Posts Tagged ‘Remake’
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 8th, 2008
THR reports that Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba have been cast for Michael Winterbottom’s (A Mighty Heart, The Road to Guantanamo) remake adaptation of The Killer Inside Me based on the novel from noir author Jim Thompson who’s been praised The New York Times as the “best suspense writer going, bar none.”
His novel was first adapted to film in 1976 starring Stacy Keach and has since spawned several other remakes.
Killer tells the chilling downward spiral of Lou Ford, the deputy sheriff of a small town in Texas. “The worst thing most people can say against him is that he’s a little slow and a little boring. But then, most people don’t know about the sickness—the sickness that almost got Lou put away when he was younger. The sickness that is about to surface again.”
Affleck will play the role of the sheriff and Alba plays a prostitute.
MuseFilm’s Chris Hanley, Cyclone Prods.’ Robert Weinbach, Revolution Films’ Andrew Eaton and Bradford Schlei are producing the latest adaptation, which was written by Weinbach and John Curran.
Filming begins in mid January and worldwide sales will be in the care of Wild Bunch.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 8th, 2008
According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand, Rush Hour 3) has entered into final negotiations with Nu Image/Millennium and Lionsgate Films to direct Conan, the 21st century remake of Robert E. Howard’s original Conan the Barbarian.
The news is not a shocker. We reported that Ratner was circling the project back in October. The only question concerned a timeline for the project. Ratner had also been in talks to helm Paramount’s fourth installment of their Beverly Hills Cop franchise and his dilemma for weeks has been which project should be helmed first.
Since by the end of Friday, the script for Beverly Hills Cop was not ready yet, Ratner’s decision was made simple and BHC IV will have to wait.
Millennium and Lionsgate have their eyes on the project as a potential franchise. Learning from the PG-13 rated Conan the Destroyer jokier 1984 film that ruined the original franchise, writers Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly (Sahara, A Sound of Thunder, Airborn) are taking the projected in a very R-rated direction in the $85 million budget range. Filming will take place at Nu Image’s Nu Boyana Studio in Bulgaria.
“The story opens on the battlefield where Conan is born and tells the origin story that sets the stage for what will be the first of multiple films,” Avi Lerner of Millennium Films tells THR. “This is a coup for Millennium Films and proves that our choice of projects and material is attracting much higher-profile directors and actors.”
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 8th, 2008
DreamWorks is in the process of acquiring the English language remake rights to Chan Wook-Park’s 2003 Korean Film Oldboy reports Variety. Universal Studios will distribute under this deal with Steven Spielberg to direct and Will Smith in early talks to star as the kidnapped man.
The original movie is hands down incredible. The story tells of “a man [who] gets kidnapped and held in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. Suddenly, he’s released and given money, a cell phone and clothes and is set on a path to discover who destroyed his life so he can take revenge.”
I don’t feel a remake is necessary, but Hollywood’s already got their mind on it. Spielberg is currently in search of a screenwriter to begin developing Oldboy while he finishes directing Tintin. At the very least, this will open more folks to the original movie.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 2nd, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter announced that Warner Bros. has tapped J. Michael Straczynski, the scribe who wrote Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and is best known for creating Babylon 5, to pen a remake of the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet.
The original film, directed by Fred Wilcox was released in 1956, tell the “tale of an expedition sent from Earth to check on a colony of scientists on a far-off planet. They find two members, a man who has found alien technology that doubled his intellect, Dr. Morbius, and his daughter, both of whom have managed to survive an unseen monster roaming the planet.”
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 1st, 2008
Samuel L. Jackson will never run out of work. After his bad cop play in Lakeview Terrace, Columbia Pictures picked up him for yet another bad guy role—that of the villain in the remake of Berry Gordy’s 1985 cult classic The Last Dragon reports THR.
The script, penned by Dallas Jackson, follows the original film which centers on a “young martial arts student Leroy Green in his quest through the streets of New York to achieve the highest level of martial arts accomplishment, known as the Last Dragon. Those who achieve the high ranking possess the Glow, making them the greatest fighter alive.”
Jackson will play Sho’nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, the role played by the late Julius Carry in the original film.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 26th, 2008
From New Line Cinema, a galore of Friday the 13th Treats:
Bloody Disgusting unveiled an updated teaser one-sheet.
Friday the 13th official website launched.
Trailer can be viewed here.
Directed by Marcus Nispel, the film is a “retelling of the original Friday the 13th about teenaged summer camp counselors that are systematically slaughtered by a mysterious killer. Jason Voorhees will wear the mask and kill, keeping the famous setting of Crystal Lake.”
Friday the 13th comes to theaters February 13, 2009.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 23rd, 2008
Lionsgate issued a new promotional one sheet today for Patrick Lussier’s remake of My Bloody Valentine in 3D, which hits theaters January 16, 2009. As the date nears, expect to see more in the press!
Jamie King at the 2008 Scream Awards had this to say. “[It's] dope! I was just doing ADR and it was awesome. I’ve seen pieces of it - I’m going to see it on Wednesday. It’s unlke anything you’ve ever seen before. It’s crazy, I’m watcing the original tomorrow night - I ddidn’t want to watch an original before a remake so I don’t copy anything.”
Starring Jaime King, Jensen Ackles, Kerr Smith, Edi Gathegi, Kevin Tighe and Megan Boone, My Bloody Valentine 3-D tells the story of “Tom’s ( Jensen Ackles) return to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders.”
Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 9th, 2008
From the Producers of The Ring and Disturbia, The Uninvited is their latest horror film, scheduled to hit theaters January 30, 2009. The official one-sheet is shown and you can visit The Uninvited official website to view the trailer. Though the subject matter is not uncommon, directors Charles and Thomas Guard seem to have weaved a well put-together story with just the right amount of thrill and suspense.
Based on Kim Jee-Woon’s 2003 Korean horror film, Changhwa Hongryon (A Tale of Two Sisters), The Uninvited revolves around Anna (Emily Browning), who returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father (David Strathairn) has become engaged to her mother’s former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). That night, Anna is visited by her mother’s ghost, who warns her of Rachel’s intentions. Together, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother. 
Posted by dominie in Films, News on September 19th, 2008
Remakes are popping out much like the baby boomers did post-World War II. I’ve already lost count of the number announced in this week alone. But I suppose at the very least, we should offer our thanks for this tiny (said below) breather in the recent slew of American remakes.
A second Spanish horror announced to be remade this week is Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopena’s Fermat’s Room, which has been making its way through festivals, the last one being the Tribeca ’08 in April. According to Bloody Disgusting, Fermat’s Room plays similar to our Saw series (minus the excessive violence), dealing four math experts with checkered pasts various number-crunching time-tests in a contracting chamber by an unknown killer. They must solve the riddle and uncover how they are connected or die. IFC Entertainment has picked up the original film for release via their VOD service.
And then we move on the the Danish. THR reports that Mandate Pictures is doing a remake of Danish helmer Ole Bomedal’s The Substitute, which follows the case of a sixth grade class whose substitute teacher turns out to be an alien with an agenda. Columbia Pictures will develop the project under Sami Raimi’s Ghost House label, the genre arm of Mandate Pictures. Ghost House Underground and Lionsgate will release the original film on DVD October 14.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on September 16th, 2008
We told you before that Summit Entertainment picked up the production deal of MGM’s Sorority Row remake based on Mark Rosman’s 1983 The House on Sorority Row. The crew is currently prepping to begin shooting in Pittsburgh, PA next month and will be helmed by director Stewart Hendler (Whisper).
Actors Briana Evigan (Step Up 2: The Streets), Rumer Willis (The House Bunny), and MTV’s The Hills star Audrina Patridge have been cast in principal roles.
The official synopsis is supplied from Bloody-Disgusting:
“When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret…”
THR reports that Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba have been cast for Michael Winterbottom’s (A Mighty Heart, The Road to Guantanamo) remake adaptation of The Killer Inside Me based on the novel from noir author Jim Thompson who’s been praised The New York Times as the “best suspense writer going, bar none.”
