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Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:47 pm**

Val Lewton must be rolling on his grave after the news of who has acquired the rights to do remakes of his films.

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:49 pm**

Wow, that was worse than I expected

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:37 pm**

...Fickman became steeped in monster lore while working as a Universal tour guide...

...well, at least he's got the background.

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:41 pm**

Andy Fickman wrote:After Frankenstein and the Wolfman came Lewton and RKO, and what they lacked in budgets they made up for with atmosphere, imagination and great directors making horror with psychological flair. It was on the heels of WWII, when Nazi Germany showed that the scariest enemy might be the person who looked like your next door neighbor. It didn’t have to be some creature.

"When Nazi Germany showed that the scariest enemy could even be a white person! It didn't have to be an oriental or some other creature."

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:35 pm**

dx23 wrote:Val Lewton must be rolling on his grave after the news of who has acquired the rights to do remakes of his films.

Actually, since the remakes will be based on scripts at least co-written by Lewton and thus will generate royalties, I think Lewton is probably jumping for joy in his grave.

Posted: **Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:22 pm**

Matt wrote:Lewton is probably jumping for joy in his grave.

Yes, I have a feeling it looks a bit like your avatar.

Posted: **Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:45 am**

Brace yourself Domino. Soderbergh's post/concurrent-"GFE"/Liberace project has been announced and it's a doozy.

Bullet Points:
- Story of Cleopatra
- A Musical
- Music by Guided By Voices
- In 3-D

Posted: **Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:08 am**

Wow, if this actually happens... wow

Posted: **Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:11 am**

I thought GBV broke up a few years ago and Robert Pollard was doing his own thing. If they are back, that's almost better news than a cool new Soderbergh project.

Posted: **Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:45 am**

Tom Hagen wrote:I thought GBV broke up a few years ago and Robert Pollard was doing his own thing. If they are back, that's almost better news than a cool new Soderbergh project.

Yeah, I wondered the same thing. Script written by onetime GBV bassist Jim Greer. Variety could be really saying; 1. Using previously written GBV material, 2. GBV back together, or 3. GBV shorthand for really just Pollard.

Posted: **Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:53 am**

I would bet good money that it uses existing GBV songs

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:49 pm**

Gus Van Sant takes an Electric Kool-Aid Acid Taste.

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:46 pm**

Jonas Brothers? Check. Farrelly Brothers? Check. Flatuence-ridden dog? Check.
This has it all!

Posted: **Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:21 pm**

M. Night signs a three picture deal for films based on his story/ideas but he won't be directing.

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:58 pm**

Martin Scorsese/Scott Rudin are set to produce a Mike Nichols directed remake of High and Low scripted by David Mamet. This could be good.

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:10 pm**

No matter the caliber of talent involved, it's a terrible idea.

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:53 pm**

Antoine Doinel wrote:No matter the caliber of talent involved, it's a terrible idea.

In all honesty and respect, why?

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:59 pm**

moviscop wrote:
Antoine Doinel wrote:No matter the caliber of talent involved, it's a terrible idea.
In all honesty and respect, why?

Because the original is great, and there really is no need to a "modern take" (or whatever it is they're going to do) on the story. The whole thing smells of Scorsese and Rudin trying to recreate the Oscar success of The Departed.

Posted: **Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:23 pm**

Sam Mendes to direct Preacher, based on the Vertigo comic.

Posted: **Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:05 am**

Antoine Doinel wrote:Sam Mendes to direct Preacher, based on the Vertigo comic.

Damn, and here I thought they had finally run out of comic books to adapt into movies.

Posted: **Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:53 am**

Grand Illusion wrote:
Antoine Doinel wrote:Sam Mendes to direct Preacher, based on the Vertigo comic.
Damn, and here I thought they had finally run out of comic books to adapt into movies.

Zach Snider's Watchmen notwithstanding, this has to be the biggest wtf moment in the history of big screen comic book adaptations. Mendes' Road To Perdition was far from bad in my book, but Preacher? The series is on a whole other level on so many levels.

Posted: **Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:59 pm**

Michael Cimino hints at a new film, but probably not. Wouldn't mind seeing that Footloose footage though.

Posted: **Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:09 am**

The Farellys are going to rape the Stooges.

Posted: **Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:28 pm**

...breaks the feature into four 20-minute shorts, in an approximation of the vaudeville and slapstick pioneers' most common format in the 1920s and '30s.

Well, the format is a good idea, but I'm sure whatever else is up their sleeves will be terrible.

Posted: **Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:48 pm**

Max Allan Collins is set to write and direct two sequels to Road To Perdition.

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