HIDEO NAKATA - NAKATA PLANS RINGS PREQUEL

THE RING TWO director HIDEO NAKATA is planning a prequel to the hit horror movies after watching the sequel crash into the top of the American box office charts.

The sequel scorched the opposition, opening with an impressive $36 million (GBP18.9 million) at the weekend (20MAR05) and now Nakata, whose films inspired the first Ring film, is keen to remake a prequel he once created in his native Japan.

He says, "I directed a Ring prequel called RING ZERO. It's about how the little girl (in the film) was killed at age eight."