Remake Bits: ‘Robocop’, ‘Carrie’, ‘Evil Dead’, ‘The Flamingo Kid’, ‘Jar City’, ‘A Bittersweet Life’
Whatever the box office numbers indicate, I’m inclined to believe there are plenty of original ideas left in Hollywood… but you won’t find them here, because this post is all about the remakes. After the jump:
Meanwhile, though we got an eyeful ofRobocop’s new suit last week, we now a better look at his face thanks to a fresher batch of set photos. Based on these pics, he bears a striking resemblance to Kinnaman. Imagine that. We also have peeks at a few vehicles used in the film, and Kinnaman’s movie wifeAbbie Cornish.
NO PHOTOSRobocophitsAugust 9. [Bleeding Cool,THR]
With shooting finally wrapped for bothCarrieandThe Evil Dead, Sony is preparing to offer glimpses of the two films next month. The studio will present first looks of both at New York Comic Con, in a panel on Saturday,October 13.
StarsChloe Grace MoretzandJulianne Moore, producerKevin Misher, and directorKimberly Peircewill be in attendance to representCarrie, while theEvil Deadportion will feature starJane Levy, producer and original starBruce Campbell, and directorFede Alvarez.Carriewill open first next spring, onMarch 15, followed byEvil DeadonApril 12. [Coming Soon]
The Hughes brothers rose through the Hollywood ranks together, collaborating on projects likeFrom HellandThe Book of Eli. But next year’sBroken CitymarksAllen Hughes' first feature effort without Albert, and now it seems he likes flying solo. Hughes has just signed up to directA Bittersweet Life, Fox and New Regency’s remake of the 2005 Korean crime drama byJee-woon Kim.
Anthony Packham, who worked with Hughes onBook of Eli, is writing a fresh draft of the English-language version. The plot centers around a mob enforcer assigned to shadow his boss' mistress and find out if she is having an affair. If she is indeed being unfaithful, his orders are to kill both her and her lover. Instead, the protagonist winds up falling for the young woman himself. Uh-oh. [Deadline]Game of ThronesdirectBrian Kirkis breaking out of his usual TV fare to helm a remake of theBaltasar Kormákur’sJar City. Itself an adaption of a novel byArnaldur Indriðason, the Icelandic crime drama follows a veteran detective looking for links between a recent homicide and an unsolved 30-year-old rape case.
The American remake has been in the works for some four years now, but got derailed when production company Overture Films went kaput. Now it’s being developed byDavid Linde, with Kormákur also on board to produce. Kirk has only directed one feature to date — 2006’sMiddletown— but in the past year has been attached to or rumored for a number of big-screen projects, includingPaper Wings,Midnight Delivery, andThe Osterman Weekend. [LAT]
Not content with simply letting Marvel and Pixar churn out all the hits, Disney’s been digging back into its vault for properties of its own to remake. Last month, it was eyeing the possibility of aRocketeerreboot, and now it’s getting the ball rolling on a remake ofThe Flamingo Kid.Brett RatnerandMichael Phillipsare on board to produce, withNzingha Stewart(executive producer,For Colored Girls) set to write the script.
The original 1984 comedy was directed byGarry Marshall, and starredMatt Dillonas a recent high school grad who gets a job at the swanky Flamingo Club. He falls hard for the rich and privileged lifestyle, but eventually comes to appreciate his working class roots. [Deadline]
