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Will Smith wants to whistle in a remake of BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI - well, the idea sure blows!

Hey folk, Harry here with another just really really awful idea. I mean, just terrible. Remaking David Lean. There should be a rule about that. Can we just pass a resolution banning remakes of David Lean's BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and DR ZHIVAGO. There needs to be a list of like 50 films that should be protected from film poaching. Right?

Hey Guys,

Thought you'd be interested to know that according to EMPIRE magazine (this month's issue - May), WILL SMITH has expressed interest in remaking BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI.

Yes, that's the classic 1957 Sir Alec Guinness movie - - - with The Fresh Prince.

I do hope he only wants to produce.

Trev

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I think he only wants to produce this one
by Terry_1978
Apr 12th, 2005
10:28:15 PM
our doom is nye
by WONKABAR
Apr 12th, 2005
10:30:30 PM
holy christ
by BurlIvesLeftNut
Apr 12th, 2005
10:30:58 PM
Get Ewan McGregor for the Guinness part.
by Osmosis Jones
Apr 12th, 2005
10:37:10 PM
With the right casting..
by Ridge
Apr 12th, 2005
10:40:43 PM
I remember watching WWW and thinking, Jim West being black actua
by Big Bad Clone
Apr 12th, 2005
10:47:20 PM
"a-kikky-kikky-kikky Kwai bridge! A Wiky -Wikky-Wikky World War
by ol' painless
Apr 12th, 2005
10:54:39 PM
Everyone's already used all the jokes I had planned.
by Voice O. Reason
Apr 12th, 2005
10:55:16 PM
With this and Paris Hilton as marilyn I believe we REALLY are in
by Judge Doom
Apr 12th, 2005
11:04:15 PM
"Awww HEWWWWWL NO....."
by Otter
Apr 12th, 2005
11:08:10 PM

by LoopyDAVE76
Apr 12th, 2005
11:09:49 PM
Freaky, just plain freaky
by CeeWulf
Apr 12th, 2005
11:16:27 PM
Is a remake really necessary?
by Bart of Darkness
Apr 12th, 2005
11:20:48 PM
Damn
by Wild At Heart
Apr 12th, 2005
11:23:36 PM
Some studio exec saw that there's a big explosion at the end, an
by FrankDrebin
Apr 12th, 2005
11:35:51 PM
And it goes a little somethin' like this...
by Han Ol' Buddy
Apr 12th, 2005
11:40:30 PM
NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!
by 007-11
Apr 12th, 2005
11:46:56 PM
Some practice for any suit with the power to greenlight this eve
by Diskatopia
Apr 12th, 2005
11:47:54 PM
Here's a question...
by 007-11
Apr 12th, 2005
11:51:51 PM
"Sure, most cowboys were black and mexican in real life."
by FrankDrebin
Apr 12th, 2005
11:53:23 PM
Glad you asked, Agent Alonzo
by ol' painless
Apr 13th, 2005
12:00:04 AM
We have to accept that the number of remakes each year will keep
by FrankDrebin
Apr 13th, 2005
12:03:05 AM
aint it old news?
by vekt0r
Apr 13th, 2005
12:39:26 AM
Zhivago was remade in 2002
by Hal2814
Apr 13th, 2005
12:51:18 AM
Umm guys have you read the book
by alpha
Apr 13th, 2005
01:28:55 AM
Tom Cruise to remake Green Acres...
by Orionsangels
Apr 13th, 2005
01:36:57 AM
You know, I'm not automatically against all remakes...
by JackBurton
Apr 13th, 2005
01:38:34 AM
I'm sick and tired of blacks replacing classic white roles, just
by Orionsangels
Apr 13th, 2005
01:39:24 AM
People who defend this
by GiftedInThePants
Apr 13th, 2005
01:48:04 AM
People who defend this
by GiftedInThePants
Apr 13th, 2005
01:48:12 AM
Damn, I accidentally posted too early...
by JackBurton
Apr 13th, 2005
01:52:12 AM
Goddammit - let these Hollywood fuck-ups stop about remaking!!!
by moviemaniac-7
Apr 13th, 2005
01:54:13 AM
smith probably is just going to produce. Just saw him on tv, and
by The Founder
Apr 13th, 2005
02:04:16 AM
Super Fuzz is due for a remake
by Orionsangels
Apr 13th, 2005
02:12:58 AM
Where there any African-American colonels in WWII?
by Aust1n
Apr 13th, 2005
02:17:43 AM
Britney Spears confirms pregnancy at her official website, in ot
by Orionsangels
Apr 13th, 2005
02:23:19 AM
Whatever happens
by JAGUART
Apr 13th, 2005
03:18:30 AM
pedantic smylexx
by smylexx
Apr 13th, 2005
03:21:28 AM
Can we stop trying to remake HISTORY?!
by Saxster
Apr 13th, 2005
03:54:42 AM
will smith is just getting worse and worse
by mansep
Apr 13th, 2005
04:13:15 AM
I'm still mad about "The Truth About Charlie"
by Vicconius
Apr 13th, 2005
04:15:43 AM
The Real Story
by pammybabe
Apr 13th, 2005
04:20:52 AM
Will Smith is no William Holden
by Spacesheik
Apr 13th, 2005
04:50:46 AM
?serac ohW
by the Spyman
Apr 13th, 2005
05:03:21 AM
The question we should be asking....
by JAGUART
Apr 13th, 2005
05:06:19 AM
there should be a new regulation to arrest any person attempting
by DarthBakpao
Apr 13th, 2005
05:09:29 AM
Well smylexx...
by JackBurton
Apr 13th, 2005
05:38:15 AM
hay que joderse
by CuervoJones
Apr 13th, 2005
05:48:46 AM
'Look,I know the black man wants to feel good about himself in s
by ScaryJim
Apr 13th, 2005
06:57:07 AM
It's not that Will Smith blows imo
by DannyOcean01
Apr 13th, 2005
07:03:04 AM
Han Ol' Buddy, you
by Judge Doom
Apr 13th, 2005
07:29:39 AM
I ran into Will Smith at the Piggly Wiggly....
by Mel Garga
Apr 13th, 2005
07:40:26 AM
Will Smif!
by squidman
Apr 13th, 2005
08:10:47 AM
Voicebox, That's the impression they gave us in Texas History cl
by Big Bad Clone
Apr 13th, 2005
08:17:31 AM
There is very little REAL about that film
by scrumdiddly
Apr 13th, 2005
08:28:08 AM
DePalma's Scarface was not a remake
by Voice O. Reason
Apr 13th, 2005
08:48:25 AM
Suck it Slick Willy Style...
by masterchappy
Apr 13th, 2005
08:51:12 AM
THIS JUST IN: Will Smith's next projects are remakes of THE GOD
by SpyGuy
Apr 13th, 2005
09:11:20 AM
Remakes
by drumguy227
Apr 13th, 2005
09:16:35 AM
People just have to stop watching remakes, but they won't...
by spectrebeeyatch
Apr 13th, 2005
09:59:14 AM
Why remake a WW2 film anyway?
by badboymason
Apr 13th, 2005
10:07:23 AM
DePalma's Scarface was a remake...
by JackBurton
Apr 13th, 2005
10:29:53 AM
On Scarface...
by Childe Roland
Apr 13th, 2005
10:34:07 AM
How would it differ from the original (besides not being as good
by Drath
Apr 13th, 2005
10:38:54 AM
Kwai
by Mafu
Apr 13th, 2005
10:52:33 AM
DePalma's Scarface WAS a remake
by Voice O. Reason
Apr 13th, 2005
11:00:59 AM
To Scary Jim
by Saxster
Apr 13th, 2005
11:10:37 AM
''There's always some guy like Scary Jim around who wants to mak
by ScaryJim
Apr 13th, 2005
11:52:13 AM
To Saxter
by ScaryJim
Apr 13th, 2005
11:57:36 AM
:0/
by ScaryJim
Apr 13th, 2005
12:00:29 PM
Lazy
by Siluri
Apr 13th, 2005
12:25:33 PM
Ben Miller is 'The New Alec Guiness'...
by workshed
Apr 13th, 2005
12:29:23 PM
Gifted in the Pants, you ignorant ass
by TV CASUALTY
Apr 13th, 2005
12:37:14 PM
So let me get this straight, for all of you ignorant mutts blowi
by TV CASUALTY
Apr 13th, 2005
01:08:31 PM
Geez, Nick from CHUD was right
by Terry_1978
Apr 13th, 2005
01:08:38 PM
So What?
by the beef
Apr 13th, 2005
01:15:10 PM
When Will Smith makes a good movie then hell will freeze over.
by MontyPigeon
Apr 13th, 2005
01:16:00 PM
"You Japs want us to build a bridge?"
by Kid Z
Apr 13th, 2005
01:46:02 PM
Has anyone told Will Smith that he's not white?
by Jeditemple
Apr 13th, 2005
01:47:48 PM
Don't forget that Lean is, in essence, being remade at this very
by workshed
Apr 13th, 2005
02:00:14 PM
Will Smith is just pissed that Jamie Foxx got an Oscar before hi
by Josef K
Apr 13th, 2005
02:01:55 PM
WTF! Someone kill Will Smith NOW. Can we remake Shaft but this t
by IAmJacksUserID
Apr 13th, 2005
02:16:19 PM
Kiddies
by Mister Man
Apr 13th, 2005
02:37:59 PM
Let's remake MEN IN BLACK, only this time with Jimmy Fallon as J
by SpyGuy
Apr 13th, 2005
02:52:11 PM
BREAKING NEWS! Will Smith to remake "Ray" with himself as Ray Ch
by Josef K
Apr 13th, 2005
02:55:47 PM
Leave Kingpin out of this one
by the beef
Apr 13th, 2005
03:03:24 PM
this is by FAR, the ugliest talkback I have ever had the displea
by TV CASUALTY
Apr 13th, 2005
04:06:16 PM
tv casualty
by ScaryJim
Apr 13th, 2005
04:19:13 PM
I don't know that I would go so far as to call many in these tal
by Barry Egan
Apr 13th, 2005
04:25:53 PM
And can you imagine the fanboy masturbation that would be going
by Barry Egan
Apr 13th, 2005
04:29:33 PM
Get outa of my Briiiiiiiidgeeeee!!!!!!!!!
by Judge Doom
Apr 13th, 2005
04:35:08 PM
BarryEgan
by hamo455
Apr 13th, 2005
04:49:18 PM
TV CASUALTY
by Jeditemple
Apr 13th, 2005
04:50:15 PM
Well now thanks to Jeditemple...
by JAGUART
Apr 13th, 2005
04:54:16 PM
Hey, the beef, did you ever see The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
by Big Jim
Apr 13th, 2005
05:03:22 PM
Seriously, no one else is even mildly perturbed by the tone of t
by TV CASUALTY
Apr 13th, 2005
05:09:32 PM
terry_1978
by neckbone
Apr 13th, 2005
05:15:26 PM
I Update it!
by Judge Doom
Apr 13th, 2005
05:32:49 PM
Hey, Big Jim, naw never saw it
by the beef
Apr 13th, 2005
06:01:44 PM
And you people do know the Tuskagee Airmen is a movie with Larry
by IAmJacksUserID
Apr 13th, 2005
06:41:57 PM
No, I was not being sarcastic. He did not suit the role.
by Big Jim
Apr 13th, 2005
06:53:15 PM
Why does this remake stink of a Jerry Bruckheimer production...?
by Red Raider
Apr 13th, 2005
07:10:15 PM
Childe Roland...
by REDD
Apr 13th, 2005
07:14:06 PM
I wanna see Will as Don Corleone in a Godfather remake...
by frankenchr1st
Apr 13th, 2005
07:22:37 PM
moving farther and farther from the original topic...
by v3d
Apr 13th, 2005
07:54:50 PM
by the Beef - name a white guy menacing enough???
by Trader Groucho 2
Apr 13th, 2005
08:17:23 PM
TV Casualty - no, the problem is retaining some semblance of his
by Trader Groucho 2
Apr 13th, 2005
08:28:50 PM
What you guys fail to think about...
by JUSTICE41
Apr 13th, 2005
09:31:45 PM
WILL SMITH IS THE MOST...
by topaz4206
Apr 13th, 2005
11:24:31 PM
WHITE SHAFT
by topaz4206
Apr 13th, 2005
11:32:51 PM
VOICEBOX5 Get your facts straight
by topaz4206
Apr 13th, 2005
11:55:29 PM
UGH, what a troll.
by topaz4206
Apr 14th, 2005
12:04:30 AM
Superfuzz!
by Lefty Lefterson
Apr 14th, 2005
01:00:32 AM
What's next, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA with Ice Cube?!?!?
by Monkey_King
Apr 14th, 2005
03:06:25 AM
Mister Man
by lynxpro
Apr 14th, 2005
03:36:12 PM
Yag Era Slarebil - missing from your tirade
by lynxpro
Apr 14th, 2005
03:44:48 PM
here's a *black* actor that could pull it off
by lynxpro
Apr 14th, 2005
03:45:51 PM
Don't fuck with historical stories!
by ComputerGuy68
Apr 14th, 2005
03:53:43 PM
Hollywood NEVER gets Pierre Boulle's books right.
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 14th, 2005
04:40:22 PM
TV Casualty....mellow out.
by DoctorWho?
Apr 14th, 2005
05:53:48 PM
BTW, Voicebox...your crackin me up.
by DoctorWho?
Apr 14th, 2005
05:55:02 PM
moviemack
by lynxpro
Apr 14th, 2005
06:29:36 PM
Let's remake Shaft with all white dudes.
by Ingeld
Apr 14th, 2005
07:07:09 PM
Yes, Topaz, we all know how the majority of movie-going audience
by IAmJacksUserID
Apr 15th, 2005
12:20:40 AM
Willim Holden is hot
by Brimacombe
Jul 19th, 2008
09:52:57 AM

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