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Hell of Unwanted Remakes Part 2: CLIFFHANGER To Dangle Once More!!
Merrick here...
I AM LEGEND & FAST & FURIOUS producer Neal Moritz is revamping Renny Harlin's 1993 Stallone-vs-mountain thriller CLIFFHANGER.
A big-budget international action-adventure thriller set in a big mountain milieu, the makeover of Renny Harlin's 1993 pic will center on a group of young climbers.
"Just as they rebooted 'Star Trek,' we're going to do the same with 'Cliffhanger,' " said Moritz, who will produce. Unlike the original, where Italy stood in for the Colorado Rockies, the new redo looks set to feature multiple cliff-face locations.
...says THIS VARIETY WRITE-UP.
Although it evidently has something of a following, I was never a huge fan of the original CLIFFHANGER. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. I recall Lithgow being swishy and rather ineffectual as the villain, although I do remember the ending fight...didn't it involve some sort of rope ladder-thing?...being pretty cool.
And, with all respect to Neal, rebooting CLIFFHANGER is in no way similar to re-approaching STAR TREK in notion, significance, or scale.
If memory serves, a Stallone-starring sequel to the original film was actually mulled - something about a dam if rumors were correct/if I recall accurately. From what Moritz is saying above, doesn't sound like this will play into the new film at all.
"Just as they rebooted 'Star Trek,' we're going to do the same with 'Cliffhanger,' " said Moritz, who will produce. Unlike the original, where Italy stood in for the Colorado Rockies, the new redo looks set to feature multiple cliff-face locations.
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Holy fuck we were just discussing CLIFFHANGER in the EXPENDABLES tb.
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And yes, the first was fantastic.
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...was its trailer, if you can find it (you tube?) check it out...made it look amazing (although I enjoyed the film, fun action flick- Stallone on top form)
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Lithgow was over-the-top villiany goodness...Way stupid idea, but what else is new from Hollywood.
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It was also noted that Stallone's CLIFFHANGER was cut to fuck by the censors.
The theatrical cut was considerably harder than the video release, and apparently there's another unreleased cut that's harder still.
If this remake means somone gets off their ass and releases an uncut version of CLIFFHANGER on Blu Ray then that might be a bonus. -
Your remakes are making me want to come down to Los Angeles, tear off each of the letters on your fucking Hollywood sign, and then head down to the studios where I'll GTA my way through each and every person I see before waging war Stallone style on your offices.This must stop.Don't make me bring the pain.
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And cast that kid who played Robin.
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May 14, 2009 11:33:42 AM CDT
"We're making a movie, you know like The Godfather, but with cli
by irc-hollywood
There'll be some hanging as well.
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stupid word...when you reboot a fuckin computer the same exact thing loads up.. nothing new happens. and its the same with movies.
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Reboot Cliffhanger? What the fuck is there to reboot? Does every movie that comes out now have to be tenuously connected to some pre-existing thing? Just give it a different fucking title. Like there can be only one movie about mountain climbers? ugh
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and have him change his legal name to Jack Bauer.
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Hill top dangler?
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CLIFFHANGER is one of the greatest action/adventure movies ever made...from top notch action, to great score, amazing special effect, over-the-top stunts...you name it and you got it with this SUMMER film. The villains were awesome too. WE DO NOT NEED TO SEE THIS FILM REBOOTED! Mortz is a FUCKING ASSHOLE...and for even compairing it to TREK!
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"...we're going to do the same with 'Cliffhanger,'"Yeah, because they are exactly the same. Star Trek is a TV show turned film franchise turned TV franchise turned extended film franchise turned reboot of original series franchise with a prequel.Cliffhanger is a 16 year old movie. That's it. No sequel, no trilogy, no franchise, no mythology. How does REMAKING the film constitute a "reboot"? You "reboot" a long-running series; you "remake" stand-alone films. Egads I hate corporate muckety-mucks and their random tossing about of buzzwords like a monkey flinging its own feces.
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May 14, 2009 11:42:09 AM CDT
''pic will center on a group of young climbers''
by wolverines_leaky_workprint
FUCK OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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Star Trek to Cliffhanger????? R U Fucking High?
... Oh, MORE cliff-face locations? Yeah, that should do it. I'm in - You dope. -
"Predator 2" is an American Movie Classic? Christ, I'm pretty sure you have go back at least 30 or 40 years to be considered "a classic" let alone consider the quality of said film. "Cliffhanger" was released in the damn 90s! To me it's still basically a "new" movie. If you want to make a new mountain movie, fine. The mountain movie is underused subgenre, but I see absolutely no reason to reboot something that was never rusty in the first place.
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might make for an interesting sci fi mountain movie...hopefully they can get sly to appaear, but who would they get to play young sly?seriously i already hate this movie based on the fact that the producer equates rebooting a one note 90's movie to rebooting the almost 50 year old star trek franchise that included 5 shows and 10 movies worth of continuity...what a pretentious douche bag
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Why would they do this, really?
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because that would be less retarded than this idea. Why not just make a Cliffhanger sequel instead of a revamp? That wouldn't be as bad, especially with Stallone on a roll. Revamps for franchises like Star Trek or Batman make sense, but not for Cliffhanger. It's just plain fucking weird.
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This makes as much sense as the Drop Dead Fred one. Both movies have their fans but weren't huge. Neither really needs improvement and yet here are remakes. But for who? That's the question. Who are they making these for? Noobs? Or are they going after fans for some kind of nostalgia thing? I really don't get the motivation.
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...why get CLIFFHANGER involved? Just make a fresh one for fuck's sake. I know, I know...name recognition bla, bla, bla...
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Have Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde after some money for a cure, but run across some kid who lives in a cabin next door to some vampires, all on top of a mountain. Warwick Davis plays every part.
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The suspense and pacing was first rate.
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Neil Moritz does not.
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Forget all the shitty remakes and reimaginings and reboots that have gone before.
My brain has melted at how retarded this is. The original was a fun enough romp but jesus fecking christ these guys are high.
In the coming months we'll seriously have to hear these guys about 'wanting to preserve the mythology and respect and build...blah blah blah'. ARGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGGHHHGHH IT WAS A DUMB STALLONE VEHICLE MADE OK BY THAT IT WAS STALLONE HAMMING IT
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May 14, 2009 12:12:42 PM CDT
Can they please issue the UNCUT version of Cliffhanger first!?
by ogreyouasshole
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...Tom Berenger and Sidney Poitier. While whe're on the topic of wilderness based action flicks...
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Who the fuck cares about a "reboot" without sly?It would look like VERTICAL LIMIT - PART 2.
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there has never been an entirely convincing survival movie set in the high mountains. They have tried, but I've never seen the kind of blood and guts epic done using the mountains as a backdrop. If they can (they wont) pull it off, that would be great.
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...DESCENT did for spelunking. They need to do it now. And I didn't even realize it needed doing until just now.
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you can't even remember the film? shakes head
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As creatively braindead as the producers behind the F13 and Nightmare on Elm Street remakes. Fucking piece of shit, you don't deserve to be a successful producer with your unoriginal ideas.
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CARNIVOROUS MUTANT MOUNTAIN GOATS???? it be kinda like THE DESCENT, except on a mountain.... or BLACK SHEEP, cept... on a mountain.
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somebody gonna make mad bank at my expense. i wonder when my "zombies on a submarine" movie is coming out? thats right, i want my movie check when it happens!
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May 14, 2009 12:33:53 PM CDT
GavinVanDraven - They'll never make it...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
It's not a reboot.
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...ever been out drinking with a mountain goat? Those guys are fucking WEIRD.
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'spelunking' - Flickapoo are you back to what Catholics get up to in their sleep?
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Merrick, i'm guessing you only saw the tamed-down home version of CLIFFHANGER?
Remember back in the day there were a whole string of 'DIE HARD on a...' movies.
UNDER SIEGE (..on a boat), PASSENGER 57 (..on a plane), CLIFFHANGER (..on a mountain). Prob a few others too.
CLIFFHANGER was definitely the best of 'em. I'd go so far to say it was actually better than DIE HARD 2. -
he kept wanting me to throw him the football....
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just because Star Trek did it, is a pretty weak excuse to make a movie. AARRRRGGGHHH!!!!! Hate these rehasmakeimaginings.
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...if a Catholic dreams of spelunking in his sleep is it still not a sin?
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Wow. That's some serious balls on that guy.
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May 14, 2009 1:00:40 PM CDT
Isn't this dickhead remaking The Towering Inferno?
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Someone needs to rub this blokes nose in his own shit.
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we did with Star Trek, we aim to reinvigorate the "Breakin'" franchise with a reboot of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo." It will be darker and edgier, but still retain the original's playful dance moves.
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Yes, only this time it will be called "The Big Flamer."
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Starring Harvey Fierstein
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What happened to the Revenge of the Nerds, My Bodyguard, and Adventures in Babysitting remakes?
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Not another fucking remake!!! this movie is not even 20 years old, and was pretty good first time round. Hollywood, you are officially creatively bankrupt. Remake some of Stallone's crappier movies if you must; leave this alone. How about a remake of Rhinestone, eh? Starring Miley Cyrus and Christian Bale! Or The Party at Kitty and Studs (rated PG-13,of course; no male sausage allowed). Starring Shia Le Beef as the 'stud'. Both directed by lengendary pizza hut fan and all round auteur - McG!!
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...its not your fathers Eiger Sanction!!!
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By reboot do they mean remake? By remake do they mean use the title and the premise of action in the mountains? Cliffhanger was a fun movie, but it lives in the late 80's early 90's era of action flicks when everything was a Die Hard rip off. Just make an original action movie involving mountains and climbers.
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Stallone has a film called 'The Dam' listed as in development on IMDB. i wonder if he is still toying with the idea?
Gonna ask him Harry?
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Sly is still in great shape and his name is back with Rocky,Rambo, Expendables..
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Seriously, the appeal of this movie was:A) Stallone and B)That it was perfectly excecuted.People aren't still talking the characters or the vast world of this movie the way they talk about Batman or James Bond, they talk about it being a perfectly done actionner.I'm not saying a new good movie about mountainclimbing couldn't be made. I'm sure it could. So why not just do that?
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What the fuck happened to Renny Harlin? He made two great action films with "Die Hard 2" and "Cliffhanger" then he married Geena Davis. Someone needs to reboot him.
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Roosevelt fills his cabinet with red hot bikini-clad bitches and spends his days smoking pot from a corn-cob pipe, tearing ass around the oval office in a rocket propelled wheelchair and blasting Ludacris music so loud the windows shake
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RIGHT ON! Shoot to Kill is an excellent flick.
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The first one was a fine action thriller. Not Stallone's best, but he made it enjoyable. And Janine Turner was masturbation fodder. Harlin did this movie right after Die Harder, correct? Slam the guy all you want, but I liked these two movies.
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"Gabe Walker Prime." Heh heh.
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Is rebooting already a synonym to "remaking"? You know what, fuck it. Fuck it all.
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May 14, 2009 1:50:43 PM CDT
Cliffhanger Was Nothing More Than A Fun, Mindless Action Flick
by acquanetta
It didn't revolutionize anything or set the world on fire, which is why it doesn't warrant a sequel w/Sly, a prequel, or a remake/reboot. Cliffhanger's main claim to fame is that it's one of Stallone's few 90's movies that actually worked.
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Jesus, make the bad movies good. That's a real challenge.
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The really need to stop doing this.
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I couldn't agree with you more. Remake a bad movie and you have something to improve upon. Remaking a classic is a fool's folly
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Sure Stallone Survived Lithgow, but can he Survive Mom? Rockface in Granny Pantys. This time it's Personal.
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Thank God they're finally getting around to this. I can't tell you how often someone has said to me what they'd really like to see is an updated CLIFFHANGER. Or better yet, a re-imagining! Thank you, Hollywood. Thank you! Thank you! And while you're at it, how 'bout an updated COMMANDO? I mean, who even remembers Schwarzenegger anymore?
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into that crappy Vertical Limit. Ripped off a lot of the same shots from Cliffhanger.
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May 14, 2009 2:04:13 PM CDT
Great. Another forced franchise spun from a decent movie.
by mr nicholas
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Real hot back in the day. Loved her in Northern Exposure. I guess she's kicking around on TV now. I saw her on some fucking laxative, or herpes medication commercial. The sad thing was, I don't know if she appeared in the spot as Janine Turner: celebrity spokesperson, or just random laxative/herpes spokesperson. Will they ever be able to cast someone as hot as she used to be in this reboot?...No
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Especially Scott Glenns nubby feet. The only watchable flick with Chris O'Donnell in it.
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And burned at the stake for being such a fucking idiot.
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Cliffhanger was a stellar movie BTW...
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I'm a fan of the original Cliffhanger and love action flicks on mountains, but a reboot of this movie is just lazy, lame, and more than a little moronic. You can't replace Stallone, so doing a Cliffhanger reboot seems pretty self-defeating. Why not make, oh I don't know, another mountain-based action movie that has nothing to do with Cliffhanger?!? Is the Cliffhanger name such a big deal to modern moviegoers that it will send them flocking to the multiplex any more than a non-Cliffhanger-titled mountain flick? Wasn't Stallone that movie's biggest selling point? I like the idea of another mountain action flick, but this reeks of Hollywood stupidity. Instead of trying to make a new franchise, let's just slap the title of a 90s action flick on our movie and call it a "reboot." Because that's the word of the day.Oh, and comparing a Cliffhanger reboot to the Star Trek reboot is pretty fucking hilarious.
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Producer Neil Moritz is making it as this was as IMPORTANT as Star Trek. I couldn't stop laughing. it's so damn silly.
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That's the funniest thing I've heard all day! Who isn't salivating at the thought of "Cliffhanger" with younger characters?
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Chris O'Donnell has never been in a good movie.
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Daylight was originally developed as a sequel to Cliffhanger, I recall reading way back when. I can't remember why it wasn't completed as such.
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May 14, 2009 2:44:05 PM CDT
JPT - Vertical Limit blows, but in a craptastic way
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
I never said it's good. I said it's watchable.
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Well, I fucking liked it.
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May 14, 2009 2:50:49 PM CDT
Daylight was awesome at the cinema
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
When I watched it on video a few years later it sucked mightily. Not sure how that happened.
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Lithgow is the truth in Cliffhanger. As is Rooker.
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May 14, 2009 2:54:45 PM CDT
"You want to kill me don't you?"
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
"Well take a number and get in line!" Lithgow was genius in that.
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Stallone's best. Not kidding
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Moritz: I got this great idea. An action movie that takes place on a mountain. We'll call it Cliffhanger! Get it? Huh? Huh?
Studio guy: They already made that movie in the 90's. It starred Stallone.
Moritz: Ohhhhhhhh. Well let's just call it a reboot and cast GAP models.
CHA-CHING BABY! -
rated NC-17
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Lithgow was hilarious in this movie, and Sly knocked it out of the park. Wasn't this one a comeback for Sly? (One of many, I know)
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only updated for modern times. Since stuntmen are not needed anymore in this CGI-driven industry, the new show will be titled "The Digitally Rotoscoped Guy." It will be decidedly less exciting.
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It was called Ace Ventura 2.
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Interesting to hear that DAYLIGHT might originally have been a sequel to CLIFFHANGER.
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Why do they have to "re-imagine" everything? Surely there are dozens of rock-climbing/mountain-climbing novels out there waiting to be adapted, or dozens of writers who could come up with a new story without piggybacking onto the original.This is actually a good case for protesting the remake parade--in this case, the original is a good, fun film, but not a cherished icon of cinema. So it cuts to the real issue--the problem isn't that they're messing with a classic, but that they have such a screwed up, lazy, pathetic approach to filmmaking:First movie exciting. Do it again. Keep costs low with young, bland cast. Cut exciting trailer. Release on slow week. Make a profit. Harm artistic soul of humanity in small, incremental way. Move on.
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colTrautman, agreed if they prepped it quickly Sly himself could actually do a sequel - playing Walker again as a rather more grizzled mountain guide. He's still got the physique to pull it off.
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May 14, 2009 3:35:34 PM CDT
"Kill one man, you're a murderer. Kill a million, and you're a c
by nasty in the pasty
"Go figgah!"Cliffhanger was Renny Harlin's last great (or even watchable) movie, so its baffling why they'd use the same name for a compltely unrelated mountail-climbing movie. It's not like the film was THAT successful ($80 million wasn't even that big in '93). Plus, a BIG part of the appeal of the first was it's you-are-there verismilitude (that opening sequence is legitimately terrifying), and you just KNOW this new version will be CGI'd all to hell. Even the lousy Vertical Limit (which had virtually the exact same opening as Cliffhanger, yet bungled it so badly that it was unintentionally hilarious), which was relased a scant seven years later, was filled with unconvincing computer graphics and green screen effects. Leave one of Sly's only decent post-80's action vehicles alone and make something NEW, for Christ's sake!
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Fuckin' subject limit that won't tell you when to stop...
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May have to do a double feature this weekend.
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I mean it's basically the Star Trek of skater movies.
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I feel like typing up something winded and indignant but the stupidity of this has defeated my will to do so. Cliffhanger is one of the best action flicks of the early 90s though (and is severely diminished if not on the big screen). Guess I did it anyway.
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One of the best Stallone movies. Why don't they just do a sequel? Janine Turner needs work.
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Great movie. NO SEQUEL!
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How much I enjoy mountain climbing suspense movies until I recently re-saw Cliffhanger and Vertical Limit (love them both, but Vertical Limit's a bit better). I don't see the point in remaking Cliffhanger rather than just coming up with a new plot, but it would be nice to again see people sliding across hard-pack snow, then dangling off the edge of a cliff. Just something about it.
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was done FOR REAL!! It was the first time anyone had ever accomplished that, and they got in the Guinness Book of Records.
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That came out a few years ago, a quasi-documentary, where the two actual survivors of a mountain climbing disaster talk about what happened, while actors recreate the scenes. I know, sounds no good, but it was actually fascinating. Why aren't there more mountain climbing movies?
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this shit is going too far
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Rented it a few months ago, and watched it again. Awesome 90's action pic. But, they need to slow-mo everything to remain faithful.
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If you're reading this Sly, do us all a favor. Find whoever is responsible for this, take them to one of the magnificent locations of the ORIGINAL CLIFFHANGER, and kick their screaming pansy ass off the edge of the highest cliff you can find. Maybe then they'll stop this remake shit and try doing something worthwhile for a change!!!
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I'm normally not one to jump on the "fuck this because it's a remake" bandwagon but Cliffhanger without Stallone is like banging a dry pussy. This is a terrible idea.
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...out of you lickety split.
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i dont get this SHIT its about young climbers...what the hell has that 2 do with cliffhanger and this *beep* producer bitches about he didnt liked this and that... why the hell make a remake if u dont like it change the whole thing?! then just dont call it remake!
call it "gays hanging" ..."zacs hills" or "shia got banged on the moutains" whatever?!
MAN I REALLY Do HATE REMAKES/REBOOTS...they fuuukkk up every classic thats outthere.
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i dont get this SHIT its about young climbers...what the hell has that 2 do with cliffhanger and this *beep* producer bitches about he didnt liked this and that... why the hell make a remake if u dont like it change the whole thing?! then just dont call it remake!
call it "gays hanging" ..."zacs hills" or "shia got banged on the moutains" whatever?!
MAN I REALLY Do HATE REMAKES/REBOOTS...they fuuukkk up every classic thats outthere.
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This isn't your father's...uh...Stepfather.
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CLIFFHANGER was cut for reasons of extreme violence from 113 mins to 111mins for theatrical release, and then again down to 106 mins for home video.
MPAA don't divulge shit on their website but the British censors BBFC give some timings.
One day we might get the restored version, as it was meant to be seen (a leaked workprint is floating round the internet), until then those who only saw CLIFFHANGER on video will have to live with just the 'soft' version. -
Imagine DIE HARD without the insert shots of blood squibs going off in kneecaps or the gore glugging out of John McLane's foot.
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in those days, this kind of money was a world hit!
yeah it was a comeback for sly and really "daylight" was just boring.
cliffhanger is one of the best action movies of the whole 90`s!
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and the video version sucked donkey balls.
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look what this asshole neil fritz whatever...does next:
1. Afterburn (details only on IMDbPro)
2. Sinbad (details only on IMDbPro)
3. Spy Hunter (details only on IMDbPro)
4. The Complete History of My Sexual Failures (details only on IMDbPro)
5. Nine Wives (details only on IMDbPro)
6. Untitled Jeremy Garelick Project (details only on IMDbPro)
7. The Prom (details only on IMDbPro)
8. Planet Terry (details only on IMDbPro)
9. Preacher (details only on IMDbPro)
10. Man-Witch (details only on IMDbPro)
11. Skyscraper (details only on IMDbPro)
12. Man with the Football (details only on IMDbPro)
13. Total Recall (details only on IMDbPro)
14. Escape from New York (details only on IMDbPro)
15. Bachelorette (details only on IMDbPro)
16. Jack the Giant Killer (details only on IMDbPro)
17. Battle Royale (details only on IMDbPro)
18. Untitled Working Girl Project (details only on IMDbPro)
19. Field Trip (details only on IMDbPro)
20. Animals (details only on IMDbPro)
21. Untitled Bounty Hunter Project (details only on IMDbPro)
22. Nightlife (details only on IMDbPro)
23. Roadside Picnic (details only on IMDbPro)
24. Untitled Sean O'Keefe/Will Staples Project (details only on IMDbPro)
25. Static (details only on IMDbPro)
26. Wimpy (details only on IMDbPro)
27. The Ark (details only on IMDbPro)
28. Goosebumps (details only on IMDbPro)
29. The Big House (details only on IMDbPro)
30. Untitled Jon Lucas/Scott Moore Project (details only on IMDbPro)
31. Minutemen (details only on IMDbPro)
32. R.I.P.D. (details only on IMDbPro)
33. All Creatures Great and Small (details only on IMDbPro)
34. Untitled Maléfique Remake (details only on IMDbPro)
35. Untitled Channing Tatum/Columbus Short Project (details only on IMDbPro)
36. The Tingler (details only on IMDbPro)
37. The Boys (details only on IMDbPro)
38. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (details only on IMDbPro)
39. Diamond Anniversary (details only on IMDbPro)
40. Dance of the Mirlitons (details only on IMDbPro)
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he truly will fukk up "escape from new york"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maybe he just thought, well lets do a reboot of snake plissken, make him more grim and dark and with a more badass lead, like shia or zac!
yeah right fukker!!!!
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That's right, multiple bullet holes to Robert Patrick's character, slow-mo head shots, and footage of people burning up on the plane - saw the workprint for this as well.Total Recall was indeed another butchered film to avoid an NC-17 certificate (or X as it was then known). When Quaid uses that bystander as a shield it went on MUCH longer - you can see where they cut it in the final film. You got to see Benny's guts being drilled out by Arnie, and also Michael Ironside's henchman get sliced up the stomach by the midget hooker. Apparently, they tried to restore the footage for a laserdisc release years and years ago, but they couldn't find it - presumed destroyed. Would love to see fully uncut versions of all these movies, but it probably won't happen.
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big time!
i cant wait 2 see a pg 13 version of "battle royal" and how maybe this fritz fukker will cast channing tatum, shia or zac shithorn as snake plissken.
this will be fun!;)
by the way, make it more grim, dark and way more badass with shia.
i think he has more potential 2 be more badass than kurt russell!;)
and about cliffhanger... cast nick jonas he matches with sly in shape and attitude! after seeing a flick with those guys in a lead of a cult/classic movie i would hang myself very high, not on a cliff on a tree of course! -
after watching what he already did...this guy is my new nemesis!!!!!!!!!!!!
take a look:
Fast & Furious, Made of Honor, Prom Night,I Am Legend, Evan Almighty, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift , Stealth, xXx: State of the Union, Cruel Intentions 3,Out of Time,
S.W.A.T., 2 Fast 2 Furious, Sweet Home Alabama, xXx aka Triple X,
The Skulls II and the list goes on and on!
sadly this man has not produced one really good movie!
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that we saw the "saw 5"!;)
or mix it with "the godfather" and call it "the sawfather" and place it in the mountains and name the lead gabe walker and let him play by shia!;)
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maybe "vertical cliff" or why dont you just fuck offfffff neil?!
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it will be about a group of young climbers??? what the fuck? I can't wait to hear how favorably the original (which was hardly memeorable)will be regarded when this crap comes out. GOOD LUCK
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i miss you ladies.
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Honestly. Cliffhanger? Really Hollywood? About the only rational reason I can see for having such a "reboot" would be the power and the joy that is Michael Rooker to return in all his two-dimensional glory.
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Don't you all have your John Lithgow action figures? I mean, I had to fight off mobs of people to get that limited edition Michael Rooker.
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This news made me laugh out loud! Who in his right mind set on making a profit would seriously believe it'd be a good idea to make a Cliffhanger "reimagining"?! Like anyone out there ever thought for a second: "I really want to see the movie cliffhanger reimagined!" It's insane. And also insanely funny. Way to go Hollywood! You rock!!
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This is Trig Palin's Cliffhanger.
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It's drama + thriller rolled up in a Sly muscle sandwich.
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Very interesting...I had no idea but it makes sense. I saw it in the theater originally, but remember seeing the video version years later and thinking it wasn't a hard core as I remembered. Pisses me off when they do this shit.
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"Hang in there!"
The original CLIFFHANGER was about as good a film as you could make with that material. The script was good, the cast was good, the action was good, the direction was good - there were no weak links. Remaking it is therefore a waste of time. Pick a film that DIDN'T work and fix it. By that standard, CLIFFHANGER does not qualify. -
Soon we'll see remakes of movies that have yet to be made.
Wasn't Daylight adapted from a mooted sequel to Cliffhanger? I may have imagined that.
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Soon we'll see remakes of movies that have yet to be made.
Wasn't Daylight adapted from a mooted sequel to Cliffhanger? I may have imagined that.
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BLAM!!! Now, that's professionalisim!!
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lets see, cliffhanger, nightmare on elm st, fright night and so on.......why do studio excs with shit for brains always come up with dumb ideas for remaking good films, remakes should be for shit films people forget about not good ones people remmember, and dont get me started with the comparing it to star trek!
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if neil moritz is probably related tom rothman
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to save that raccoon from falling off of the cliff... wait, or was that Ace Ventura 2?
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Starring Paul Walker and Jessica Alba. Can't wait.
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The first half was drama/suspense and the second half was a an action flick. Damn entertaining though
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they did that in the Soprano's (with Cristopher as a producer). It was called Cleaver I think
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Stallone is the truth.
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Just saw at the gym they are going to remake the British crime movie "Mona Lisa" with Mickey Rourke in the Bob Hoskins role.
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Providing it's not called Cliffhanger and is just a new "hanging from a cliff" adventure thriller that has nothing to do with the original.
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God help us all...
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That was THE perfect summertime drive-in double-bill. Don't mess with perfection.
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a mix between "the godfather" "saw" and "cliffhanger and maybe a shot of "star trek"!;)
HOLLYWOOD IS STUPID AS HELL AND OF COURSE THIS FLYING FUKK NEIL MORITZ...my ass! -
it was a lol in "the sopranos" but what this prick neil moritz says is way more stupid!:)
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"It will center on a bunch of young climbers."Translation: rather than the manly bad-ass of Stallone being a hero and actually being of age to be a MAN -- who you could believe was actually that in shape to DO the things he did onscreen -- instead we'll get pussified young CW glamour boys as mountain climbers.STOP with the remakes! And Moritz, there are only about a BILLION unproduced action screenplays out there. SO GET OFF YOUR FUCKING LAZY ASS AND READ A FEW SCRIPTS AND DO SOMETHING NEW INSTEAD OF PIMPING AND RETREADING SOMETHING NO ONE ASKED FOR, LET ALONE THE FACT YOU'RE NOW GOING TO FUCKING BASTARDIZE IT.Seriously, it's creative hacks and total fucks like Neal Moritz that bring DOWN Hollywood...
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... this means the Demolition Man, Cop Land and Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot "reboots" are just around the corner.
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There was some really nice scenery but other than that why the hell bother?
Maybe some sort of indirect sequel, with Stallone being the head of a climbing school and the inexperienced students get tangled up in some sort of predikkamint. Then a CGI Stallone swoops down and saves them all. I'm brilliant. -
Here it is....both the trailer and the sweded version, enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR-Se51C5ic
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He gets hosed down and then come back alive again to fire his MAC 9 on the other plane, before getting roasted.... He is a champ!
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I would not be surprised...
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this guy thinks that Cliffhanger has the same cultural presence as Star Trek? is he insane or the biggest bullshitter since Goebbles?
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Because Star Trek was a hit he uses that as justification for his lame idea. Really? Was Cliffhanger a franchise that spawned several TV shows and films? Just admit you are afraid to make anything new and original. If a remake is a hit like the original then you've saved your job. If it flops you can say, "How did I know?" "It was a hit before!" Don't take a chance on anything original because it there's no track record for you to fall back on. If it's not a comic, or book, or TV show, or remake then don't bother producing it.
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It's too early to remake this. Didn't they do this one already called "Extreme Ops" with Devon Sawa from "SLC Punk" or more famously "Final Destination"??
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May 15, 2009 10:26:30 AM CDT
This is not your older brothers Cliffhanger
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Sly joke of the day : "It costs a fortune to heat this place." heh heh heh ...
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LONG overdue for a remake! Who could resist the pulse-pounding suspense and edge-of-the-seat intensity? (someday I intend to watch this Stallone classic). How about a remake of the GODZILLA remake? It's nearly 10 years old and the time is ripe to recycle a long neglected movie.
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Might as well remake FLINTSTONES : VIVA ROCK VEGAS at this point.
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May 15, 2009 11:16:34 AM CDT
I had a friend in high school lose his virginity to Cliffhanger
by mullymt
Maybe he can get lucky again!
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This guy needs a kick in the balls.If they insist on remakes is it too soon for Mystery Men remake?Could still use the same cast but maybe make it funny this time?
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Man, he shouldn't be hoping for a remake, he should be hoping for a TV series.
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Very nice! And on a side note, I have a script for a sequel to Mystery Men, if anyone's interested. Well, an idea for a script, anyway.
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But a remake is pointless, do a sequel with Stallone or don't bother.
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sure they generally suck...but so what?..don't watch them (or watch them..who knows..might be good..some are you know). do you bitch everytime they bring out a new potato chip flavor thats just a mix of existing flavors? bad analogy...but you get my drift.
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Clit Hanger....
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If they bring back the Rook. Then, I am FUCKING SOLD. BRING IT ON!!!!!!!
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and said he's the biggest fucking douchebag ever. He's like the douchebag to the fat one on The View kinda douchebag. Someone got him the wrong salad dressing and he made Christian Bale's freakout on TMcG look like an episode of Mr Rogers.
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Daylight, or something?
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i think it was called
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That movie never started a franchise, anyway. I though that reboots were only for long time franchises that had stalled. Cliffhanger is just ONE movie. This guys, when they talk of rebotts, do they even know what the fuck they are talking about?
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It can't be true. Seriously, nobody can be that stupid.
Realy? Howcould it be a reboot? No one seriously compares the genuine reboot / resart of Trek to a remake of an action movie from the 90s. We're being fooled here.
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