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Long Good Friday gets US remake
Hoskins played gangster Harold Shand in the 1980 originalA remake of the classic British crime film The Long Good Friday is being planned, it has been confirmed. The 1980 original starred Bob Hoskins as an East End gangster whose criminal empire comes under attack from a wave of mysterious bombings. Production company Handmade Films said the story would be "refreshed" with a modern setting. Filming is due to start in Miami in 2008 under the direction of Paul W S Anderson, who made Resident Evil. Handmade chairman Patrick Meehan said: "The original was a highly praised classic and one of Handmade's most prized films, but its reach was limited primarily to the UK. "Following continued interest from the US, we realised this remake could attract audiences worldwide with an updated setting and contemporary overtones. "When Paul presented his creative vision for this project, we were instantly convinced that this is a story that could be successfully refreshed, yet leave the integrity of the original intact." Anderson added: "I am delighted to have the opportunity to put a new spin on this classic film which promises to reveal today's gritty underworld in an equally shocking fashion." No actors have so far been confirmed for the project.


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That film was on recently on TV. It might have been last weekend can't remember which day exactly. I was laying in bed unable to sleep and flicking through the channels when I found it on BBC1 I think.

I only watched a bit of it before I fell asleep.

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Yes it was on Ch 4 a few weeks back. I saw some of it too but didn't stick around for the end although I think I saw it once when I was kid, I'm not sure.

As for the remake, you'd think Hollywood would have learned their lesson after botching The Italian Job.

I wish Hollywood would stop remaking old films. If the originals are such classics then why not leave them that way? I can understand certain sci-fi/fantasy/comic book films being re-done because today's technology can help realise them better on screen but for these sort of films, it is unnecessary.

That's one of the things I love about Asian cinema - that at least they try new ideas and concepts now mate how screwy they are.


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Its getting a bit ridiculous now with all the remakes,sequals ect ect now, and most of them arent even any good, i watched the new Wickerman film a while back with Nick Cage and it was awful, didnt do the original movie any justice at all.I just hope they dont go ahead with the remake of "Hellraiser" which iv heard about (it being the greatest horror film in my opion of all time, with the greatest character Pinhead) for a while now, the original and second movies were the scariest and most disturbing horror films iv watched in my time.Asian cinema is fantastic for its originality, so many qualitly, clever, funny, and different movies come out from there every year and thats why i enjoy them much more now.

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Okay enough is enough...

HONG KONG - Bruce Lee's classic 1973 film, "Enter the Dragon," will be remade by Warner Bros.
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The remake, to be titled "Awaken the Dragon," will be written and directed by Kurt Sutter, producer of "The Shield" TV series. It will be released by Warner Independent Pictures.

In an e-mail Thursday to The Associated Press, Warner Bros. publicist Laura Kim said the movie will tell the story of an FBI agent who investigates a Shaolin monk and underground kung fu fight clubs.


Bruce Lee must be spinning his nunchukas in his grave.

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Depends who they get for the lead... Jet Li anyone? Or maybe Steven Seagal...

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No one could compare to Lee to be fair. This will suck balls. I bet they get rid of the catchy music aswell, bastards.

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Depends who they get for the lead... Jet Li anyone? Or maybe Steven Seagal...



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This is definitely one of those films that will never, ever work. Replacing Bruce Lee is just never going to work, let alone who they'll get to replace John Saxon and Jim Kelly.

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I'm thinking Jackie Chan myself.

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Jackie Chan shouldn't ever be mentioned in the same sentance as Lee, unless the sentance goes something like "That Jackie Chan bloke is fairly **** compared to Bruce Lee"

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I'm definitely thinking Jackie Chan.

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First off Jackie Chan won't do it because he is winding down his martial arts/action films too. Plus he did one Bruce Lee remake early in is career in "New Fist Of Fury" which he didn't rate or enjoy doing.

They will probably bring in an unknown in the hope of launching a spectacular new career.

If I was forced to pick an established name then I would nominate Donnie Yen but he is too happy to be revitalising the Hong Kong Martial arts film.

And you can't compare Jackie Chan to Bruce Lee - they are two different types of martial artists. Jackie does comedy and stunt filled fights where as Bruce is a no nonsense ass kicker.

No-one should be compared to Bruce. He was a one off.

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There's always Tony Jaa.....

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Still not a patch on Lee but nobody would be in my eyes. I have enjoyed both the Tony Jaa films I've seen though.

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New dark take on Wizard Of Oz

'The Wizard of Oz' is to be remade with Dorothy as a tough action heroine.

The Hollywood film will be a dark reworking of the movie classic with a "2007 wow factor", according to producer Todd McFarlane.

And this time around there will be no singing Munchkins. Instead the film will be laden with state-of-the-art special effects.

McFarlane told Variety magazine: "My pitch was, 'How do we get people who went to 'Lord Of The Rings' to embrace this? I want to create (an interpretation) that has a 2007 wow factor.

"You've still got Dorothy trapped in an odd place, but she's much closer to the Ripley from Alien than a helpless singing girl."

The new film will have a screenplay by the Oscar-nominated Josh Olson, whose previous credits include David Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence.'

The film is being remade by Warner Bros, which holds the rights to the original.

Olson and McFarlane are still working on the tone of the film but it will be "a dark, edgy and muscular without a singing Munchkin in sight," according to Variety.

The plot is also under wraps. Olson said it will not follow the same story as the original, but will instead be closer to a sequel.

hmm

What next? A Gone WIth The Wind remake?

-- Edited by Man In Black at 20:10, 2007-08-24

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I'm more intrested in the Wicked transition to the big screen. Far and away the best musical to be seen currently at the theatre.

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Rather than setting up threads everytime a newone comes along which seem to be everyday at the moment we can now have a thread dedicated...

Anyway get this....

Dwayne The Rock Johnson is in negotiations to topline Witch Mountain, Walt Disney Pictures' modern re-imagining of its classic 1975 adventure movie Escape to Witch Mountain. Andy Fickman is on board to direct, while Disney-based Andrew Gunn is producing via his Gunn Films banner.

The story follows a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. Johnson will play a Las Vegas cab driver who is in for the ride of his life when he picks up the duo. weirdface

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I see - it's not a "remake" anymore it's a "re-imagining"... evileye.gif

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well remake is so old skool, and has many bad conotations, they are re-imagining their wording :)

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This is going to be an interesting take on the wizard of Oz then, maybe closer to the southpark interpretation?? just without Sadam as the wizard

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Latest remake:

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And yes that IS Arnie's torso from the 1980 version....

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Another one for you....


Sylvester Stallone is in talks to direct and star as a man turned vigilante after his family is attacked in a remake of Death Wish, a title begging for jokes about his age.

The jokes about his age should commence here...


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Stupid old coot!

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i like Sylvester Stallone but man that remake of death wish would suck, my dad wouldnt be best pleased because he LOVES the death wish films and would find it an insult to be remade.Death wish is the film with charles Branson isnt it? (Bronson? i dont know!)

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Yes the legend that was Bronson. My only problem of the DW films is that 1 and 2 are exactly the same story.... 3 was funny as it features a seriopusly young Jeff Goldblum in it.

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Jeff Goldblum was one of the rapists in the first Death Wish. In DW 3 , Marina Sirtis from Star Trek TNG was the woman who got raped (bare boobies in that scene!) and the gang leader was Brad from Superman III.

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Another for you...

Jennifer Connelly has joined Keanu Reeves in the cast of The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of the sci-fi classic, now with more attractive people.

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Keanu Reeves will no doubt play Gort, the stoic giant robot that stand there and does nothing. Might be a stretch of his talents though...

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has there actually ever been a single decent remake? I cant think of one at all..

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There have been a few but they are usually remakes of lesser known films or have benefited from a modern retelling.

The Peter Jackson King Kong was a good film. Obviously not the same as the original but still a good film. And some have said that the Ocean's Eleven remake was better than the original.

I think you'd be amazed to find out which familiar films are actually remakes.

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OK here's some more remakes that fit in the 'One remake too far' bracket. I give you remakes of....

Rosemary's Baby

The Breakfast Club.

Oh my ...... (Insert expletive) goodness, why? The humanity etc. etc.

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all i can say is NO NO NO NO NO NO to this remake if they get Jet Li it might be ok

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The Breakfast Club? Come on... evileye.gif

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Just for the record:

Jackie Chan > Bruce Lee.

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Cant believe i missed this thread but noway on earth should this be remade,not even with the likes of Jet li,Tony Jaa or whoever..Just cant be done.Bruce was the man,perhaps the best martial arts star iv ever seen,no doubt in my eyes.

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tony jaa is awesome but so are Velvet Revolver. And they wouldn't dream of covering Led Zep. People who are true greats make their own legend. They dont stand on the shoulders of giants and bill themselves as "The next...". They are simply "THE...".

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jack_jeckel wrote:

Just for the record:

Jackie Chan > Bruce Lee.



Sorry but that gets a FAIL from me! cry.gif Jackie may have made more films but it's quality over quantity. No Bruce , no Jackie. End of! biggrin



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Don't get me wrong, am not saying that I don't like Bruce Lee, I do.
But Jackie Chan was just better in everyway, he could do it all, kick ass, do stunts, make you laugh, make you cry, he is and was the man. Unfortunately people tend to just say "Jackie is just a stuntman" which is far from it, he is a fantastic martial artist.

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Oh I agree that Jackie is a great martial artist and I addressed the other points in the Kung Fu thread.

To be brutally fair you can't *really* compare the two because they came from different backgrounds, philosophies and made different films. One was a born entertainer the other was master fighter who made films.

If Bruce had lived longer who knows what he would have achieved and if Jackie would have got the shot at stardom he did?

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Next one.... Alan parker's FAME

Lakeshore Entertainment and MGM have set Kevin Tancharoen to make his feature directing debut on "Fame," a remake of the 1980 Alan Parker-directed drama.
Allison Burnett-scripted pic will begin production by Labor Day.

Like the original, the updated "Fame" follows the lives of students who attend an elite school for the performing arts in New York from audition to graduation.

Aside from uncovering new talent with open casting calls that will begin on both coasts within the next month, producers Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi feel they've been given the chance to make a discovery in the director's chair as well.

Tancharoen, 23, has a strong track record as a dancer-choreographer. He directed, co-created and co-produced the MTV series "TwentyFourSeven" and "DanceLife" and was dance director on the CW series "Search for the Next Pussycat Doll." Tancharoen has been the choreographer of musicvideos and tours for such artists as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson.

Tancharoen said: "I grew up in this world; the characters in 'Fame' are me and my best friends. I was the dancer with the number on my chest, I was the choreographer watching my friends dance, and then I produced and directed dancers."


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Totoro101 wrote:

has there actually ever been a single decent remake? I cant think of one at all..


I really enjoyed The Longest Yard remake...

 



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a decent remake was the birdcage with robin williams, gene hacklman and nathan lane very good remake of the la cage aux follies

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Whilst the original was a classic Peter Jackson's King Kong was a great remake.



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Classic kids cartoon characters The Smurfs are coming to life in a new live action/animated movie.

Shrek 2 and Shrek The Third writers David Stem and David Weiss are set to pen the screenplay after bosses at Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures bought the rights to a Smurfs movie.

The Smurfs first appeared in 1958, when they were created by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford.

They later starred in a U.S.-made Hannah Barbera cartoon, which ran from 1981 to 1990.

Columbia co-president Doug Belgrad dells industry publication Variety, "TheSmurfs are one of the best-known franchises, and among the most beloved collection of characters in the world.

"We're very excited to introduce a new generation to (characters) Papa Smurf, Smurfette and the other smurftastic Smurfs in all their glory."



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I'd been avoiding posting this hoping it would go away. Let me state first Danny DeVito for Gargamel!

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all i can say is NO NO NO come on hollywood get off your asses and make a film which is not a sequal, remake or tv spin off.

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originality is dying in US cinema...but i love the smurfs..it might be good ^-^..

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The situation is clear as mud according to Filmstalker:


The Hollywood remake machine is pressing forward as Poltergeist has been confirmed for a remake, finally.

There have been rumours galore flying around about a remake for ages now, but now it looks like it's been confirmed, well as confirmed as the trade source can be.

The confirmation actually comes from another article, one about Darren Aronofsky directing the RoboCop sequel which was already covered on Filmstalker. At the end of The Hollywood Reporter article comes the short paragraph:

 

'In resuscitating the MGM brand, Parent and company have been looking to the studio's library for ripe remake material. Revamps of Red Dawn, Fame, Poltergeist and Death Wish are all in the works.'

See that? A new Poltergeist film is in the works, the others in the article we already know about. Now it doesn't say if it is a remake or a sequel, but over at Moviehole who pounced on the story, they say that it could be based on the last script that was doing the rounds for a film called Poltergeist: In the Shadows by Michael Grais.

There's no other news so far, but it looks like another remake of a classic film that doesn't really seem that old. Are we looking at another half hearted attempt at a remake? I think perhaps we will be.

One of my collegues just discussed it with me and came up with a really interesting point, digital signals and digital TV's mean no snowy pictures anymore. Maybe it'll be based round LCD clouding, or dead pixels?

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NO NO NO i say NO MORE REMAKES!!!!!!!!!!!

phew that feels better.

did they not learn from the first polterguist film and the bad luck which followed it.

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