Seriously? OMG! WTF?

An anonymous source told the Bloody Disgusting Web site that the proposed sequel film Poltergeist: Kayeri has been shelved in favor of a shot-for-shot remake of the original 1982 film. "I’ve just received official confirmation that the original idea for Kayeri will not be used for the remake," the source said. "Instead, the new film will be a straight-up remake of the first film. Pretty much frame-for-frame. Just think Hills Have Eyes." According to the site, screenwriter Clint Morris, who wrote the script for Poltergeist: Kayeri, will not be involved in the new project. The source also confirmed that original cast members Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams and Zelda Rubinstein will not appear in the remake. The original Poltergeist, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tobe Hooper, centered on a family who moves into a new housing development and discovers that their home is built over an ancient burial ground inhabited by angry spirits. The film spawned two theatrical sequels and a television series, which ran from 1996 to 1999.

Sci Fi Wire

Considering the Poltergeist series was cursed, no way in hell could you get me to do that movie.
And why does it need to be remade? The movie is scary enough on it’s own, why does new Hollywood feel the need to ruin it. Did they not learn anything from Revenge of the Nerds?

Warner Bros. is close to setting Anne Hathaway to star alongside Steve Carell in "Get Smart," the feature adaptation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry’s sitcom creation. Peter Segal is directing. Shooting will begin in March. Village Roadshow is co-financing. Hathaway, who last starred in the summer sleeper "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Brokeback Mountain," will play the role originated on the small screen by Barbara Feldon. Carell will play the Smart role originated by Don Adams. Carell, who most recently wrapped the Tom Shadyac-directed Universal comedy "Evan Almighty," is currently starring for Disney in "Dan in Real Life." He returns to his NBC sitcom "The Office" in January and once he wraps the season, reports for "Get Smart" in March.

Variety 

Am I the only one sick of old TV shows being remade for the big screen? The only one that worked was The Brady Bunch!!!

Fox Atomic’s reason for the redo I don’t completely understand – for Christs sake, there were about fifty other better films, worthy of a remake, released the same year – but nonetheless, I’ll still be front row centre for this “Revenge of the Nerds” remake – computer watch and all – when it rolls into theatres next year (or will it?). My interest mainly stems from the fact that Kyle Newman, the man behind the purportedly terrific "Fanboys", is steering the ship. If anyone can take that anachronistic blueprint and add enough contemporary juice so that it speaks to today’s youngsters – then I’m all for it. Well, as long as Larry B.Scott makes a cameo as a masseuse, that is.

"The remake of Revenge of the Nerds has been put in hiatus and they have no date when the movie will start production again. Kyle Newman was able to shoot the first week and then has been on hold ever since, the crew has waited around for 10 days and finally today the word came down that everyone is headed home and no date on when or if the production will start over.

Talk has is that the studio has not been happy with the scale of the colleges and other rumors are that the movie might lose its rookie director Kyle Newman, on a side note it was McG, who is the exec producer, the one who pushed for shooting in Atlanta because he just shot We Are Marshalls here. The studio and even the director was not happy about the location from day one.

Will the the Nerds move forward…most likely but not in Atlanta.

If you use this call me Kentucky Redneck….. yee haw!"

We will keep you posted on this, and try and look into it…. But sounds pretty legit. Hopefully “Nerds” will get their own shortly – geddit? – hey?

MovieHole 

I wonder when they do film if Ted McGinley will reprise his role because he hasn’t aged since the original one!

UPDATE: Did Emory turn down Revenge of the Nerds?

Attention, Nerds: Emory University is now nerd-free. You are not welcome there. Take your anti-jock jibes and hi-tech robot sprinklers elsewhere. Yup, Emory has belated decided it doesn’t want the Revenge of the Nerds remake filming on its campus. Possibly something about raunchiness? (VHS technology has not yet come to Emory: They had no way of vetting the original, pictured, for inapproriate content.) Anyway, all’s well with this new development… except that much of the film has already been shot. Yike. It’s as if Ogre were just made Dean or something. College PopWatchers, this is your moment. It’s time to draft a petition. You’re college students, you ought to be good at that. Here’s the angle: Below, I want you to tell me (and thus, the world, and also Canada) why your educational institution deserves to host Booger and Co. in their new incarnation. Be brief, be literate, be nerdy, and please, please, PLEASE use the phrase "hair pie."

PopWatch 

If this is true, I think Revenge of the Nerds got lucky because Emory is a boring campus and not right for the movie! 

In an interview with TV Guide, "Grease" star Didi ‘Frenchy’ Conn says although there were plans for a "Grease 3", all the scripts sucked – and now, both Travolta and Newton-John have walked. "We’ve been planning one for years, and I’ve had meetings with writers, but they just don’t get the innocence of Grease", says the bubbly actress. "The scripts are not right — they’re sad, and everybody’s a loser. I don’t think John is interested anymore, and he’s convinced Olivia not to do it. The feelings of John, Olivia and Stockard [Channing] are to let those characters be. I even read one script that had John’s character dead. It was such a downer. That’s not Grease — Grease is always an upper!". Both Travolta and Newton-John were quite excited at the prospect of doing a sequel to their 70s hit, at one stage. Newton-John told The Age newspaper a few years back that "they’ve (the film studio) signed a production deal with a production company and now they’re working on a storyline because I’ve been getting emails back and forth about ideas for the storyline. ‘There’s no cast members signed on that except John and I, that I know of at the moment, and probably Didi Conn who (plays) Frenchy.’’ Her enthusiasm for the project only increased over time. She later said, “They’re working on it. They’re getting a writer, so we’ll see what happens from here,” she’s quoted as saying in late 2003. “But it seems to be pretty serious. They want to do it." But what about Travolta? "He’s up for it if it’s the right thing," she adds. Its believed that both Travolta and Newton-John insisted that original crooners, The Bee Gees, be involved in the music again, and original director Randal Kleiser helm the film, if they were to officially sign on to the pic. A couple of other ideas that were floated around for a "Grease 3" include centering the action on the daughter – rumoured to be played by Kylie Minogue, at one stage – of Danny & Sandy, as well as redoing the first film with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake in the lead roles. Groan. Travolta’s initial response – in the early 90s – when asked about "Grease 3" is probably spot-on. The actor, who also recently nixed plans for a "General’s Daughter" sequel, funnily enough, told Blackfilm.com that "They talked about Grease 3. I have no idea what that would be like. Little kids think Grease was made yesterday so why bother with a sequel. My publicist’s niece called and said, ‘There’s a movie called Grease and it’s on DVD and I’d like you to buy it for me.’ She thought it was made last year. Maybe you leave that alone and do something different."

Moviehole

Breathing easier now that another bad sequel will not see the light of day! 

The exceedingly busy Joel Schumacher – he has no less than three movies in the works – is returning to the world of parasitical creatures of the night.Cue the Doors music, Dust off the Plastic Fangs, Hunt down Billy Wirth. Yep, the man behind one of the finest vampire flicks of all time, “The Lost Boys” (1987), is returning to the genre that has him atop a plinth.Schumacher will direct “Town Creek”, his first vampire pic since he pit wide-eyed innocent Michael against bleached-blonde vampire, David, in the abovementioned $32 million dollar hit. Unfortunately, it isn’t a sequel. Nor a prequel. Nor a remake.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story centers on a West Virginia man who comes to terms with his moral qualms and helps his brother wipe out a family that had been protecting a Nazi vampire and who had kept his brother captive for him to feed off of for years.Schumacher toyed with the idea of doing a sequel to “The Lost Boys” for many years there. At one stage, he was ready to move on “The Lost Girls”, despite only being attached in a producing capacity. The last we heard of it, Village Roadshow were looking for a writer to put the idea – it was said to follow a family who move to a new town and encounter some female vamps (one of whom was going to be played by Britney Spears) – into script form. They obviously didn’t get much further than that.Another idea, one that producer Richard Donner had, was to do a spin-off featuring the characters of The Frog Brothers – the vampire busting duo played by Corey Haim and Corey Feldman – but the studio didn’t care for it.

Moviehole

I waited 2 decades for this sequel and the only thing these movies have in common is Vampires. So I ask why call it Lost Boys 2 if it has nothing to do with Lost Boys? Why not just call it Town Creek?

Sleep all day
Party all night
Never grow old
Never die
It is fun to be a Vampire. . .But you must feed. 

I loved that camaign for the orignal movie! 

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