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ROSEMARY'S BABY Thwarts Platinum Dunes' Remake Efforts!!
Merrick here...
Platinum Dune's mission to remake/re-imagine classic horror films seems to work out okay at the box office, but Geeks traditionally don't appreciate the prospect too much.
And, of all the titles they've targeted thus far, PD's remake of Roman Polanski's ROSEMARY'S BABY drew some of the most intense dissent.
However, according to producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, seems there's reason to rejoice...at least for now.
Andrew: We are not doing “Rosemary’s Baby”.
Brad: No, no. I mean… “Rosemary’s Baby” was announced and it’s like a little bit like we’re taking about with Freddy. We went down that road and we even talked to the best writers in town and it feels like it might not be do-able. We couldn’t’ come up with something where it felt like it was relevant and we could add something to it other than what it was so we’re now not going to be doing that film.
...per THIS DISCUSSION with Collider.
Alas, the interview does indicate the Martin Campbell's reamke of THE BIRDS is still "on"...
Brad: No, no. I mean… “Rosemary’s Baby” was announced and it’s like a little bit like we’re taking about with Freddy. We went down that road and we even talked to the best writers in town and it feels like it might not be do-able. We couldn’t’ come up with something where it felt like it was relevant and we could add something to it other than what it was so we’re now not going to be doing that film.
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The original wasn't all that anyway.
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The original movie sucked. Good for them.
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What a couple of dicks.
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didn't have room for explosions, so bay backed out
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They can make as many of these as they want, I still won't see them.
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Birds remake already been done in Resident Evil: Apocalypse… or at least enough of The Birds that was interesting. Betcha they get all environmentally preachy that pesticides or some such muck explains their behavior. Now adays they just GOT to have some explanation.
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Keep your greedy little paws off RB, Bay you fucknut.
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and realize every film doesn't have to be remade or reimagined.
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That would be a good remake for PD. They should bring back the monster movie format. Leave serial killers to degenerates like Zombie.
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There are still many more properties to bleed dry, and then you can start again at the top of that list in a few years.
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I just saw it at Firstshowing.net and the thing is mind-blowing.
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Why bother!
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shooting for a hundred scary little sequels!!!!!!!!
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I'd be curious to see who these clowns think are the best writers in the business.
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That is all I wanted to say. That and here's to the death of the pointless remakes and the Schlossberg/Friedman "Movie"s.
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That's Friedberg/Seltzer, I meant...
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Is going to be awful. The original is good for what it is, but no one today is going to be the least interested or scared by birds attacking. It's just fucking stupid. Naomi Watts running from birds is just not exciting. There's no way to make it exciting either, unless they do some ridiculous plot filler like make the birds vampire bats or radioactive mutant woodpeckers that eat brains. Somethings gotta give. What a bad idea.
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I.e. we couldn't figure out a way to whore out the title. Our no talent hack writers aren't good enough compliment the original... we know it would suck monkey balls. Thank God for small miracles. Maybe some real studio will pick up the license and run with it.
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but I was watching TCM's Van Johnson tribute last night (did we get a Van Johnson obit...fuck Dec was a depressing month for deaths)--anyways, the first film they showed was IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME which is a remake of THE LITTLE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (later remade as YOU'VE GOT MAIL)...and Robert Osborune mentioned that ITGOS was made only like 6, or 7 years after TLSARC...so these turnaround remakes aren't that new of an idea...the new ones just suck harder
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He has his father's eyes.
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That is the best Christmas present I have ever received since my company gave me a severance slip instead of a holiday bonus! There are certain films that are timeless and should not be re-made, and Rosemary's Baby is one of them. It's also one of the most faithful to the original Ira Levin novel. But rest assured Merrick, I'll be in line for Martin Campbell's "reamke" of The Birds!
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Hitchcock remade the Man Who Knew Too Much, DeMille remade The Ten Comandments, Ben Hur had at least 1 remake..remakes are nothing new. The old adage of "old wine in new bottles". It is the constant, repetitive nature that the remakes have taken lately, not in just the occasional Prom Night or such, but big budget films like Day The Earth Stood Still. Hearing of remake after remake does get tiring, when the studios reduce their annual output.
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I don't know how much Hitchcock swayed from the original. If the remake hews to the original (ala Carpenter's The Thing), a remake does make sense. If its just to spruce up attack scenes digitally, then what's the use? Despite Hitchcock's glaring use of rear screen, the Al Whitlock matte work is still beautiful, and the attck scenes at the gas station and attic hold up still today as models of editing and effects.Again, who knows? I'd definately state Naomi Watts is a better actress than Tippi Hendren.
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about 3/4 into the movie.
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first that 'best writers in town line' and then 'We couldn’t’ come up with something where it felt like it was relevant and we could add something to it other than what it was so we’re now not going to be doing that film.' like this has EVER EVER been the reason to make a remake. the only thing that counts is whether a buck can be made
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The baby would be the son of the President of the United States, who made a deal with Satan to get elected.
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I think there should be NO original content. The studios should only be allowed to make remakes.
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That would have been my pitch. Satan donates his demon seed to a sperm bank, and some hollow career woman with no time for a man or family previously, suddenly gets the ticking biological clock and decides she suddenly has to have a kid, but is too much of a bitch to get a man.
Eventually it turns into a heart-felt drama as Satan tries to reclaim custody as she is such a negative influence on his son, however Satan is no match for her corporate maneuvering and loses, the film ends with the kid crying as he is dragged off to his daily therapy session... -
No remake can ever capture the greatness of John Cassavetes laying pipe into Mia Farrow.
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... it was a lesser Hitch anyway. And you can make birds scary, depends on the script and the direction. You can make anything scary if it's done right(okay, maybe not giant killer rabbits,see Night of the Lepus). And sure they have been doing remakes forever,but there seems to be a huge amount of them coming. And at least when they did them in the 30s 40s etc they didn't have access to the originals like they do now. I say stay away from the classics and redo some less than successful ones like The Dunwich Horror or Prophecy(giant mutant bear).
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Since when has the reality he stated ever stopped them before? Rosemary's Baby was a great great movie. Even though I hate all remakes, I don't see why you couldn't do it today and it still be a great movie? It's a simple screenplay that would work again. The rape scene's a little touchy but hey, it's the devil. That's what the devil does, rape people.
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Always thought that would be a better concept for another version of The Omen.
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I'm fucking tired of them cranking out remakes. Enough is enough
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Rosemary's Baby was originally based on a book. If some purist crybaby had his way about an "uneeded" adaptation back in the 70s, we wouldn't have that movie to jizz over today. just sayin... the second movie ever made was a remake of the first movie ever made. come up with a more original complaint, please :)
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Dec 24, 2008 12:41:57 PM CST
What the really mean is that they couldn't figure out how to add
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...hot teens & cool FX into the story.
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and all the McDonald Menuaire meals they can eat. Seriously, has Micheal Bay or anyone with him even met a writer whose ever even been considered good?
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I wrote a critical comment in the Fast and Furious poster talkback criticizing the site for not posting this news while they devoted bandwith to a movie no one gives a crap about. Either you listened, or you're just a little slow to do the right thing, either way, thank you.
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that in fact the most cheering movie news is often what the monsters AREN'T remaking.
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there...its relevant....these fucks should not be working in hollywood...they should be picking up my dry cleaning
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They had the foresight and integrity to take a good hard look at their prospects, realize the project was going to end up sucking, and mercifully kill the deal. Contrast this with Michael Bay, who's never met a script he didn't like. In comparison, these guys deserve statues.
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Gives it a proper rogering: http://tinyurl.com/7dhdfv
Someone
Put
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Headed
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A Star is Born remake?
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The only question here is whether the movie can make money. If they don't think it can make money, they're not going to remake it. It has nothing to do with all this integrity bullshit. "Oh, we realize that you can't do it right." HAHAHAHHA. Are you kidding me? Hollywood is about MAKING MONEY. That's the only thing that ever has and ever will determine their decisions. "Integrity". Give me a break.
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You don't think it would have made money? After morons flocked to the Texas Chainsaw and Hills Have Eyes remakes, I find it very unlikely they decided it wouldn't make money. All they had to do was bring an obnoxious, jump-cutting shaky cam director on board, change the storyline to include some gory, pointless killings, throw in an all-under 25 cast of underwear models, provide some obligatory nudity, and they would have locked in the brainless under 18 Friday night group date crowd. With horror movies, there's rarely any consideration in the industry for whether it will make money.
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They couldn't figure out how to turn it into a $100 million dollar domestically grossing movie.
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Come on, motherfuckers. Do it. I dare ya. I DOUBLE DARE YA MOTHERFUCKERS!
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So Fuck Em! BD's report on the Thing Prequel sounds more like a Remake than a Prequel. Horror fans are getting fucked in the ass! When you give an OK Pass To one Film Like Friday The 13th. shit Like This Happens. Friday Begot Nightmare. Just as TCM Begot Halloween, and Amityville Begot TCM. Makes Me Sick. Now the thing and nightmare are up for Rape. Sucks to be an 80's horror kid right now. It really does...
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maybe there's hope for Hollywood yet!
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Would be a modern take on it, don't see that as a bad thing.
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= AWESOME.
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We'd strip these cheap opportunists down to their huly-huly skirts and make 'em perform at the Girls' Gym Class. Then we'd set fire to their skirts. Good 'ole days. If these assholes ever rape CURSE OF THE DEMON, they'd better hire stooges to start their cars in the morning. No, not me; I prefer inhaling Christmas holly with a shot of Brandy. Ho-ho-ho
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There's simply nothing to be improved upon. Rosemary's Baby is one of the few absolutely perfect films, so there would be no point but to make some quick bucks. For those of you who think a remake would work here's why it wouldn't - it would be impossible to come up with a better Minnie Castevete than Ruth Gordon. It was a genius comedic performance in a horror film and I can't think of anyone who could do that part but her.
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if they can "add" something to the original? Wow I was so naive. I thought it was only about using existing established IPs, with a built in audience, as easy cash cows. How could I be so wrong?
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One can easily imagine the TB'ers bitching and moaning about the nerve of that upstart British film company, Hammer, remaking Universal's classic "Frankenstein" and "Dracula" with the "no talent stringbean" Christopher Lee and "balding nobody" Peter Cushing.
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First of all in response, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were great, but nowadays the roles would be filled by CW actors, so not the same thing.
Second of all, one down. LET'S KILL THE SUSPIRIA REMAKE!
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