The cool Screen Rant has just shocked me out of my cycling shorts with an astonishing rumour from Moviehole on another remake, oh I’m sorry I’m supposed to say re-imaging. Yes Vic, you said “puke” and I’m right there with you, except I cough politely into my hand to hide some rude words.
News of a remake of any film that is considered a classic always gets my hackles up, but sometimes the news is really bad…
A first draft of the screenplay has been written by Jim Cash. What has he written previously? Oh, his latest cinematic wonders include Anaconda (the original as well as the recent sequel), and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Who is producing it, you ask? Warner Brothers (of course) along with Rogue Pictures, whose credits include… are you ready?… Seed of Chucky.
There is some good news that Vic points out for us though, Dakota Fanning and Gary Oldman may well be starring. Well that’s something, but let’s face it we’re once again looking at a totally obscene suggestion of remaking a perfectly good and indeed excellent, movie. Why oh why? You can just see failure sprayed across the walls in green goo.
