"The Host" is getting remade?! NOOOOO!

Jordan · January 03, 2007, 12:11:10 PM

Apparently Universal has snapped up the rights and is planning on remaking this wonderful film..... I plan on performing seppuku in retaliation. Right in the center of Universal Studios Florida! (Sadly, I'll probably lay there for quite some time before someone realizes it wasn't a special effect. LOL!) Anyway, read this depressing bit o' news here at Chud.com:
http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=8394

Andrew · January 03, 2007, 01:01:08 PM

Hollywood seems bent on doing this these days, at least with successful Asian films. If you make a good movie, they want to buy the rights so that they can film an English version, because no way would Americans enjoy watching a film in another language.

Thank goodness this did not happen to "Amelie."

BeyondTheGrave · January 03, 2007, 01:41:11 PM

Dam when is it going to stop. On the American front I heard theirs a Hellrasier, Creature fo the Black Lagoon and Wizard of Gore remakes.

Sequels seem to be in full swing with other Hostel and Saw 4.....

Shadow · January 03, 2007, 07:38:57 PM

Say it ain't so. I bet they redesign the creature, change the nature of the story so it isn't centered on a family and try to score some name celebrity to headline.

Jordan · January 03, 2007, 11:34:37 PM

You know, this makes me wonder if we the people have the power the shut a movie down.... Seriously, if the online communities started b***hing enough and confirmed a boycott of a film, such as the possible remake of "The Host," would Hollywood stand down???

Probably not, but its a nice dream isn't it?

Andrew · January 04, 2007, 12:05:27 PM

Unfortunately, I doubt we could, if the desire to stop it was based on "Don't film a needless remake." If the remake was going to feature something that people could protest against, then you might be able to get enough public interest. In this case, I think people would react with, "Well, it's their money." Not a terrible reaction, because making a flop movie is a way to dissuade others.

CoreyHeldpen · January 04, 2007, 09:29:23 PM

Quote from: Jordan on January 03, 2007, 12:11:10 PM
Apparently Universal has snapped up the rights and is planning on remaking this wonderful film..... I plan on performing seppuku in retaliation. Right in the center of Universal Studios Florida! (Sadly, I'll probably lay there for quite some time before someone realizes it wasn't a special effect. LOL!) Anyway, read this depressing bit o' news here at Chud.com:
http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=8394

I am NOT pleased.

Yaddo 42 · January 05, 2007, 08:29:25 AM

Somehow I could see an American remake of Amelie starring Nicole Ritchie. It would suck, and be a pale shadow of the original, but that's the direction I could see them going in.

A Wizard of Gore remake? OK, but only if they keep that ending, to p**s off and confuse a new generation.