Comments on: King Of Kong Remake?

By: Rabscuttle

Rabscuttle — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:35:45 +0000

As much as I love Greg Kinnear (ever since Talk Soup), I was totally sold on Nathan Fillion (check OUT the side-by-side pics on my article). Ah, well. As long as Jon Heder and Ron Jeremy make the cut…

I’m pretty sure I won’t love the remake as much as I do the original, but we’ll see. As much as I love being swept along by the story as it is portrayed, I do feel for the subjects of the film. It’s never nice to have your less than finest moments dragged out into the sunlight for everyone to scrutinize.

By: oldshell

oldshell — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:09:53 +0000

I’m glad you recommended it! Seriously though, it’s hard to sell documentaries to the masses.. but surely any fictionalisation would result in a lawsuit from Mitchell?

By: dougnagy

dougnagy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:33:48 +0000

Glad you liked it!!

By: oldshell

oldshell — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:18:11 +0000

Just watched the film (upon John and Doug’s advice) and was blown away. Amazing film.. god I hate Billy Mitchell!!! However, there was point during the film (about midway) when I thought… this film reminds me a bit of all those sports underdog comedy films, and Billy Mitchell reminds me of Will Ferrel being an arsehole. BUT then it hit me, Billy isn’t Ferrel.. he’s the mid-management boss in Office Space!! Anyways, bit of a tangent, but in summary (or completely new points!) I could see this working well as a fictionised tale, but I agree that it doesn’t need making. The documentary is near-perfect and I have fallen in love with it.

By: Ian C.

Ian C. — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:59:28 +0000

One thing that settles me about a dramatization of the story is that I believe Seth Gordon would direct this (based on what I’ve heard in interviews), as well.

However, since Wiebe could be Nathan Fillion’s brother, I’d much rather see ol’ Mal Reynolds in the role.

And Johnny Depp as Billy Mitchell would be kinda hilarious.

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:19:53 +0000

LOL. A knife fight would be awesome.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:46:22 +0000

Re-make???

Doug, how in blazes can you call this a remake? You can’t “remake” a documentary. In a documentary, you deal with real people’s stories, with real people being interviewed, and so on. In a film based off those events for dramatic purposes, you have actors playing those people.

SDDan mentions Johnny Depp and sfsilvermentions Christian Bale. Last week or so, the two were being sought to be in a film based on the birth of the FBI, “Public Enemies”. Is that a remake too? After all, it was announced shortly before The History Channel put out its documentary about the subject on TV.

It isn’t a remake. And no one should see it as such. It is a dramatization of the subject matter and the people involved.

Int’l friends…that goes for you folks too. There is no cause for alarm.
Unless for dramatic effect instead of Kong it is Galaga.

By: sfsilver

sfsilver — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:44:39 +0000

Werner Herzog’s 2007 film “Rescue Dawn” with Christian Bale was based on his own 1997 documentary film “Little Dieter Needs to Fly” telling the identical story.

Documentaries by their nature have very limited audiences (sadly). If this is a great story, and the characters are as compelling as the word of mouth would indicate, then why not translate this to narrative with big stars and expose a it to as broad an audience as possible?

By: Mozzerino

Mozzerino — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:48:46 +0000

If they do it well, why not?

By: Sound Designer Dan

Sound Designer Dan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:44:39 +0000

Johnny Depp is tapped to play Billy Mitchell.