Posting on Upcoming Stephen King movie projects

[Dan Hocker]

I think he could be good as Batman if you can look past his other roles. He has done some pretty good movies recently though. I really liked Argo. That said I don't think he will really work after Christian Bale's batman.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

So...Matt Damon is Robin by default?

Yeah, with Jennifer Lopez as Catwoman... LOL!!

[srboone]

So...Matt Damon is Robin by default?

[T-Dogz_AK47]

The interesting part of that story was the Affleck is set to play Batman in THe Man of Steel sequel...

Which in turn, is not good news if you're a fan of Batman... Or Man of Steel.

[srboone]

Here is the latest news about the upcoming remake of The Stand:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...y-heart-612798

Not good news of you're a fan of Ben Affleck....

The interesting part of that story was the Affleck is set to play Batman in THe Man of Steel sequel...

[Theli]

Not all remakes suck mind, there are some very famous films including Oscar winners that were in fact remakes...

Original: Ben Hur (1925) starring Ramon Novarro
Remake: Ben Hur (1959) starring Charlton Heston, winner of 11 Oscars (including best film)

Original: The Maltese Falcon (1931) starring Bebe Daniels
Remake: The Maltese Falcon (1941) starring Humphrey Bogart, nominated for 3 Oscars (including best film)

Original: That Female Scent (1974) starring Vittorio Gassman
Remake: Scent of a Woman (1992) starring Al Pacino, nominated for 4 Oscars (including best film) won Best Actor

Original: The Fly (1958) starring David Hedison
Remake: The Fly (1986) starring Jeff Goldblum , won 1 Oscar

Original: L.A Takedown (1989) starring Scott Plank
Remake: Heat (1995) starring Al Pacino & Robert De Niro, recognised as one of best heist movies ever.

Some of these are not exactly remakes though, Ben Hur or Maltese Falcon for example, but new movies based on the same source material. Kinda like The Thing from Another World and The Thing are both based off James Campbell's Who Goes There? But if you watch Universal picture Dracula or Frankenstein then watch the Hammer versions, they are closer to a remake of the films than they are to the original source material, Frankenstein especially. Either way I agree, though I do like to see new and original ideas, I am not inherently opposed to remakes.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Here is the latest news about the upcoming remake of The Stand:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...y-heart-612798

Not good news of you're a fan of Ben Affleck....

[peteOcha]

Interesting list! I bet theres many more to add, but those are some great examples.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Not all remakes suck mind, there are some very famous films including Oscar winners that were in fact remakes...

Original: Ben Hur (1925) starring Ramon Novarro
Remake: Ben Hur (1959) starring Charlton Heston, winner of 11 Oscars (including best film)

Original: The Maltese Falcon (1931) starring Bebe Daniels
Remake: The Maltese Falcon (1941) starring Humphrey Bogart, nominated for 3 Oscars (including best film)

Original: That Female Scent (1974) starring Vittorio Gassman
Remake: Scent of a Woman (1992) starring Al Pacino, nominated for 4 Oscars (including best film) won Best Actor

Original: The Fly (1958) starring David Hedison
Remake: The Fly (1986) starring Jeff Goldblum , won 1 Oscar

Original: L.A Takedown (1989) starring Scott Plank
Remake: Heat (1995) starring Al Pacino & Robert De Niro, recognised as one of best heist movies ever.

[Teriw]

I agree with Dan on the Remake stigma. They're meant for the new generation. Unfortunately the new generation just plain SUCKS! Seriously. My generation is not the greatest but seriously...the kids coming behind me, WTF is wrong with them.

Anyway, I like John Cusack but I just can't picture him in Cell...AT ALL! But we shall see...

[Theli]

Yeah he's a great actor. He was top notch in 1408.

[ozmosis7]

I also think Cusack will be great in the roll for Cell.

[Dan Hocker]

I like to think of it this way, remakes aren't really for the generation that saw the original in theaters, they're for the next generation of viewers. It's like the whole stigma of the two different Star Wars trilogy's. The people that grew up with the original trilogy really didn't like the new movies that much, but the further away from the generation that saw them in theaters you get the more it swings in the other direction.

[Theli]

If it's a redo of the original, that will be hard to live up to. I mean, sure the effects are dated, etc., but I liked that movie a lot. Too many times somebody does a "re do" of a movie and just totally ruins it. That is my one concern with Carrie - sure the effects are going to be up to date, but is it going to watered down, or altered too much, etc.....

Everone is always down on remakes, it's something the film industry has been doing since the beginning. It seems in recent times there's a constant negative stigma attached to remakes or in the case of Carrie a different interpretation of the same book. Think about how many Dracula movies there have been, though arguable Nosferatu was the best, there were many other great Dracula movies. That said a Creepshow remake is unnecessary, any anthology remake would be kinda silly. I'd love a new set of tales though, and I wouldn't be opposed to Romero helming it again, but if a new director is warranted I think Zombie could be the man.

[srboone]

Info on the upcoming adaptation of Cell.

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/666...cell-september

Love the choice of Cusack. Can't think of a Cusack film I didn't like. Williams directed Paranormal Activity 2.