i need a list of as many movies in talks to be remade

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:50 pm

as possible, toss em all up here for me plz. i heard about the karate kid with will smiths son, any others? rumored or in the works, lets have em. thanks

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:53 pm

borat

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:34 pm

I heard The Wild Bunch is going to be remade. For shame.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:27 pm

damn, this thread has no steam

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:32 pm

damn, this thread has no steam

lets go

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:42 pm

Friday the 13th

goldenstateofmind · Post by **goldenstateofmind** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:16 am

cannibal holocaust
battle royale

theres a couple others i cant think of right now

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:00 am

King of Kong is being remade into a scripted movie.

samdoom · Post by **samdoom** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:56 pm

ThaJim2 wrote:King of Kong is being remade into a scripted movie.

disappointing news. they'll either completely mock the main characters or they'll sensationalize it. boo.

bringinoutbangerz · Post by **bringinoutbangerz** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:02 pm

The Thing

Escape from NY (Gerard Butler as Snake)

basically everything Carpenter already pwned is being/has been remade

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:43 pm

samdoom wrote:
ThaJim2 wrote:King of Kong is being remade into a scripted movie.
disappointing news. they'll either completely mock the main characters or they'll sensationalize it. boo.

Horrible idea.

Piff, a list can be found here:

http://www.sequelogue.com/remakes

procure uno · Post by **procure uno** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:09 am

PopeyeJones wrote:
samdoom wrote:
ThaJim2 wrote:King of Kong is being remade into a scripted movie.
disappointing news. they'll either completely mock the main characters or they'll sensationalize it. boo.
Horrible idea.

Piff, a list can be found here:

http://www.sequelogue.com/remakes

1984 and all's quiet on the western front could be good.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:01 am

they're making an american version of oldboy

possibly a sequel to departed based on internal affairs 2/3

ObeseJesus · Post by **ObeseJesus** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:46 am

Yeah, a new 1984 could be real sick, complete with el-p/aesop rock soundtrack.

the brow · Post by **the brow** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:53 pm

bringinoutbangerz wrote:The Thing

Oh god no. We need a jpeg of Keith David shedding a tear a la Kool Herc.

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:55 pm

ObeseJesus wrote:Yeah, a new 1984 could be real sick, complete with el-p/aesop rock soundtrack.

minus girls with hairy armpits and ugly hooker poon

Truth. · Post by **Truth.** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:42 pm

Woo's 'Killer' gets a new contractLee to remake hit man classic in L.A.
By Jonathan Landreth
Oct 9, 2007

BUSAN, South Korea -- Legendary action director John Woo's 1989 Hong Kong classic "The Killer" will be remade in Los Angeles with a Korean star replacing Chow Yun-fat as the hard-boiled hit man.

Director John H. Lee, a Korean-American and a CAA client, will move the action through L.A.'s Koreatown, Chinatown and South Central, said Woo's longtime producer and partner at Lion Rock Prods., Terence Chang.

"The actor has to be Korean in this version, but also, L.A. is a character in the film," Chang said in an interview on the opening day of the four-day Asian Film Market.

"In John's original version, it doesn't really matter where the film is set, except that Hong Kong has this dragon boat festival which adds a bit of local flavor. In this remake, we will use the geography of L.A. to move the story forward."

Director Lee told The Hollywood Reporter that he's excited about working on the remake of one of his "favorite films of all time."

"I ask myself why they chose me and whether I can top it," Lee said from Seoul on Monday. "But then I realize it's not about making it better. It's about making my own version. My strength is dealing with human emotions, austerity and elegance."

Chung Taewon, president of Korea's Taewon Entertainment, said that his company was also involved in the project.

Taewon Entertainment is majority owned by Fireworks International, a Hong Kong-based media company, initially funded by Dutch Bank ABN Amro.

Chang said a script is being worked on but said it is too early to reveal other details.

Lee, also at Pusan, directed "A Moment to Remember" in 2004, the most popular Korean movie ever to open in Japan, where it earned about $26 million.

The remake of "The Killer" will be the latest in a string of Asian films to cross the Pacific to Hollywood, where last year Martin Scorsese won the best director Oscar for "The Departed," a remake of Hong Kong gangster film "Infernal Affairs."

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:30 pm

We should discuss which would benefit from being remade and the reasons why...

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:58 am

Weinstein Co's retelling of Seven Samurai, written by John Fusco, will feature a contemporary setting with Golden Triangle serving as the backdrop. The seven warriors or mercenaries, none of whom are Samurai, hail from various countries such as US, UK, Africa, etc. In this version, drug kingpin Khun Lao will kill a kid for every poppy that fails to bloom as a punishment to the farmers. To fight against Khun Lao, the village sends Tasanee and two others representatives to seek help from Charlie, who eventually relents and gathers six other mercenaries to help the villagers drive away Khun Lao. In talks to appear in Seven Samurai-less Samurai are George Clooney, Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi, with speculations that they'd be assigned the roles of Charlie, Khun Lao and Tasanee respectively.

actually, considering that something like this would probably have no pretention to the original and will just take the fairly simple story and will most likely just milk it for cool action - why the fuck not

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:04 pm

drizzle wrote:Weinstein Co's retelling of Seven Samurai, written by John Fusco, will feature a contemporary setting with Golden Triangle serving as the backdrop. The seven warriors or mercenaries, none of whom are Samurai, hail from various countries such as US, UK, Africa, etc. In this version, drug kingpin Khun Lao will kill a kid for every poppy that fails to bloom as a punishment to the farmers. To fight against Khun Lao, the village sends Tasanee and two others representatives to seek help from Charlie, who eventually relents and gathers six other mercenaries to help the villagers drive away Khun Lao. In talks to appear in Seven Samurai-less Samurai are George Clooney, Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi, with speculations that they'd be assigned the roles of Charlie, Khun Lao and Tasanee respectively.

actually, considering that something like this would probably have no pretention to the original and will just take the fairly simple story and will most likely just milk it for cool action - why the fuck not

If they change the name and can pull this off I would probably see it. I just dont see the Weinsteins getting the funding to do this at this point.