The Next Big Hollywood Remake
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Gone with the Wind, starring Amanda Bynes and Snoop Dogg.
"Frankly my dear I don't give a shizzle."
"Frankly my dear I don't give a shizzle."
Yes it would. He's got the right demeanor
They'd have to wait until Clint is long dead, & I did consider Hugh Jackman, because he looks so much like a young Clint, but Hugh really hasn't got the innate grit of Clint Eastwood, that is necessary for Dirty Harry, Wolverine aside. Whenever Hugh plays tough & gritty, it tends to read a bit phony to me, It's pretty tough to be as gritty as Clint, which is why no one would dare try it until he's gone
Josh Brolin's grittiness is a bit more like Nick Nolte in 48 Hours than like Dirty Harry, but it's close
I actually thought that could easily have been made into a movie
The more I hear about remakes, the more I think it's all about people desperately clinging on the past, not being able to let go and move on. Perhaps they have been left unsatisfied for some reason and desperately look for that missing piece they never received. Hugh Jackman as Dirty Harry just because he looks a bit like a young Clint Eastwood? Just what on earth would you gain from that? Except for a TINY visual similarity, he is nothing like Eastwood. So what's the point of doing a cop movie with him calling it Dirty Harry?
I understand the producer's POV on remakes. Name recognition, new generation, bla bla. The writer's and director's POV already becomes fuzzy to me. Just why do you feel the need to make a remake of something else and not make something original instead. But the audience's POV? It's a mystery!
I understand the producer's POV on remakes. Name recognition, new generation, bla bla. The writer's and director's POV already becomes fuzzy to me. Just why do you feel the need to make a remake of something else and not make something original instead. But the audience's POV? It's a mystery!
I keep waiting for DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, FANTASTIC VOYAGE, and LOGAN'S RUN, all of which strike me as prime remake material. Maybe SOYLENT GREEN, too, if only because it would be a good excuse to reissue the original novel. (Although, sadly, Harry Harrison is no longer around to benefit from a remake.)
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The Day of the Triffids was remade as a BBC miniseries in 2009. A Fantastic Voyage remake is in development with James Cameron as producer and Shawn Levy attached as director. A remake of Logan's Run is likewise in development. Nicolas Winding Refn was attached to direct from a script by Andrew Baldwin, but Refn has left the project and Ken Levine, who created BioShock, has been hired to write a new script. When, or if, the latter projects escape from development and actually get made of course remains to be seen.
The Day of the Triffids was remade as a BBC miniseries in 2009. A Fantastic Voyage remake is in development with James Cameron as producer and Shawn Levy attached as director. A remake of Logan's Run is likewise in development. Nicolas Winding Refn was attached to direct from a script by Andrew Baldwin, but Refn has left the project and Ken Levine, who created BioShock, has been hired to write a new script. When, or if, the latter projects escape from development and actually get made of course remains to be seen.
I agree with you on both points. I'd cast Brolin over Jackman as Dirty Harry and I like Jackman (though he might do better box office...).
It wasn't exactly a remake but Innerspace played heavily on the Fantastic Voyage premise. And I know you like B-movies, so if you ever chance upon Lance Henriksen's Antibody you can see a real low-rent riff on the idea.
Yeah, I know. I too would much rather go see something new & inventive than a remake, but remakes & sequel franchises aren't going anywhere. Batman, Superman, Bond, Star Trek. The list is endless. So they should at least pick worthy things to do it with
WKRP, though I think they've already tried twice without much success. The problem was the lack of a personality like Johnny Fever.
Happy Days. Honestly surprised they haven't done it yet.
Magnum P.I, though Hollywood would likely turn it into a parody of sorts, much like they did with Starsky & Hutch rather than an honest interpretation like Miami Vice.
Happy Days. Honestly surprised they haven't done it yet.
Magnum P.I, though Hollywood would likely turn it into a parody of sorts, much like they did with Starsky & Hutch rather than an honest interpretation like Miami Vice.
Pirate Radio hit a lot of the same notes. I keep posting these things, I need to make a thread about spiritual successors.
That 70s Show was sort of a take on Happy Days, wasn't it?
How about recasting The Princess Bride?
The Bruce Lee thread got me thinking that it's surprising Enter The Dragon hasn't been done yet.
The Last Starfighter has potential, especially since videogames are a lot more ubiquitous than they were in 1984.
I don't particularly like Cameron, but I'd like to see what he could do with Metropolis.
I know there's on-again/off-again talk about a Top Gun sequel, but I think they'd be better served to just reboot at this point. There's a lot of potential intrigue there involving the school's relevancy and the future of aviation and UAVs. I'd love to see Ridley do this.
Also, I expect a true reboot of Jaws any day now.
People act like remakes and reboots are a new trend. They aren't.
If you look at the 120 years (or so) of filmmaking and exclude everything that's a remake, reboot, retelling, sequel, adaption, etc., you're not left with much.
And, never mind the last few millennia of storytelling...
Paul Wright is the obvious choice fro Fezzik. Also, it would be a nice touch to have Elwes as Grandpa.*
*Savage might not be old enough.
The Last Starfighter has potential, especially since videogames are a lot more ubiquitous than they were in 1984.
I don't particularly like Cameron, but I'd like to see what he could do with Metropolis.
I know there's on-again/off-again talk about a Top Gun sequel, but I think they'd be better served to just reboot at this point. There's a lot of potential intrigue there involving the school's relevancy and the future of aviation and UAVs. I'd love to see Ridley do this.
Also, I expect a true reboot of Jaws any day now.
How do you classify "new" and "innovative?" Both terms are ultimately arbitrary in nature. And just because a story is an old one, doesn't mean it can't be made new again, nor does it imply the filmmaker can't innovate with it.
People act like remakes and reboots are a new trend. They aren't.
If you look at the 120 years (or so) of filmmaking and exclude everything that's a remake, reboot, retelling, sequel, adaption, etc., you're not left with much.
And, never mind the last few millennia of storytelling...
Inconceivable!
Paul Wright is the obvious choice fro Fezzik. Also, it would be a nice touch to have Elwes as Grandpa.*
*Savage might not be old enough.
I read that there was recently(?) a reading with Rob Reiner as Grandpa, Fred Savage reprising his role, and Cary Elwes as Humperdinck. I bet that was fun.
Pirate Radio hit a lot of the same notes. I keep posting these things, I need to make a thread about spiritual successors.
Ohh, good point. Yeah, I guess it did. I could kind of see Philip Seymour Hoffman as a good Johnny Fever
I wouldn't really say so. It felt more like a parody of the 70's, plus different decade.
HAPPY DAYS would be tricky. The original was a 1970s exercise in 1950s nostalgia. So would a 21st century version be all about nostalgia for the Seventies or the Fifties?
You'd be two steps removed from the era you're celebrating, like a photocopy of a photocopy . . . .
You'd be two steps removed from the era you're celebrating, like a photocopy of a photocopy . . . .
