Everyday there is remake news. We are all getting sick of them, but some are worse than others. Today we learn of a remake that is in the ” oh my god this is horrible” pile. It appears they are remaking the movie “All Of Me” and it will be starring Queen Latifa. We get the news from Variety:>
New Line has signed Queen Latifah to topline a remake of “All of Me,” the 1984 comedy that starred Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin. Adam Shankman and Offspring Entertainment partner Jennifer Gibgot will produce with Ira Posansky. Latifah will exec produce with Shakim Compere, her manager and partner in Flavor Unit.
The original “All of Me,” directed by Carl Reiner, starred Tomlin as a dying heiress whose soul inhabits the body of a successful attorney, played by Martin. New Line’s been developing the “All of Me” remake for the past two years. It hired scribes Brent Goldberg and David Wagner to write a modern take on the story and was aiming to cast Wanda Sykes in the Tomlin role.
I love old Steve Martin films. I remember watching them as a kid for the first time om my 40 pound VCR, All Of Me was never my favorite; but it was an entertaining comedy. It was a memorable movie that was enjoyed by many, and is fondly remembered. I feel saddeded for those that will see this remake, for some it will be sour filthy milk comared to the origional, and for those that see the remake first – I doubt they will give the origonal a shot.
To have Latifah as the lead and Sykes as the ghost is just downright peculiar. I had to check the calendar when I read this because this sounds like a bad April Fools joke. Remekes like this don’t seem to have much in common with the origional other that a title and a smattering of the story elements. I wish they made this under another name, now it just throws piss in the face of the origional, and causes furious internet losers like myself to start bitching about it now.
I am done with these bullshit remakes. I will never watch this movie, and I am going to try my best to avoid all remakes. I am sick of them, I am tired of being dissapointed and If I wanted to support shit art – I would buy soap carvings off of homeless people.
