Ellsworth Writing Remake of RED DAWN

I'll tell you why...

It was the paranoia and unease that made this movie so great. That's the whole premise of a "What if?" idea...it has to actually provoke an emotional response. These days, this will just look like another hostage taking situation and the kids fighting back will just seem like the same old cookie-cutter "good guy from within" clan of gun toters.

Also...you can't call it Red Dawn unless the russians are involved somehow....look in the dictonary under "Tired rehashed idea" for how that will work out. It works in Indy cause it hasn't been done before there.

Unless..you make it China to make it a more current idea. You may be on to something there, but thats Step 1 in 58 to getting this to actually work correctly.

So are they going to keep the title "RED"? If it's not going to be "Russians" then I will be impressed if they use (post 9/11 feel) middle-easteren "terrorist" in the film. Lets face it, Hollywood is usually afraid they might offend the Muslim community...even though the public with at least half a brain knows that muslims are not the problem...it's...um I don't know....terrorists groups. Oh and one more thing...It's a freakin' movie! Get over it.

Well, the "Public" really don't even use that half a brain they have so I could see why Hollywood would be a little hesitant to use Muslim terrorists. Besides, there are plenty of other terrorists that aren't Muslim to play with.
I agree with Syxxblade. Its kind of stupid to call it "Red Dawn" if it`s not going to have anything to do with Communism. I actually watched Red Dawn last night and it was pretty cool as far as the actual story. The Russians allying themselves with the Cubans and Nicaraguans. Some of it was silly, like when the pilot was explaining how it all went down, like how a bunch of Nicaraguans and Cubans just traipsed threw Mexico and how they got on bases. Also, why the hell would Russia nuke China? At least at the time they were both communist.
I`d be really surprised if they used China as the aggressor. In this day and age it is really hard to make a whole country the bad guy, which is why terrorism is easier to use.

As 'Red Dawn' scared the heck out of people in 1984,

Umm, no it didn't.

I`m pretty sure that other movie "The Day After" did though. It scared the crap out of me. But I was only 9.

Helloooooo pointless!

Not sure how they could spin this into a Communist Invasion. Might as well make it a Nazi Invasion. And as mentioned, if it ain’t Commies it ain’t Red Dawn which means it ain’t a remake so fuckin’ call it something else. Not saying something like this couldn’t be good but I am so sick and tired of lazy remake marketing that I will refuse to see this on that basis only. And I will take my time explaining to anyone why the title Red Dawn is a Red Flag alerting The Public to the stupidity inherent in it.

And Gargoyle, he did say "the heck out of people" so give the man the benefit of the doubt. He was obviously talking about grade-schoolers!

The Day After! Nice pony. Now there's a remake that actually could be a remake and relevant.

"Boys!...Avenge me!" That's what I'll scream when/if they remake this movie. It doesn't need one! Find another project to spend the money on.

I hate the hollywood propaganda. If it's war with Russia, they mass produce films about evil russians; if it's war in Iraq, they do the same. That propaganda only promotes prejudice against everyone from Germans (they are all Nazis), Chinnesse (all dirty Commnists), Russians (red Communists), Middle Easteners (theological terrorists), Latin Americans (pig illegal aliens), and so on.
Most of the time it's the government the one that should be criticized, not every individual in a given nation.

I do not support this bigotry. Freedom of speech and artistic license are one thing... mind numbing propaganda is another. Happy 4th to everyone!!!!!!

I agree with everybody above. Why even call it Red Dawn if it's not the same story? You can do a great story about people living in some kind of post terrorist controlled America who fight back, but you can make up your own original story. There is no need to reference another movie.
No wait, there is. Because you want to do the same "remake/re-imagine" thing that's been done with many horror movies from the 80's. Sell the idea to studio execs and the public on a bought name just so you can fill seats.

At least I hope original director/writer John Milius is getting a good piece of change for then using his work. As a matter of fact, why isn't he doing this pic? He is known for his ultra-conservative He-man action movies that have lots of historical reference (Conan/Apocalypse Now/The Wind and the Lion/Magnum Force/HBO's Rome). Why wouldn't he just do this himself?