what Hollywood does these days: remakes and sequals. Nearly ever "original" movie you think Hollywood made was actually taken from foreign films (e.g. "Shall we dance" was copied from "Shall we Dansu". Hollywood is now copying "Old Boy" and the lead actor for the original is upset about the behavior).

Anyway, for those who aren't aware of how Hollywood behaves:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13050005/ns/business-cnbc_tv/t/h...

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15641336/ns/today-entertainmen...

http://artherworldblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/the-u-s-supr...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchwald_v._Paramount

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-34211...