Remakes, sequels, etc.

[DaForce]

So what got me to post this new thread was the fact that there's two remakes and a sequel coming out this week. And that's about it as far as new releases are concerned.

This week we have Annapolis opening, or as it was originally titled back in the 80's, An Officer and a Gentleman.

Then we have Nanny McPhee, or as it was originally titled in the 60's Mary Poppins.

Finally we have the sequel that no one asked for Big Momma's House 2.


Is it just me, or is there really very little original stuff coming out of the Hollywood grist mill lately? I mean even more so than usual.

It's no wonder that box office revenue is way down when they keep rehashing classics and turning them into crap.

[livewiremaxx]

I think Big Momma's House 2 should be pretty good. I would have asked for it

[neglet]

Then we have Nanny McPhee, or as it was originally titled in the 60's Mary Poppins.

Except that "Nanny McPhee" is based on an original story by Emma Thompson, is a comedy instead of a musical, and won't have any chimney sweeps with horrible artificial Cockney accents. Evidently it was a big hit in England last fall--it might do well in family film-starved February.

[omicron]

And don't forget the movie based on a marginal television show...

Magnum P.I. coming to big screen (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/24/film.magnum.reut/index.html)

Omi
:confused:

[DaForce]

Except that "Nanny McPhee" is based on an original story by Emma Thompson, is a comedy instead of a musical, and won't have any chimney sweeps with horrible artificial Cockney accents. Evidently it was a big hit in England last fall--it might do well in family film-starved February.


So they're calling remakes 'original' stories now? Yeesh!

Hey, I've got an 'original' story...it's about a giant shark that terrorizes a small New England fishing village, but get this...it's set to synchronized swimming!!

I call it...Mandibles.




:green:

[DaForce]

I forgot to mention When a Stranger Calls. Hell, they give the twist away in the commercial for this one!

Whoever is greenlighting these p.o.s. remakes needs to be taken out and severely beaten, and then forced to watch their remakes over and over again for 5 straight weeks.

[KingVoyeur]

Honestly, the first time I saw the extended commercial for When a Stranger Calls on TV, I thought it was a phone commercial using a horror twist that would turn into comedy. Funny, the punchline never came....

[neglet]

So they're calling remakes 'original' stories now? Yeesh!

Hey, I've got an 'original' story...it's about a giant shark that terrorizes a small New England fishing village, but get this...it's set to synchronized swimming!!

I call it...Mandibles.

So "Nanny McPhee" is a remake just because it's got a magical English nanny? The employer is a put-upon widower, not an uppercrust snotty married couple. There are seven misbehaved unholy terrors of children, not two neglected banker's kids. The nanny is hideousy ugly crone who doesn't sing, not a chirpy cute thing who flies with her umbrella and flirts with a cock-assed Cockney chimney sweep. By your logic, "Men in Black" is a remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" because they both feature a lone alien landing on Earth.

And actually, I looked it up and Emma Thompson adapted the screenplay from a 1964 book by Christianna Brand. The movie "Mary Poppins" didn't come out until 1964, so the book could not have been based on the movie (which was already based on the book by PL Travers). Thus this movie is not based on Mary Poppins the movie. Nyah nyah nyah.:winks:

Another "When a Stranger Calls" sounds like crap, though. Ditto "The Pink Panther." The TV-based "Miami Vice" could be okay, though.

[DaForce]

So "Nanny McPhee" is a remake just because it's got a magical English nanny? The employer is a put-upon widower, not an uppercrust snotty married couple. There are seven misbehaved unholy terrors of children, not two neglected banker's kids. The nanny is hideousy ugly crone who doesn't sing, not a chirpy cute thing who flies with her umbrella and flirts with a cock-assed Cockney chimney sweep. By your logic, "Men in Black" is a remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" because they both feature a lone alien landing on Earth.




Don't be silly.




Men in Black had more than one alien.









:D

[Space Tycoon]

Is it just me, or is there really very little original stuff coming out of the Hollywood grist mill lately? I mean even more so than usual.

I shudder to ask: What did you think of Kong? Or do I want to know...

[DaForce]

I shudder to ask: What did you think of Kong? Or do I want to know...


Never bothered to see it. If I wanted to see a big CGI gorilla that doesn't follow the laws of physics, I'd rent the video game.

Nope, the next thing I'll probably end up seeing is The New World.

[neglet]

Nope, the next thing I'll probably end up seeing is The New World.

Now, why would you want to see that? It's just a remake of Disney's "Pocahontas."

:D

[DaForce]

Yeah, but I never saw Pocahontas. :D





Besides, live action vs. animation anyway. :winks: ;)

[kah]

I was actually just talking about this the other day. Not only are we being bombarded with remakes and sequels, but Hollywood has such a dearth of creativity right now, the studios are buying up all the video game and comic book franchises they can get their dirty mits on.
http://www.moviecentre.net/upcomingmovies/2006

Saw 3
Grudge 2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: the Origin
Bloodrayne
BMH 2
Underworld 2
Curious George
Pink Panther
Final Destination 3
Dr. Doolittle 3
Shaggy Dog
V for Vendetta
Ice Age 2
Basic Instinct 2
Scary Movie 4
MI:3
Poseidon
X-Men 3
Alexander the Great
Sin City 2
Young Hannibal
Omen 666
Fast and Furious 3

I could go on and on....

Some of these I am actually excited about, and some of these needed to be made to continue the progression from the first. Most of these, however, are remakes, prequels, and sequels that are being made in the hope that they can pull in the former audiences and make some dirty, mindless money.

[Metuzalem]

I'm waiting to see how Saw 3 turns out. I hope to God it starts EXACTLY where the second one left off.

[SinisterPryde]

I agree that there are a lot of sequels and remakes being done, but it seems pointless to argue about Hollywood's "dearth of creativity" when they have been adapting novels and other source materials for as long as movies have been made. Consider, a lot of the "great" movies were all based on books. I could list them, but you could as easily look at a Greatest Films Ever MAde list and find that at least half, if not more, was taken from previously published materials.

The problem with orginality is that there really is nothing new under the sun. Every movie could be said to have been inspired by, if not based on, previous movies. They might take different approaches, but it's all the same thing.

[kah]

I don't agree that it is not creative to take a book and turn it into a movie. How many movies that are based on books have you seen that are duplicates of their source material? I think it takes a lot more creativity to turn out a screenplay based a novel that may have encompassed 600 or 1000 pages, stay true to the plotline, and make smart use of dialogue to hopefully get the point across. I am not saying all book cum motion picture turn out well. Sadly, most do not. But when one does, people only say, well, at least they didn't ruin a good book.

My original "dearth of creativity" remark is aimed towards those remakes that are essentially recast to read the original screenplay, with perhaps more gratutious violence, or more nudity than the original.

I saw the original Cheaper by the Dozen when I was a kid. I think the Steve Martin remake had one thing in common > 12 kids. But I enjoyed it immensely. I had not seen the sequel, but from what I have gathered, it is more of the same physical comedy, and not great.

Final Destination, decent movie. I am not much into horror movies, but my bf convinced me to watch this one. I thought it was an interesting concept, and the death scenes were pretty horrifying. When the second one came out, of course he forced me to watch that one as well. The crash scene in the beginning was incredibly upsetting, because that kind of thing can happen anytime, but the rest of the movie was essentially a remake of the first, in the guise of a sequel. I heard this 3rd one coming out is about a train crash. Chances are, it'll be a rehashing of the first, just in case you didn't quite get what final destination was the first two times.

I lost track of my mind. When I hunt it down, I'll get back to this thread.

[Nebka]

From what i saw of the Trailes for the new Pink Panther it's not good .
It is to be a Prequel to The 1st Pink Panther film then why did they did not get a young person to play Clouseau Martin is to old to play him then

[KingVoyeur]

Here's some interesting news...

Gyllenhaal and Bettany to Join Batman?

Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal is being touted as Gotham City district attorney Harvey Dent in the next Batman sequel, along with Paul Bettany, who may play the Joker. Gyllenhaal would play Gotham City's good-guy lawyer, who mutates into his alter-ego, Two-Face, in the third film. In the sequel, Batman would team with Harvey Dent to destroy the Joker, according to moviehole.net. Tommy Lee Jones formerly played Dent/Two-Face on the big screen in Batman & Robin. Star Christian Bale is set to return, as well as Michael Caine as butler Alfred.

I dunno. I feel like Gyllenhaal is too young and boyish too be a DA. If think if they want to stick with the quality, they should cast older. I always like Jones' performance in Forever, they should get him again. Bettany may be interesting, but I've never seen him in that "crazy" kind of role.

[neglet]

I agree, I think Gyllenhaal is too young to play a DA (although him and Bale in a movie together would make for an immeasurable "yummy" quotient).

Bettany, on the other hand, would make a fantastic Joker. Although many of the roles he's known for are fairly serious, his work as Chaucer in "Knight's Tale" makes me think he could play freaky. And he's playing a villain in the upcoming "Firewall," so I don't think he has a lack of range.

[Metuzalem]

Not to mention his upcoming role in The DaVinci Code .

[SinisterPryde]

I heard that they were wanting to use Joker in the second movie and set-up Two-Face for the third but I also don't think there has been much discussion on the bat sequels either.

The biggest problem with sequels is, how do you give people more of what they loved and still make it different. The Final Destination films are based on a premise, rather than characters. So they're all going to be the same. This is the same problem they had with The Crow films.

This brings me to one of my biggest pet-peeves at the moment. The trilogy structure. Now, generally, I don't have a problem with it. It's just, if you're going to do movies as a trilogy, then do them all at once (like Lord of the Rings). This way you have consistency and momentum. also, you get one a year and then it's done. But suddenly deciding a third film is the climax of your trilogy (Like X-men) just means thay have to cram a crapload of resolutions into two hours. This is especially bad if the creators have changed and weren't privvy to what the original crew had intended. No matter how good the film, it seldom feels like a natural evolution or conclusion.

[KingVoyeur]

I would hope they're not planning just a trilogy for Batman.

[Garber]

Now, why would you want to see that? It's just a remake of Disney's "Pocahontas."

:D

Have you seen New World? A Disney Cartoon and a Terrence Malick film are two different things.

[neglet]

Really? I didn't know that. Can you explain how?

[Garber]

New World is more violent, more realistic. It's directed better, the acting is tangible and the story is closer to the truth.

[DaForce]

Cinematography, I'd like to introduce you to sarcasm. Sarcasm, I'd like to introduce you to cinematography.



:lol:


:D

[Trazalca]

As long as there is a market for it,
the sequelitis that is plagueing Hollywood will not stop.

And what churns my stomach is that I read somewhere
that Spielberg is renegging on his promise NOT to make a
sequel to ET - and is seriously thinking of doing it now.

:romy:

[Garber]

Well its nice to meet everyone, these were my first postings here, gotta get to know everyone.

[sickness]

As long as there is a market for it,
the sequelitis that is plagueing Hollywood will not stop.

And what churns my stomach is that I read somewhere
that Spielberg is renegging on his promise NOT to make a
sequel to ET - and is seriously thinking of doing it now.

:romy:

Maybe it'll be about a killer whale from the Moon being oppressed by communists from the Horsehead Nebula masquerading as operators of an aquatic amusement park.

[DaForce]

Maybe it'll be about a killer whale from the Moon being oppressed by communists from the Horsehead Nebula masquerading as operators of an aquatic amusement park.


If there is an E.T. sequel, I want to see it through an adult Elliot's eyes.



You know, a crackheaded loser whose whole life has been ruined because of the alien incident. And then....have the E.T.'s come back to subjugate the planet under their rule because they want to use earthlings as chewing tobacco.


Now that would be a movie.



:wink:

[omicron]

Only problem is Spielberg would CGI out the alien's death ray blaster guns and replace them with walkie-talkies. :rolleyes:

Omi

[Metuzalem]

Maybe it'll be about a killer whale from the Moon being oppressed by communists from the Horsehead Nebula masquerading as operators of an aquatic amusement park.

That is one of my favourite episodes of South Park , all the way through I was waiting for "the twist" like maybe the whale really was an alien? Then you see the end - genius :D

[sickness]

Oh my God! That is probably the best South Park ever. Honestly, it's the only one that I've laughed all the way through (like 30 minutes non-stop) and laughed harder with each joke or visual. Insane. I was practically in tears when they showed the whale on the Moon!

[Metuzalem]

Well see, they showed that one back to back over here with the one that's supposed to be The Day After Tomorrow . An hour of that was just too good :D

[Space Tycoon]

Well its nice to meet everyone, these were my first postings here, gotta get to know everyone.
Welcome to the boards! :jump2:

[Trazalca]

Hmph. Pink Panther won the weekend take at $21 Mil.
Doubt it will maintain its steam throughout the week.
My guess it will take about 2-3 weeks before
the rest of the country discovers how disappointing
this one is.

To be sure, there will be some that think,
"Steve Martin is in it. He's funny. It should be good."
Oh how innocently the lambs are led to slaughter. :rolleyes:

However, I'd like to think of another reason this movie did
as well as it did. A sad but true element in movie-going experiences
that, as of late, continues to grow due to the times: the need to laugh.

You could put the worst comedy by the worst director
with a star with a rep for being funny in any general way,
and it will do a fair job at the BO.
People are hungry for anything funny, and will continue to keep
their standards quite low for it. And from what I've been reading online,
the comedy to expect to hit the roof this year is film called Little Miss Sunshine with Steve Carell.

People will HOPEFULLY realize how unfunny Pink Panther is,
which will only affirm how great Peter Sellars was.
But once LMS hits the screen, the numbers should prove much higher
in BO take, and fill the void for something we need from time to time
in this crazed world - a time to laugh.

[KingVoyeur]

Oh my dear Lord God no.... (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454901/)

^^^Click the link, if you dare...^^^

[sickness]

Oh God. Why does Hollywood have this obsession with messing with a good thing? Some movies are meant to be a one-off concept. Mrs. Doubtfire was funny as hell but, considering it revolved around the couple's children who are no doubt all over 18 if they go with this in real time, what the hell is left??!

[DaForce]

*Sigh*


I just saw the tv commercial for 16 Blocks last night on tv.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450232/

Essentially, it's a remake of The Gauntlet.


I wonder if Bruce Willis winds up sleeping with Mos Def at the end. :ohwell:



Oh yeah, and then there's the Bollywood remake of Fight Club. I shtie you not. It's called Fight Club...and it's part musical.

Check it out:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=10333

[KingVoyeur]

Oh yeah, and then there's the Bollywood remake of Fight Club. I shtie you not. It's called Fight Club...and it's part musical.

Check it out:
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=10333

Damnit, my head exploded again...

[neglet]

I hate that Hollywood is wasting so much time on retreading old material. Because if they'd just put their minds to it, we could have more films coming out like this one. (http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/features/snakesonaplane.shtml)

Tell me it's not on your "most anticipated of 2006" list.

[KingVoyeur]

Crap, where's that smiley that goes crazy and explodes when you need it?

[DaForce]

Wow.


I just happened to look up David Ellis' name on IMDB. I think we've found the guy responsible for most of the bad movies made in the past three decades.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254786/


Ghost Dad
Kuffs
Life Stinks
Made in America
Road House
Fatal Attraction
Burglar
A Fine Mess
Beastmaster
Megaforce (no relation)
Sharky's Machine
Sliver



Wow...


That's quite a list of quality crap right there.

[sickness]

Hey, Beastmaster RULES.

[Deacon]

Wow.


I just happened to look up David Ellis' name on IMDB. I think we've found the guy responsible for most of the bad movies made in the past three decades.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254786/


Ghost Dad
Kuffs
Life Stinks
Made in America
Road House
Fatal Attraction
Burglar
A Fine Mess
Beastmaster
Megaforce (no relation)
Sharky's Machine
Sliver



Wow...


That's quite a list of quality crap right there.You're laying the blame for those movies on him simply because he did the stunts for them?

[DaForce]

You're laying the blame for those movies on him simply because he did the stunts for them?

Nope...2nd unit director. (Edit: Ah..I mixed some of the 2nd unit with some of the stunt credits. Still doesn't change a whole lot.)

I'm just saying it takes an awful lot of bad luck to be tied to so many bad movies over such a wide range of time.






See, it's something called a joke. That's where....ah, nevermind.


You take things way too seriously.


Maybe it's time you switch to decaf.

[DarkJedi]

Well, to be honest here, you seem to have put down only lesser known, lesser quality films on this "list" of bad movies from Ellis. He was also Second Unit Director of some hits.

# The Matrix Reloaded (2003) (second unit director: USA) (as David Ellis)
... aka The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title))
# Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
... aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (UK)
... aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (USA)
# Rock Star (2001) (second unit director)
# Just Visiting (2001) (second unit director)
... aka Visiteurs en Amérique, Les (France)
# Exit Wounds (2001) (second unit director)
# The Perfect Storm (2000) (second unit director)
... aka Sturm, Der (Germany)
# The Kid (2000) (second unit director)
... aka Disney's The Kid (USA: complete title)

# Blue Streak (1999) (second unit director)
... aka Diamanten-Cop, Der (Germany)
# Ride with the Devil (1999/I) (second unit director)
# Deep Blue Sea (1999) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
# Soldier (1998) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
# Holy Man (1998) (second unit director)
# The Negotiator (1998) (second unit director: Los Angeles) (as David Ellis)
... aka Verhandlungssache (Germany)
# Sphere (1998) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
# Desperate Measures (1998) (second unit director)
# The Devil's Own (1997) (second unit director)
# Waterworld (1995) (second unit director)
# The Jungle Book (1994) (second unit director)
... aka Libro de la selva, El (USA: Spanish title)
... aka Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
# Clear and Present Danger (1994) (second unit director)
# Blank Check (1994) (second unit director)
... aka Blank Cheque (UK)
# My Father the Hero (1994) (second unit director)
... aka My father, ce héros (France)
# Iron Will (1994) (second unit director)
# Beethoven's 2nd (1993) (second unit director)
# Made in America (1993) (second unit director)
# Sliver (1993) (second unit director)
... aka Sliver - Gier der Augen
# Body of Evidence (1993) (second unit director)
... aka Deadly Evidence
# Forever Young (1992) (second unit director)
# Whispers in the Dark (1992) (second unit director)
# Patriot Games (1992) (second unit director)
# Thunderheart (1992) (second unit director) (as David Richard Ellis)
# Kuffs (1992) (second unit director)
# Life Stinks (1991) (second unit director)
... aka Life Sucks (USA: alternative title)
# The Freshman (1990) (second unit director)
# The Last of the Finest (1990) (second unit director)
... aka Blue Heat (UK)
... aka Street Legal

# "Baywatch" (1989) TV Series (second unit director) (4 episodes 1989-1990)
... aka Baywatch Hawai'i (USA: new title)
... aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title)
# Warlock (1989) (second unit director)
# Fatal Attraction (1987) (second unit director) (uncredited)
# Condor (1986) (TV) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)

[DaForce]

Hey, Beastmaster RULES.


We always had a rule in college...

If you were drunk and watching Beastmaster by yourself, then you had a problem and were in need of an intervention. But if you were sober and watching Beastmaster by yourself, then you needed to have the psyche ward called to pick you up.

[DaForce]

Well, to be honest here, you seem to have put down only lesser known, lesser quality films on this "list" of bad movies from Ellis. He was also Second Unit Director of some hits.

# The Matrix Reloaded (2003) (second unit director: USA) (as David Ellis)
... aka The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title))
# Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
... aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (UK)
... aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (USA)
# Rock Star (2001) (second unit director)
# Just Visiting (2001) (second unit director)
... aka Visiteurs en Amérique, Les (France)
# Exit Wounds (2001) (second unit director)
# The Perfect Storm (2000) (second unit director)
... aka Sturm, Der (Germany)
# The Kid (2000) (second unit director)
... aka Disney's The Kid (USA: complete title)

# Blue Streak (1999) (second unit director)
... aka Diamanten-Cop, Der (Germany)
# Ride with the Devil (1999/I) (second unit director)
# Deep Blue Sea (1999) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
# Soldier (1998) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
# Holy Man (1998) (second unit director)
# The Negotiator (1998) (second unit director: Los Angeles) (as David Ellis)
... aka Verhandlungssache (Germany)
# Sphere (1998) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)
# Desperate Measures (1998) (second unit director)
# The Devil's Own (1997) (second unit director)
# Waterworld (1995) (second unit director)
# The Jungle Book (1994) (second unit director)
... aka Libro de la selva, El (USA: Spanish title)
... aka Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
# Clear and Present Danger (1994) (second unit director)
# Blank Check (1994) (second unit director)
... aka Blank Cheque (UK)
# My Father the Hero (1994) (second unit director)
... aka My father, ce héros (France)
# Iron Will (1994) (second unit director)
# Beethoven's 2nd (1993) (second unit director)
# Made in America (1993) (second unit director)
# Sliver (1993) (second unit director)
... aka Sliver - Gier der Augen
# Body of Evidence (1993) (second unit director)
... aka Deadly Evidence
# Forever Young (1992) (second unit director)
# Whispers in the Dark (1992) (second unit director)
# Patriot Games (1992) (second unit director)
# Thunderheart (1992) (second unit director) (as David Richard Ellis)
# Kuffs (1992) (second unit director)
# Life Stinks (1991) (second unit director)
... aka Life Sucks (USA: alternative title)
# The Freshman (1990) (second unit director)
# The Last of the Finest (1990) (second unit director)
... aka Blue Heat (UK)
... aka Street Legal

# "Baywatch" (1989) TV Series (second unit director) (4 episodes 1989-1990)
... aka Baywatch Hawai'i (USA: new title)
... aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title)
# Warlock (1989) (second unit director)
# Fatal Attraction (1987) (second unit director) (uncredited)
# Condor (1986) (TV) (second unit director) (as David Ellis)



*Sigh*


No one here gets my sense of humor.

[KingVoyeur]

Ok, just saw on TV that Ice Cube is starring in a big-screen version of Welcome Back Kotter, and J-Lo, John Travolta, Luke Wilson, and Shirley McClaine are all in talks to star in the big-screen version of Dallas. WTF?!?!? :dunno:

[Cuchulainn]

I'm surpised no one has mentioned this one yet.

Remaking the Dirty Dozen. (http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22710)

[Space Tycoon]

Ok, just saw on TV that Ice Cube is starring in a big-screen version of Welcome Back Kotter, and J-Lo, John Travolta, Luke Wilson, and Shirley McClaine are all in talks to star in the big-screen version of Dallas. WTF?!?!? :dunno:

I have a certain unrequited crush on Jennifer Lopez going back to the Out of Sight days. I heard she wanted to do a remake of West side Story. If handled properly, that could have potential, given her background in dance-- not to mention her ethnic background.



.

[Jarl]

Say, aren't we overdue for a Seven Samurai remake?
Wait, they just came out with that game, yeah. Oops.
Oh, and A Bugs Life, which was, what, 10 years ago?

-So, I guess we'll have to wait another 5-10 years for the next one. Where do you think it's going to take place? I can't think of a viable location.

[DaForce]

Ah, 2006....The Year of the Remakes.

[SinisterPryde]

Looking into the future...
I see that 2012 will be the year the BO dies as we are witness to a summer of the following:

The Matrix Ressurections
Superman Begins
Harry Potter and Puff the Magic Dragon
Wizard of Oz (2012)
The Great Escape (2012)
Marvel Comics' Speedball the Movie
Jason Gets Married
To Kill a Mockingbird (2012)
Scary Movie 15

and we finally get the release of Indiana Jones and the Lost Script

Also be sure to check out the 16 Samuel L. Jackson movies and the 8 Collin Ferrel movies.

[Intelligent_Design]

Me and my co workers have a running bet on when Lord of the Rings is gonna be remade. I say 10 years.

[The Sym]

Me and my co workers have a running bet on when Lord of the Rings is gonna be remade. I say 10 years.


I think you are going to lose. Jackson is set to make the prequel "The Hobbit" in the near future. Don't quote me on this, but I think for a realease in late 2008 or early 2009. Anyway most.... underline most, remakes comes a minimal of 20 years after the original, to catch a generation that is totally disconnected to the original film. IMO :wink:

[Cncrman]

I want to say what Eldarion said almost exactly, but I want to give it a newer more up to date spin. Maybe some techno music and something modern for the younger 8-13 age bracket. Also, I want to get Eldarion to have a walk on in my comment, sort of a nice throw back to the original comment...

/sarcasm commentary on sequals

[thedoctorrr]

I see Will Smith is making the big screen version of the tv series of It Takes A Thief. At least it will be better than the Wild Wild West...because it couldn't be any worse.
I'm not against these sort of things accept when you have film-makers who appear to love only the concept and not the show. It can work, I mean who hates The Untouchables movie? There's the Naked Gun and more recently Serenity (these last two had the benefit of having more or less the gang from the tv shows involved).
No one really remembers It Takes A Thief, unless you're old like me so there isn't too much expectation for the young crowd; it's where the interplay between the actors of the original is so key that any remake seems ludicrous. Anyone who saw Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg in The Avengers would balk at Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman.
Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson in I Spy? That show was all about Cosby and Culp and their chemistry- and they didn't need to be loud or have the Bondian gadgets to make the show watchable.
Maybe remakes are ok providing you don't get some hack who only loves the original because they've just been hired to make the film.

[Intelligent_Design]

Slither has to be a remake of "night of the creeps".

[LeiterCIA]

Basic Instinct 2

When anyone sees this, can you please come back and answer the one and only question I would want to know about the sequel?? :D

[neglet]

Seeing as about every show previewing this movie has a shot with Sharon Stone sitting on a chair, a big black censor box screening her sitting regions, I think the answer is "yes."

Unless you wanted to know about her titties. In that case, if you'd watch the Daily Show, you would have seen the press conference she did for an Israeli peace conference, in which she imitated a hyper person asking about boobies, which she also said would be revealed in the movie. So go spend your $8 or whatever ... or wait for it to get on the internet and save your brain.

[fastcar]

New World is more violent, more realistic. It's directed better, the acting is tangible and the story is closer to the truth.

You mean an english speaking Pocahontas and a dancing racoon isn't close to the truth?




Oh yeah, and Kuffs was partly funny.

[LeiterCIA]

Seeing as about every show previewing this movie has a shot with Sharon Stone sitting on a chair, a big black censor box screening her sitting regions, I think the answer is "yes."
Thank you!! :jump2:

[omicron]

Revenge of the Nerds being remade (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/01/film.nerd.reut/index.html)

Un-fucking-believable....

Omi

[Trazalca]

Bettany, on the other hand, would make a fantastic Joker. Although many of the roles he's known for are fairly serious, his work as Chaucer in "Knight's Tale" makes me think he could play freaky. And he's playing a villain in the upcoming "Firewall," so I don't think he has a lack of range.

Neglet? You need to see a little known indie film called "Gangster No. 1".
It played on the IFC channel a few weeks ago, and I have NEVER seen
Bettany so freaky if not so evil in a film. It's a Brit ganster film that's a
nod to Pulp Fiction in quite a few ways. But aside from it being a decent
story, Paul's wickedness was quite surprising.
Especially when he takes out a certain Mob boss...Hannibal Lecter
would've smiled in approval.

[Trazalca]

Thank you!! :jump2:

And why do I feel Sharon has just pocketed another 8 bucks? :smirk:

[Trazalca]

Revenge of the Nerds being remade (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/01/film.nerd.reut/index.html)

Un-fucking-believable....

Omi

I thought it was called "The Benchwarmers".

:dunno:

[Trazalca]

Ug. Just read this one.

From Cinescape News:

Warner Bros. Pictures has hired screenwriter Travis Beacham to write the remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS.

The 1981 film starred Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Jack Gwillim, Susan Fleetwood, and Burgess Meredith. TITANS also featured the stop motion animation work of Ray Harryhausen, who did the special effects for the movie.

The action-adventure-fantasy story revolves around Perseus (Hamlin) searching for Medusa's head so he can stop the monsterous Kraken and save Princess Andromeda from being sacrificed to the creature.

Thunder Road Pictures' Basil Iwanyk will produce.

When I think about it, Hollywood is set to remake just about
EVERYTHING carrying lackluster special effects to it.

Sometimes if the SFX is cheesy, the cheese is still good. No?

[sickness]

So they're set to remake the best worst movie ever?

Stop the world. I want to get off.

[fastcar]

Maybe this time they can get the mythology right. That would be the only worthwhile improvement.

[mlauzon]

Except that "Nanny McPhee" is based on an original story by Emma Thompson, is a comedy instead of a musical, and won't have any chimney sweeps with horrible artificial Cockney accents. Evidently it was a big hit in England last fall--it might do well in family film-starved February.


Actually Emma Thompson only wrote the script to the movie, which is based on the works of P.L. Travers....

[neglet]

Actually Emma Thompson only wrote the script to the movie, which is based on the works of P.L. Travers....

If you'd read all of my posts in this thread (and who wouldn't? honestly!), you'd see I'd corrected myself and noted that "Nanny McPhee" was based on a 1964 book by Christianna Brand. So either Brand stole the idea from Travers (author of Mary Poppins), or else the British are just obsessed with their nannies. I'm leaning towards the latter. :smirks:

[DaForce]

First off..


Below is a picture of Scarlett Johansson inexplicably pulling a Mary Poppins on the set of the upcoming comedy THE NANNY DIARIES. Based on Emma McLaughlin's and Nicola Kraus's novel of the same name, Johansson stars as the titular nanny as she falls into a plethora of shenanigans caring for the children of a wealthy Manhattan family. Click through for more Mary Poppins action and for a ton more set pics.
http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/johansson-diaries1.jpg (http://www.moviehotties.com/2006/06/scarlett_as_a_nanny.html)



Now comes word that Rob Zombie has been tapped to 'reimagine' the classic Halloween. http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11612

UPDATE - Rob blogs HALLOWEEN on his MySpace site. He says, "[W]hat I am doing is starting totally from from scratch. This the new HALLOWEEN. Call it a remake, an update, a reimaging or whatever, but one thing that for sure is this is a whole new start." He's also promised to answer questions brought up in the comments page where he added, "I love HALLOWEEN just as much as the next guy and have no intention of ruining it." Check it out and ask Rob for yourself here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=28735418&blogid=128778241&page=0).
It's official: Dimension Films has announced that Rob Zombie will, indeed, write and direct a remake of HALLOWEEN. While it's not being billed as a "remake" it's essentially Rob Zombie's "reimagining" (to use another lame PR created word) of the HALLOWEEN legacy. Sez Dimension, "Zombie's vision of this film (http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11612#) is an entirely new take on the legend and will satisfy fans of the classic HALLOWEEN legacy while beginning a new chapter in the Michael Myers saga." What that exactly is remains unclear but they were quick to point out that Zombie's film "will not be a copycat of any prior films." In addition to writing and directing, Zombie will co-produce as well as serve as musical supervisor. Zombie official comment on the project was: "I have been a huge, huge fan of John Carpenter's original film since its release. So when Bob Weinstein approached me about this, I jumped at the chance to join forces with Dimension Films on this amazing project." What do you think horror fans? Personally I'd rather see Rob, who had taken some serious steps toward becoming a great horror director, move in a more original director and I'd rather watch the classis HALLOWEEN movies on DVD (http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11612#) rather than see any more sequels or remakes. But then again, I am curious to see what he'll come up with. What says YOU?



Then we have this horseshit coming out..

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11611


Amanda Bynes, last seen looking incredibly hot at this year's MTV Movie Awards (http://dontlinkthis.net/hires/amandabynes26/), has signed on to star in New Line's upcoming adaptation of HAIRSPRAY. The movie (http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11611#) version of the Broadway adaptation of the original movie will be directed by Adam Shankman and will star Bynes as Penny Pingleton, best friend to the yet-to-be-cast lead of Tracy Turnbald. Bynes joines John Travolta and Queen Latifah in the film, which is also rumored to have Meryl Streep and Billy Crystal among its cast. Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman is writing new songs (http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11611#) to accompany the songs that won him a Tony for the Broadway show. Filming on HAIRSPRAY is scheduled to begin later this year for a holiday 2007 release.


Not to mention Die Hard 4.

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11607



:romy:


:angry

[sickness]

I'll believe DH4 is coming when cameras roll. Pre-production will not be acceptable since surer things have had pre-production start to the point of sets being built (Superman Lives, anyone?).

[DaForce]

Stepfather is being remade.


http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11626


There's a live-action version of Mulan is the works:

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11627


They've remade the classic The Wicker Man:

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11619


And, of course, that craptastic remake of The Omen comes out today.



I think that there are more remakes and sequels coming out this year than any actual new movies.

[KingVoyeur]

You know, I'm beginning to wonder if they're remaking films not because they can't come up with something original, but to use the remake to sell expensive box sets of the original franchises. A huge chunk of a movie's income comes from rentals and home video sales, so why not do a careless remake of an older film that will sell sets of the original and then even more copies of both versions when it comes out on DVD?

[Lavoruis]

NOOOOOOOOOOO............. NOT STEPFATHER.!:romy:
they can't improve on the original Dammnit!
I know the are remaking the Hitcher which they can't improve either
we must direct these new movie goer's to the originals