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Post by eJm on Aug 5, 2007 18:51:21 GMT -5
www.thehollywoodnews.com/artman2/publish/movie_news/They_re_remaking_The_Wicker_Man_again_05080710.phpRobin Hardy, the director of the original WICKER MAN, and not the dire Nicolas Cage remake, is writing and helming COWBOYS FOR CHRIST, a 're-imagining' of THE WICKER MAN which uses the same story, against a different backdrop. The rather cool news is that Christopher Lee, who starred in the original, is set to star in this also! Moviehole reports: Starring Christopher Lee and Faye Dunaway, the film tells of a Christian singing star and her chaste fiance, a Texas cowboy, who travel to Scotland for a music festival that is merely the curtain-raiser for a horrific pagan ritual of sacrifice and murder, and it's uncertain if the power of the Americans' Christian faith will be strong enough to survive the assault of the pagans. So....let me understand this... The Wicker Man was remade last year with Nicolas Cage which was an adaption of the film. So the director wants to remake his film from scratch again...with the same actors and story as he did before. Here's a question. Why didn't he just do that in the first place? 
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Post by jcdenton on Aug 5, 2007 18:52:11 GMT -5
f***, that was fast
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Aug 5, 2007 18:55:28 GMT -5
I would imagine he is trying to wash the stink off the original it picked up off the remake, by showing it can be remade the right way, and it wasn't just a tired concept.
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Post by Chainsaw on Aug 5, 2007 18:57:39 GMT -5
www.thehollywoodnews.com/artman2/publish/movie_news/They_re_remaking_The_Wicker_Man_again_05080710.phpRobin Hardy, the director of the original WICKER MAN, and not the dire Nicolas Cage remake, is writing and helming COWBOYS FOR CHRIST, a 're-imagining' of THE WICKER MAN which uses the same story, against a different backdrop. The rather cool news is that Christopher Lee, who starred in the original, is set to star in this also! Moviehole reports: Starring Christopher Lee and Faye Dunaway, the film tells of a Christian singing star and her chaste fiance, a Texas cowboy, who travel to Scotland for a music festival that is merely the curtain-raiser for a horrific pagan ritual of sacrifice and murder, and it's uncertain if the power of the Americans' Christian faith will be strong enough to survive the assault of the pagans. So....let me understand this... The Wicker Man was remade last year with Nicolas Cage which was an adaption of the film. So the director wants to remake his film from scratch again...with the same actors and story as he did before. Here's a question. Why didn't he just do that in the first place? Because the studios wanted nothing to do with Hardy's original, I'm guessing. And if it wasn't for that, we wouldn't get the mental image of Nic Cage in a bear suit running and punching out a woman. Actually, I think this was something that Robi was talking about while the Wicker Man remake was being made. |
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 5, 2007 20:06:34 GMT -5
As long as there's bears punching chicks again, I'm there.
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Post by rra on Aug 5, 2007 20:12:06 GMT -5
Man, the Nic Cage WICKER MAN remake was dog s***. Seriously, what the f***?
But yeah, unless my memory is fuzzy, he crapped on the Cage-remake last year. Maybe he wants revenge of sorts, by showing how to do it.
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Post by erisi236 on Aug 5, 2007 20:17:10 GMT -5
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Post by Will Has 'Til Five, Ref on Aug 5, 2007 20:17:22 GMT -5
"NOT THE BEES! THE BEES ARE IN MY EYES! AGGGH!"
Best. Line. Delivery. Ever.
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Post by rra on Aug 5, 2007 20:19:49 GMT -5
I just realized something with Nic Cage's last few movies, all those stinkers.
Is he the new Kevin Costner in terms of consecutive-stinker streak?
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Post by erisi236 on Aug 5, 2007 20:21:13 GMT -5
I think Nic Cage has far surpassed Costner in terms of rotten flicks
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Post by Jiren on Aug 5, 2007 20:22:29 GMT -5
As funny as the s*** remake was, the Rifftrax makes it 1000 times funnier
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Post by acressl on Aug 5, 2007 20:23:35 GMT -5
LOL. I just saw that movie just now. (the Nick Cage edition) I love when he's running around karate kicking people near the end. Strange movie but there's so many things that beg poking fun at. I enjoyed it when treated as a comedy.
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Post by Chainsaw on Aug 5, 2007 20:27:49 GMT -5
The sad thing is, the material does not lend itself to comedy per se, especially the ending. The fact that the makers of the remake inadvertently turned it into a comedy really speaks volumes to where remakes are right now.
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Post by acressl on Aug 5, 2007 20:30:53 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me what the deal was with that mutant looking dude that was sitting up in a bed in Summer's Isle's room was? A concubine?
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Post by Jiren on Aug 5, 2007 20:33:16 GMT -5
As bad a shape as horror movies are in now at least we have a few good ones that give hope.
- Dead silence
- Land of the dead
- 28 Days/weeks later
- Saw (the first two, 3 SUCKED)
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 5, 2007 20:36:09 GMT -5
HOW'D IT GET BURNED? HOW'D IT GET BURNEDHOWDITGETBURNED
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Post by erisi236 on Aug 5, 2007 20:38:11 GMT -5
As bad a shape as horror movies are in now at least we have a few good ones that give hope. - Dead silence - Land of the dead - 28 Days/weeks later - Saw (the first two, 3 SUCKED) You know I like Land of the Dead and all but.... Something about it just doesn't sit right with me, Big Daddy sucked for example, and I hate Horror/Zombie movies that rely on human stupidity and Seld-M-Break fences to move the story along. |
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Post by acressl on Aug 5, 2007 20:38:59 GMT -5
I think Nick riding around on that bike hurts his badass credibility a little. Also, I'd have never guessed the wicker man was in fact a giant wicker man. Talk about a plot twist.
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Post by Jiren on Aug 5, 2007 20:41:12 GMT -5
I love it when he kicks Lelee sobieski in the face Chuck Norris style
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Post by acressl on Aug 5, 2007 20:42:31 GMT -5
I love it when he kicks Lelee sobieski in the face Chuck Norris style Is that the one that is sent cascading into the harvest festival pictures or whatever? |
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