Unnecessary Remakes: Why Fix What Ain't Broken?

[Spinderella]

Wild. I'll never understand casting choices in Hollywood.

[GoldenFleece]

I'm reading a biography on Michael Douglas and in the part about getting Jack Nicholson to commit to One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, the author mentions some of the other projects Jack was weighing at the time, and one of the titles was The Bodyguard. And I thought, wait, surely they mean some other movie called The Bodyguard that was lost to development hell? But sure enough, the footnote said Jack passed on it, then the script was reworked to star Steve McQueen and Diana Ross but fell through (I did know that part already), and was finally made with Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in 1992. Can you imagine it starring Jaaaaack? Obviously 1970s Jack and not early nineties Jack but it's wild to consider.

Topic? I wouldn't mind a remake of The Bodyguard because it's not exactly a great movie, but there's probably no way that soundtrack becomes as iconic, so there's really no point.

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Can you imagine it starring Jaaaaack? Obviously 1970s Jack and not early nineties Jack but it's wild to consider.

Wow, that is wild. Did the book say who was being considered for the Whitney Houston role when Jack was considering it?

[Spinderella]

I remember the details about McQueen and Ross and how it was tabled, but Jack?! LAWD.

[GoldenFleece]

Dec 29, 2012 0:20:42 GMT -4 @roisin54 said:

Can you imagine it starring Jaaaaack? Obviously 1970s Jack and not early nineties Jack but it's wild to consider.

Wow, that is wild. Did the book say who was being considered for the Whitney Houston role when Jack was considering it?

No, it didn't sadly, but in looking up the casting history online, I see that after the McQueen-Ross incarnation didn't happen, a few years later they were going to make it with Diana Ross and Ryan O'Neal, who were dating at the time? But they broke up and the project fell through again.

[Spinderella]

My hate for Hollywood continues to grow. Universal & Joel Silver to remake "Weird Science".

John Hughes is rolling over in his grave.

[mementomori]

Lemme guess, Kate Upton is playing Lisa.

[GoldenFleece]

I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot planned for 2016. All the CW/ABC Family/MTV people, get ready!

[GoldenFleece]

Ben Affleck re-teaming with David Fincher and Gillian Flynn for a 'Strangers on a Train' remake:

Though the Hitchcock remake–a Warner Bros library title and an adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel–will be its basis, this film will be contemporary and redefined for the times. This one might be best titled Strangers On A Plane, as Affleck will play a variation of the role played by Farley Granger of a tennis pro who is bored with his marriage and wants to get divorced, but instead gets entwined with a wealthy socialite psycho who proposes the notion of exchanging murders. The twist here is a compelling one. Affleck will play a movie star–in the middle of a campaign for an Oscar during awards season–whose private plane breaks down and is given a ride to LA on another plane by a wealthy stranger. In Fincher’s hands, who knows how that goes, but it sure does seem like fertile ground.

Ben's playing an actor who's going to bump off his wife for the AMPAS sympathy votes? I guess it's too far gone to trot out the wife and kids for photo ops at the farmers' market? At least they are putting a new twist on it instead of another shot-for-shot remake like Psycho.

[LurkerNan]

Weird Science? Why? It was a piece of shit back in the day, why waste time, effort and money redoing crap?

Is there not anyone left in the industry doing anything new?

Plus, there are some things they could do back in the 80s I do not think they can do comically now... and one of them is showing a much older woman seducing teen boys.