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Another AMITYVILLE Remake?? Really??


Merrick here...


Despite the fact that this concept was recently adapted/"remade" by Platinum Dunes back in 2005...


...Bloody Disgusting has learned that The Weinsteins are looking to remake THE AMITYVILLE HORROR concept yet again.

I just discovered that the Weinstein Company and Dimension Films are planning on remaking The Amityville Horror...again.
[EDIT]
Our sources also tell us that there just might be a director already in talks to develop the project.

...says BD HERE.

The first AMITYVILLE film was released in 1979...



...spawning two sequels (AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION, AMITYVILLE 3-D). Both the '79 and '05 projects were built around THIS BOOK by Jay Anson.

While I agree with Bloody Disgusting that this project will probably not happen, the notion that The Powers That Be would even consider reducing the amount of time between remakes is most distressing. I mean...five years? Technically less if they've already been working on this long enough to have a director attached to it. Pretty lazy and uninventive no matter how you cut it.


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by anyrandomhero
Nov 27th, 2009
11:49:07 AM
hahahhahahaha
by RedHorseVector
Nov 27th, 2009
11:51:59 AM
wasn't this being worked on at the same time...
by krod
Nov 27th, 2009
11:52:40 AM
they should set this
by ORIONgods
Nov 27th, 2009
11:53:04 AM

by Vaden
Nov 27th, 2009
11:57:26 AM
can't anyone think of something original
by Vaden
Nov 27th, 2009
11:57:54 AM
can't anyone think of something original
by Vaden
Nov 27th, 2009
11:57:56 AM
In that Remake absolutely nothing happens
by Rene_Belloq_12inch_Figure
Nov 27th, 2009
12:00:18 PM
Fifth time's the charm?
by solanine
Nov 27th, 2009
12:00:33 PM
Amityville: Amity-Harder or Die Free-est-er 4.0
by PeanutButterSlut
Nov 27th, 2009
12:08:52 PM
Poltergeist in a loony bin.
by UltimaRex
Nov 27th, 2009
12:08:56 PM
The stupidest part of this whole fiasco
by Gwai Lo
Nov 27th, 2009
12:09:22 PM
The stupidest part of this whole fiasco
by Gwai Lo
Nov 27th, 2009
12:09:23 PM
I'm gonna go get the papers.
by HapaPapa72
Nov 27th, 2009
12:11:21 PM
Get the papers.
by HapaPapa72
Nov 27th, 2009
12:11:36 PM
I'll watch it again...why not.
by HapaPapa72
Nov 27th, 2009
12:12:48 PM
Plus...
by UltimaRex
Nov 27th, 2009
12:13:11 PM
lets not forget
by plasauce
Nov 27th, 2009
12:21:11 PM
looooooove Ryan Reynolds, still didn't watch his version
by Meadowe
Nov 27th, 2009
12:28:36 PM
There were 7 sequels...
by QR37
Nov 27th, 2009
12:29:43 PM
PA
by imagin78
Nov 27th, 2009
12:30:26 PM
HapaPapa72
by Left_Nut
Nov 27th, 2009
12:35:06 PM
which one had the possessed lamp?
by Bouncy X
Nov 27th, 2009
12:35:58 PM
Peanut butter slut
by pendergast
Nov 27th, 2009
12:44:48 PM
So, in this version I'm guessing a bunch of college kids
by Big Jim
Nov 27th, 2009
12:55:30 PM
imagin78 nailed it
by daggor
Nov 27th, 2009
12:55:59 PM
They did this a lot in the silent era...
by rev_skarekroe
Nov 27th, 2009
01:00:53 PM
The ghost of the shark from Amity!
by The Reluctant Austinite
Nov 27th, 2009
01:06:04 PM
Reluctant Austinite, you're hired
by Chakraborty
Nov 27th, 2009
01:17:34 PM
Oh Dear Sweet Jesus..no
by ChocolateJesusMan
Nov 27th, 2009
01:18:25 PM
Like so many of these things, the devil's in the details.
by Royston Lodge
Nov 27th, 2009
01:27:51 PM
I was scared by the book when I was 12
by Adelai Niska
Nov 27th, 2009
01:31:37 PM
At first I was like "Jay Anson? POTSIE?"
by CountryBoy
Nov 27th, 2009
01:34:36 PM
Meanwhile, what was the gap between HULKs?
by CountryBoy
Nov 27th, 2009
01:35:52 PM
Awesome!
by yer mama
Nov 27th, 2009
01:37:53 PM
About as lazy as posting a fucking story without researching and
by JackLucas
Nov 27th, 2009
01:42:23 PM
Three words...
by otm shank
Nov 27th, 2009
01:47:47 PM
I say, start the remake of Avatar...
by The Dum Guy
Nov 27th, 2009
02:02:39 PM
The possessed lamp
by QR37
Nov 27th, 2009
02:06:19 PM
with found footage of emo vampires!
by alice133
Nov 27th, 2009
02:07:52 PM
yer mama: what was your' fave part of Old Dogs?
by The Dum Guy
Nov 27th, 2009
02:07:57 PM
The funniest part of the remake...
by Mr. Profit
Nov 27th, 2009
02:15:46 PM
HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE. IT'S ALL OVER.
by Ray Gamma
Nov 27th, 2009
02:47:58 PM
I don't call it another remake i call it a correction
by AsimovLives
Nov 27th, 2009
03:04:10 PM
Thanks Paranormal Activity
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 27th, 2009
03:08:14 PM
Rachel Nichols correction
by Bouncy X
Nov 27th, 2009
03:09:58 PM
In COOLER news Stephen King is writing sequel to THE SHINING
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 27th, 2009
03:19:49 PM
Only thing the remake proved...
by DougMcKenzie
Nov 27th, 2009
03:25:50 PM
They DID remake it! PARANORMAL ACTIVITY!
by spud mcspud
Nov 27th, 2009
03:36:40 PM
Yeah, that 2005 version is SOOOOOOOOOOO dated!
by Nasty In The Pasty
Nov 27th, 2009
03:39:44 PM
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY sucked so much ass
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 27th, 2009
03:42:11 PM
As for the Ryan Reynolds remake...
by spud mcspud
Nov 27th, 2009
03:44:49 PM
She was a hot "Bitch"
by Mr. Profit
Nov 27th, 2009
03:46:39 PM
I still think about movie about the conspiracy theories...
by Royston Lodge
Nov 27th, 2009
04:00:36 PM
spud mcspud = Melissa George in disguise
by Vesuvio
Nov 27th, 2009
04:09:52 PM
"He tortured Indians... ON MY LAND!!"
by Vesuvio
Nov 27th, 2009
04:12:05 PM
Margot Kidder had some nice tis in her day
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 27th, 2009
04:14:18 PM
Vesuvio
by spud mcspud
Nov 27th, 2009
04:14:51 PM
Margot's tits were as frightening as she is
by Chakraborty
Nov 27th, 2009
04:33:55 PM
The last Amityville remake...
by DocPazuzu
Nov 27th, 2009
04:34:06 PM
The Dum Guy-best part of old dogs
by yer mama
Nov 27th, 2009
05:06:48 PM
Dimensions doesnt have a lot of properties
by TheJudger
Nov 27th, 2009
05:11:33 PM
MEGAN FOX will be in it
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 27th, 2009
05:12:35 PM
What's next? Remaking movies that haven't even
by RequisiteMonkey
Nov 27th, 2009
05:18:41 PM
RequisiteMonkey
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 27th, 2009
05:23:29 PM
remake
by ORIONgods
Nov 27th, 2009
05:32:40 PM
studios take a hint
by HarryLove
Nov 27th, 2009
05:48:51 PM
HarryLove
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 27th, 2009
05:50:17 PM
Remake Burn Hollywood Burn
by judge dredds fresh undies
Nov 27th, 2009
06:39:42 PM
set report: a movie is being remade simultaneously as it shoots
by BillboeFett
Nov 27th, 2009
06:55:46 PM
I dug the last remake a lot
by Tall_Boy66
Nov 27th, 2009
07:07:19 PM
The Weinsteins are the dumbest jews in Hollywood
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
Nov 27th, 2009
07:22:20 PM
The Hulk Remake
by FreeBeer
Nov 27th, 2009
08:40:12 PM
There are too many unanswered questions from that last one.
by Fareal
Nov 27th, 2009
08:41:37 PM
How the fuck are the Weinsteins still around?
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 27th, 2009
08:49:40 PM
Hollywood can't make em scary anymore
by CGIh8r
Nov 27th, 2009
09:08:18 PM
with this day and age
by damiz707
Nov 27th, 2009
09:24:24 PM
As long as this means they can remake GI-JOE...
by Gozu
Nov 27th, 2009
09:40:15 PM
What was REALLY fucked-up about the '05 Amityville...
by Nasty In The Pasty
Nov 27th, 2009
10:10:06 PM
remake the 2nd one with the incest
by DarthBlart
Nov 27th, 2009
10:15:26 PM
not to mention The Haunting in Connecticut
by DrManhattansUnit
Nov 27th, 2009
10:17:27 PM
Death Bed the Bed That Eats People....
by DrBrianOblivion
Nov 27th, 2009
10:54:19 PM
Nasty in the Pasty, Melissa George
by MattmanReturns
Nov 27th, 2009
10:59:18 PM
Umm... how reliable is anything from Bloody Disgusting?
by PeterParkerRG
Nov 27th, 2009
11:11:00 PM
That 05' remake was terrible beyond words..
by BigTuna
Nov 28th, 2009
12:01:02 AM
what's this about old dogs?
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Nov 28th, 2009
12:02:50 AM
Two sequels? Um, a lot more than that
by Durendal
Nov 28th, 2009
12:27:35 AM
Watched Poltergeist on Blu last night
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 28th, 2009
12:34:19 AM
Hollywood to Weinsteins: GEEEEEET OUUUUUUT!
by TisketMaster
Nov 28th, 2009
12:35:55 AM
Amityville 3D fucked my eight year old eye balls
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 28th, 2009
12:39:22 AM
the brother/sister incest thing..
by nolan bautista
Nov 28th, 2009
12:45:12 AM
my mistake..
by nolan bautista
Nov 28th, 2009
12:49:02 AM
nolan bautista...dude?
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 28th, 2009
12:49:53 AM
but your right she was hot....
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 28th, 2009
12:50:58 AM
Weinstein's cashing in
by Player_Two_has_entered_the_gam e
Nov 28th, 2009
01:01:24 AM
horror not cary for the same reason scifi is no longer interesti
by MurderMostFowl
Nov 28th, 2009
01:14:56 AM
Fine with a Remake
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Nov 28th, 2009
01:16:27 AM
Remakes of remakes of remakes...
by Wookie_Weed
Nov 28th, 2009
01:19:22 AM
I think BD makes stuff up most of the time...
by sonnyfern
Nov 28th, 2009
01:20:14 AM
I think BD makes stuff up most of the time...
by sonnyfern
Nov 28th, 2009
01:20:16 AM
Oh yeah and Amityville 2: The Possession
by sonnyfern
Nov 28th, 2009
01:21:06 AM
Weinsteins, if you want to make a horror movie --
by Wookie_Weed
Nov 28th, 2009
01:26:56 AM
Remake Paranormal Activity already geez!
by spectrebeeyatch
Nov 28th, 2009
02:38:16 AM
Tis The Season - Mutha Fuckas !!!!
by Grooveraider
Nov 28th, 2009
03:11:53 AM
Royston Lodge, how can you go on praising...
by AsimovLives
Nov 28th, 2009
04:57:50 AM
It's about time
by carraway
Nov 28th, 2009
05:31:22 AM
I'm sorry- who the fuck mentioned nerd trek?
by Lost Jarv
Nov 28th, 2009
05:31:52 AM
AsimovLives crowbars in Trek
by Player_Two_has_entered_the_gam e
Nov 28th, 2009
06:10:06 AM
Do a biopic of the creation of the story.
by Dingbatty
Nov 28th, 2009
06:13:31 AM
The "Back To The Future" remake
by Ray Gamma
Nov 28th, 2009
06:36:31 AM
The "business" part of show business is killing the "show"
by Chakraborty
Nov 28th, 2009
08:23:16 AM
Is it in Ryan Reynold's contract that he be shirtless...
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 28th, 2009
08:52:12 AM
Why not do instant remakes?
by offscauta
Nov 28th, 2009
09:17:52 AM
Or they could do Lucas-esque special editions of films
by Chakraborty
Nov 28th, 2009
09:35:50 AM
harvey and bob do not understand...
by emeraldboy
Nov 28th, 2009
11:47:28 AM
sheesh
by spookybibz
Nov 28th, 2009
12:06:12 PM
Still room for a good adaptation!!
by venvariants
Nov 28th, 2009
12:18:03 PM
Ryan Reynolds Shirtless
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Nov 28th, 2009
12:24:31 PM
Ultimate - "Looney Poltergeist"
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Nov 28th, 2009
12:26:57 PM
ZombieHeathLedger
by spud mcspud
Nov 28th, 2009
12:51:06 PM
why bother if story is a hoax?
by Bouncy X
Nov 28th, 2009
02:23:02 PM
why bother if story is a hoax?
by spud mcspud
Nov 28th, 2009
02:32:59 PM
Bouncy X
by spud mcspud
Nov 28th, 2009
02:33:29 PM
Wow, shirtless Ryan Reynolds brings out the homos
by ZombieHeathLedger
Nov 28th, 2009
03:05:40 PM
Ryan Reynolds the new ppor man's Matthew
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 28th, 2009
03:46:20 PM
Offscauta
by pdennett316
Nov 28th, 2009
04:18:04 PM
Michael Bey already took on horror
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 28th, 2009
04:26:40 PM
Amityville Dollhouse
by Big Bad Clone
Nov 28th, 2009
04:49:03 PM
Do the Lutz's still get a big ol' check
by Crimson Dynamo
Nov 28th, 2009
08:44:59 PM
the only thing worse
by frank cotton
Nov 28th, 2009
10:35:31 PM
The absurdity continues...
by MajorFrontbum
Nov 28th, 2009
10:42:33 PM
A HAUNTING IN CONNETICUT!!
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 28th, 2009
11:10:36 PM
WANT SOME REAL LOVECRAFT!
by NippleEffect
Nov 28th, 2009
11:30:20 PM
Cast Jason Statham as the ghost
by Breotan
Nov 28th, 2009
11:35:01 PM
REMAKE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Nov 29th, 2009
12:07:57 AM
Why???????!
by Citizen Sane
Nov 29th, 2009
02:03:21 AM
BTW...
by Citizen Sane
Nov 29th, 2009
02:06:50 AM
re: BTW
by NippleEffect
Nov 29th, 2009
04:52:41 AM
NippleEffect.....BACK! SPAWN OF SATAN!
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 29th, 2009
06:14:13 AM
I FELL ASLEEP DURING THE RYAN REYNOLDS REMAKE
by BringingSexyBack
Nov 29th, 2009
07:23:23 AM
I WATCHED THE PROPOSAL 3X SO FAR
by BringingSexyBack
Nov 29th, 2009
07:24:37 AM
The Amityville Horror II : The Levittown Terror
by Squashua
Nov 29th, 2009
10:29:25 AM
what the fuck? we're doing remakes of remakes now?
by The_Crimson_King
Nov 29th, 2009
12:40:10 PM
AsimovLives, your obsession with Star Trek...
by The_Crimson_King
Nov 29th, 2009
12:48:12 PM
HOUSE OF WAX should be remade!
by LORDOFLIGHT
Nov 29th, 2009
01:37:02 PM
The 79 version
by Jaka
Nov 29th, 2009
02:09:19 PM
This reminds me of a story.
by director stan arthur
Nov 29th, 2009
03:58:05 PM
Remake AICN...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Nov 29th, 2009
07:17:14 PM
How original!
by WilliamZabkaRox
Nov 29th, 2009
08:54:48 PM
Some remake Silent Hill
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 29th, 2009
09:30:20 PM
I'm with AsimovLives on his hatred of Trek
by MajorFrontbum
Nov 29th, 2009
09:54:45 PM
I remember seeing the remake
by NotoriousBettyRage
Nov 29th, 2009
10:34:37 PM
You are fucking kidding me. Mammaries.
by Sal_Bando
Nov 30th, 2009
05:36:16 AM
debunked
by AVATURD
Nov 30th, 2009
02:07:59 PM
The_Crimson_King
by AsimovLives
Nov 30th, 2009
04:35:11 PM
I say, remake all of Michael Bay's movies
by AsimovLives
Nov 30th, 2009
04:37:04 PM
Dumb! Chronicle the real story!
by ZodNotGod
Nov 30th, 2009
06:32:21 PM
Amityville II is decent, if you just accept it on its own terms.
by ZodNotGod
Nov 30th, 2009
06:39:15 PM

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