Published on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 10:28am
We Were Hoping It Might Go Away...But That RED DAWN Remake Now Has A Writer And A Director!!
Carl Ellsworth will script MGM's remake of RED DAWN (1984), John Milius' paranoid thriller chronicling guerrilla resistance against an invasion of the United States by nasty commies.
Ellsworth recently scripted a film adaption of the Y: THE LAST MAN comic, as well as Wes Craven's RED EYE.
"The tone is going to be very intense, very much keeping in mind the post-9/11 world that we're in," says Ellsworth, who was 11 when the original was released. "As 'Red Dawn' scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?"
...says Ellsworth in THIS ARTICLE in The Hollywood Reporter.
Dan Bradley will direct the new RED DAWN. Bradley's mammoth career includes Second Unit Direction of...and/or stunt coordination on...titles like SPIDER-MANs 2+ & 3, BOURNEs SUPREMACY & ULTIMATUM, QUANTUM OF SOLACE, and...well...INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL.
You can find our initial report about the announcement of this remake HERE .
Still no word on which current "threat to the United States" will invade us this time around, or if Russia will once again draw the short straw. The choices of bad guys seem limited if The Powers That Be hope to retain the film's title.
Reader Talkback
First!!! Jul 9th, 2008 What's The Idea Here, Exactly? Jul 9th, 2008 It is OBVIOUS: China will team
up with Mexico and Invade
through Jul 9th, 2008 Wolverines! Jul 9th, 2008 A hack director. Jul 9th, 2008 I will put a million dollars
on the fact that Jul 9th, 2008 Only way I'd see this... Jul 9th, 2008 That's a disturbing YouTube
video... Jul 9th, 2008 So Red Dawn was supposed to be
"scary"? Jul 9th, 2008 it better be the fucking
soviets! Jul 9th, 2008 PONDSCUM !!!!!!!!!! Jul 9th, 2008 Hope they just go all-out
insane with the invaders... Jul 9th, 2008 Osama bin Laden Jul 9th, 2008 republicans unite! Jul 9th, 2008 Kid Z Jul 9th, 2008 wonder who it'll be Jul 9th, 2008 Did no one see Team America? Jul 9th, 2008 Team America: Too Much Vomit Jul 9th, 2008 Script, scripting, scripted,
scriptage Jul 9th, 2008 Huh? What? HOW?!? Jul 9th, 2008 Wait - Wes Cravens did Red
Eye? Jul 9th, 2008 yet another stupid idea Jul 9th, 2008 As for this movie, it's pretty
obvious what the premise will
be. Jul 9th, 2008 The USSR? I thought you guys
broke up! Jul 9th, 2008 But seriously, the villains
should be Soviets again. Jul 9th, 2008 Persian Dawn...When Iran
attacks! Jul 9th, 2008 Red Dawn: remake of Invasion
USA 1952 version. Jul 9th, 2008 China doesn't HAVE to
invade... Jul 9th, 2008 One-handed shooting Jul 9th, 2008 Who would want to invade the
US these days? Jul 9th, 2008 I making my own version of Red
Dawn Jul 9th, 2008 Who IS on our side, colonel? Jul 9th, 2008 How good is the original
one..? Jul 9th, 2008 Oh well.. Charlie Sheen,
Patrick Swayze.. Jul 9th, 2008 Bad Idea number 1,000,301 Jul 9th, 2008 Jews Jul 9th, 2008 Milius May Be a Reactionary
Crank Jul 9th, 2008 I know! They'll Bring Back
Spalko! Jul 9th, 2008 Hopefully Jul 9th, 2008 Red State Blue State modern
day US civil war Jul 9th, 2008 Mexicans! Jul 9th, 2008 my highschool mascot was a Jul 9th, 2008 Wasn't the original shitty
enough? Jul 9th, 2008 WOLVERIIIIIIINNEEESSSSS Jul 9th, 2008 What's next a Dirty Dancing
remake? Jul 9th, 2008 The original Jul 9th, 2008 Well I Hope Jul 9th, 2008 Was that you in the video,
Merrick? Jul 9th, 2008 I was watching Red Dawn a few
days ago Jul 9th, 2008 Just wait Jul 9th, 2008 stalin is da bomb yo Jul 9th, 2008 Red Dawn? Jul 9th, 2008 "AVENNNGE MAHHHHHH!!!" Jul 9th, 2008 Plot Jul 9th, 2008 HoboCode, what are you talking
about?... Jul 9th, 2008 The plans you know about Jul 9th, 2008 Should've gotten Doug Bradley Jul 9th, 2008 Now that I think about it... Jul 9th, 2008 I Loved the 80s Jul 9th, 2008 Homer40: Memories-of-Murder Jul 9th, 2008 The UK should invade... Jul 9th, 2008 bring back ron o'neal! Jul 9th, 2008 You can't call it RED Dawn... Jul 9th, 2008 You're right depalma Jul 9th, 2008 1 or 2 'not shitty' movies
Hobocode? Jul 9th, 2008 1952 Invasion USA is great Jul 9th, 2008 Why not Redskin Dawn? Jul 9th, 2008 Islam is not an Nation
obviously... Jul 9th, 2008 Red Dawn is the code for a
derivatives-based takedown Jul 9th, 2008 Whoever invades will only use
a small army Jul 9th, 2008 octagonproplex last week I saw
a poster in Jul 9th, 2008 Y the last man Jul 9th, 2008 China doesn't need to invade
us... Jul 9th, 2008 of course! it's a REMAKE - not
a "rebuild" or whatever... Jul 9th, 2008 hoo boy. Jul 9th, 2008 Straight to Video? Jul 10th, 2008 Anyone play Freedom Fighters? Jul 10th, 2008 Jericho, the Movie Jul 10th, 2008 Its Pretty Obvious Jul 10th, 2008 The was a fuckin' ridiculous
idea the first time around... Jul 10th, 2008 Black Dawn! Jul 10th, 2008 adebisiUK Jul 10th, 2008 adebisiUK Jul 10th, 2008 Whats the value in a hostile
takeover of the USA? Jul 10th, 2008 Make it a comedy Jul 10th, 2008 If they have any balls.... Jul 10th, 2008 useless Jul 10th, 2008 octagonproplex Jul 10th, 2008 John Milius is a right wing
nut Jul 10th, 2008
