First Kenny Ortega tried to destroy Footloose with a remake and failed. Now he trying to dance his way back into doing another remake and this time the victim is Dirty Dancing. According to Variety he choreographed the original version, so I guess that should give me a sigh of relief that he will do the remake justice. But all I could think is that the High School Musical director will cast Ashley Tisdale and Channing Tatum as the leads.
Seriously if Ortega was loyal to the original, he wouldn’t make the remake. There is no need for it, can’t he just work on High School Musical 5 instead? Please Hollywood put this remake in the corner and leave it there.
First MGM thought it was a good idea to do a sequel to War Game 25 years after the original came out and it wasn’t. Now they think it is a good idea to remake the movie according to Deadline and I don’t think it will be. The reason why the original one worked so well is because back then personal computers were so new, but now we are so used to them that the concept won’t work as well. Well that and I am just sick of every big movie from the ’80s being remade. Hey Hollywood keep trying to come up with original movies like Super 8 and The Hangover because we appreciate them more than the sh!tty remakes.
The trailer for the Footloose remake is out and I wish even more now that they never made it. To me it looks like a cross between the original Footloose and the Step Up movies and the 1984 movie deserves better.
I am sure the younger kids who didn’t grow up enjoying the movie will run out and see it, but I can’t see anyone over 25 running out to see it. Do you want to see it after watching the trailer?
Hollywood continues to run out of ideas, so much they are redoing the 1976 horror classic Carrie…again. According to The Hollywood Reporter MGM and Screen Gems are working on the second remake of the movie. The Steven King movie that made us scared to go to the prom was re-adapted for the small screen back in 2002, but this version is going to the big screen.
Seriously why can’t they leave a good thing alone? None of the horror remakes have been better than original, the only thing this film has going for it is it won’t be done by the sh!tty Platinum Dunes that has f*cked up Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street.
Where is Carrie White when you need her? I wish she was in that office when this remake was pitched because we know what happens to her when she gets angry and the people that made her that way…
Back in 1986 a sane Tom Cruise, a skinny Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards with a full head of hair made a little movie called Top Gun that made them big stars. Now 24 years later Paramount is looking to do a sequel for the movie. According to Vulture Paramount has asked producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott to work on a follow-up to the blockbuster and a writer has been hired. They also added that Tom Cruise would return as Maverick, but only in a supporting role.
I am not sure how I feel about this because it has been so long since the original one came out, but the one think I am happy about is that is not a remake. We already have too many of those sadly happening.
