It looks like Rosemary’s Baby has been added to the long line of films awaiting a remake. We get the following scoop from our friends at moviesonline:
Ryan Rotten over at Shock has learned that the remake machine, Platinum Dunes, have decided to take another look at Ira Levin’s 1967 horror novel Rosemary’s Baby. Currently they are in talks with Paramount to “update” Roman Polanski’s classic horror flick. Word is that right now Producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are looking for writers.
This news shouldn’t come as a shock to those of you who know of Platinum Dunes and their undying affection towards remaking classic films. So far they have done remakes for Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, The Hitcher and plenty more. They are even eyeing Hitchcock’s classic The Birds.
I hate remakes for the most part and have no interest in this Rosemary’s Baby recreation. I am going to just start assuming that everything will be remade, because that certainly seems to be where we are headed. Rather than writing your own stuff, I suppose it is much easier just to do lame “updates” to someone else’s work. These remakes reming me of shitty fan films without the DIY appeal.
Platnum Dunes looks to be an entity that focuses on remakes as their bread and butter. I think I respect Asylum more than these guys, at least they made their own films. Asylum films are blatant rip-offs to the point of parody and at least we can enjoy them for what they are. With Platnum Dunes, we are just remaking films that should be left alone.
