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Post by politicidal on Nov 15, 2018 21:49:12 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Nov 15, 2018 22:05:30 GMT
If the Coens are involved....maybe.
Otherwise - NO!
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 15, 2018 22:16:50 GMT
This note in the comments section expresses what I was thinking as I read the article. The first of the two comments is also perceptive. |
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Post by politicidal on Nov 15, 2018 22:19:15 GMT
Next up, there's a new adaptation of REBECCA in the works. Armie Hammer and Lily James have joined as the two leads. Calling it, Tilda Swinton will be Mrs. Danvers.
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Post by london777 on Nov 15, 2018 22:27:59 GMT
Not a bad movie in its day, but needs a remake to make it more socially relevant to our times. For example instead of three white guys arriving by train, the baddies could be a few hundred latinos arriving in a caravan. We expect to see more than three baddies killed in movies these days, so the hero could mow them down in dozens using a Gatling gun. Also the hero could be gay, as also his marital partner, and there needs to be a lot more racial diversity among the townsfolk. The film also needs to carry an environmental message. Make American movies great again!
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 15, 2018 22:39:24 GMT
Not a bad movie in its day, but needs a remake to make it more socially relevant to our times. For example instead of three white guys arriving by train, the baddies could be a few hundred latinos arriving in a caravan. We expect to see more than three baddies killed in movies these days, so the hero could mow them down in dozens using a Gatling gun. Also the hero could be gay, as also his marital partner, and there needs to be a lot more racial diversity among the townsfolk. The film also needs to carry an environmental message. Make American movies great again! I would change it around so Hadleyville would be a town of immigrants just trying to live simply and raise their families when they learn that agents from ICE (that would be the 2003 founded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are coming in on the noon train to separate the children from their parents deport the grown-ups. Only one strong woman is willing to stand up to them. |
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Post by teleadm on Nov 16, 2018 16:47:55 GMT
Rebecca, besides many TV versions:  Kohraa 1964, an Indian Hindi take on the same story.  Naina 1973, yet another India Hindi version  Anamika: The Untold Story 2008, three times the charm, another India Hindi take on the story. |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 16, 2018 17:23:54 GMT
SMH   |
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Post by london777 on Nov 16, 2018 21:42:48 GMT
SMH Maybe she has a dealer to pay off? |
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 17, 2018 1:24:59 GMT
I recently watched a remake of "Papillion" with Charlie Hunnam. It was the best remake of a classic film I have ever seen.  |
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Post by politicidal on Nov 17, 2018 1:57:18 GMT
I recently watched a remake of "Papillion" with Charlie Hunnam. It was the best remake of a classic film I have ever seen. Well that's good to hear. I think for me, the winner is the Coen Brothers' True Grit. I actually think the original is one of the Duke's worst movies. |
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 17, 2018 2:57:39 GMT
I recently watched a remake of "Papillion" with Charlie Hunnam. It was the best remake of a classic film I have ever seen. Well that's good to hear. I think for me, the winner is the Coen Brothers' True Grit. I actually think the original is one of the Duke's worst movies. Well, I gotta go the opposite direction on you here. The John Wayne/Henry Hathaway "True Grit" did it like it should be done. All the Coen's could manage was a near shot-for-shot remake of the earlier film. |
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 17, 2018 19:13:11 GMT
I'm not a big fan of modern day remakes. True Grit was pretty decent but like mikef6 stated it was nearly a shot for shot remake. I really don't know how you can surpass Cooper in High Noon.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 17, 2018 19:15:22 GMT
I'm not a big fan of modern day remakes. True Grit was pretty decent but like mikef6 stated it was nearly a shot for shot remake. I really don't know how you can surpass Cooper in High Noon. I’m calling it. They’ll cast Josh Brolin and Jennifer Lawrence as the leads. |
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Post by forca84 on Nov 20, 2018 20:41:12 GMT
"All quiet on the Western front" is getting another remake.
"Watership down" has been remade as a miniseries.
Someone posted about a Submarine War film being remade. (Can't remember it's name of course.) But I did enjoy watching the original...
"Fantastic voyage", "Castle freak", "Firestarter","The Tommyknockers", and "Native Son", "House Party", "Shaft", and "The Saint" are also on the remake/reboot block.
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 20, 2018 22:25:34 GMT
"All quiet on the Western front" is getting another remake. "Watership down" has been remade as a miniseries. Someone posted about a Submarine War film being remade. (Can't remember it's name of course.) But I did enjoy watching the original... "Fantastic voyage", "Castle freak", "Firestarter","The Tommyknockers", and "Native Son", "House Party", "Shaft", and "The Saint" are also on the remake/reboot block. Earlier this decade Robert Zemeckis was developing a remake of the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" to be released in 2012, a project that happily didn't happen. In 2015, several industry papers reported that a German company (Bavaria Studio) was planning a remake of Das Boot (pronounced "boat" not "boot") the 1981 worldwide hit film. That is finally coming in a form for television. From The Hollywood Reporter, Feb 21, 2018. Hollywood Reporter articla |
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Post by amyghost on Nov 20, 2018 22:31:13 GMT
Love the Hindi 'Rebecca' reboots. I'd almost rather see a foreign attempt at a remake of a Hollywood classic than to see Hollywood do it. I can recall when US television was all about remaking classic films a couple of decades back-- films like The Bad Seed, Shadow of a Doubt, Diabolique, and a host of others; usually they got it terribly wrong (the made for tv Diabolique remake, titled Reflections of Murder, was one of the very few that was almost as good as the original film), and you just wished it was a trend they'd walk away from.
Honestly, I don't forsee many of the current crop of theatrical tries at this as being very much better than those mostly abortive television versions. Part of the reason most classic films endure is due to the force of personality of the actors involved, and frankly I don't see too many performers out there today who come very close to projecting what many of the older stars were able to. Of course, many a millennial will disagree with me on that; and I guess the remakes of superior earlier films will continue to be a popular fallback staple for an industry that seems to have run terminally short on fresh ideas.
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