Why, Oh Why, remake....

[docm]

<p><font size="3"><strong><font size="4" color="#8b0000">HIGHLANDER ?</font></strong> <img class="inlineimg" src="http://forums.murc.ws/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)" /> <img class="inlineimg" src="http://forums.murc.ws/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)" /><br /><br /></font><font size="3">Hollywood Reporter article....</font><br /><br /></p><div style="margin:5px20px20px"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom:2px"><font size="3">Quote:</font></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="alt2" style="border:1pxinset"><font size="3"><strong>Summit takes on 'Highlander' redo</strong><br /><br /><strong><em>'Iron Man' writers on board for script</em></strong><br /><br />By Borys Kit<br /><br />May 20, 2008, 02:39 PM<br /><br />Updated: May 20, 2008, 11:12 PM<br /><br /><strong><em>Who says there can be only one?</em></strong><br /><br /><strong><font color="#8b0000">Summit Entertainment is bringing back to the big screen the 1986 sci-fi cult hit "Highlander," with "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway on board to write the script.</font></strong><br /><br />The original "Highlander" starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings battling humans, hunting down one another and collecting more power. Lambert played Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod, Connery portrayed an Egyptian and Clancy was a barbarian known as the Kurgan. The film -- with its "There can be only one" catch phrase -- spawned four sequels and three television series.<br /><br />Summit acquired the rights to remake the cult classic from Davis/Panzer Prods. Peter Davis, one of the original producers of the 1986 film, also will produce the new film.<br /><br />Davis said the new "Highlander" will not just be a remake but will incorporate more backstory elements and prequel aspects that will be fleshed out to expand the story line in a way that is inventive yet faithful to the original story.<br /><br />He also said romance was key to the series' popularity and would be a central theme in the new film.<br /><br />"I would hate to think that people viewed 'Highlander' as a sword fighting movie because it's much more than that," he said. "The issues of an immortal falling in love with a woman and knowing she's going to grow old and die in your arms, those are very romantic issues to deal with."<br /><br />By acquiring the rights to the property, Summit gains a recognizable brand and a franchise with worldwide popularity.<br /><br />Summit's president of production Erik Feig, along with the company's senior vp production Geoff Shaevitz and creative executive Gillian Bohrer, will oversee the project for the studio.<br /><br />Marcum and Holloway, repped by ICM, also penned "Convoy," which is set up at Paramount.</font>

 

[schmack]

<br /><br /><font size="2">I loved the highlander movies, and i'll probably watch the new one. That may well be what the makers are banking on, the fact that those of us who loved the first will want to see the new one out of curiosity if for no other reason. You'll go and see it too, admit it!</font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="4" color="#ff0000"><font size="2">Assumption is the mother of all stuff ups</font> </font></p><p><font size="4" color="#ff0000">Gimme some Schmack Schmack!</font></p> </div>

 

[Mee_n_Mac]

The first movie was good enough, the later ones put the strongest vacuumm cleaner to shame ! I liked the TV series though.&nbsp; I can recall only 2 TV spinoffs, <em>Highlander</em> and <em>The Raven</em>.&nbsp; What was the 3'rd ? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask not what your Forum Software can do do on you,</font></p><p><font color="#ff0000">Ask it to, please for the love of all that's Holy, <strong>STOP</strong> !</font></p> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I loved the highlander movies.......</DIV></p><p>Higlander was a classic....but....but...Highlander 2 was one the worst sequels of all time. I don't think I've seen anyone add the plural when complimenting these films! </p><p>And after Highlander 2,&nbsp;a director would&nbsp;have to be nuts to take it any further<br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Higlander was a classic....but....but...Highlander 2 was one the worst sequels of all time. I don't think I've seen anyone add the plural when complimenting these films! And after Highlander 2,&nbsp;a director would&nbsp;have to be nuts to take it any further <br /> Posted by jmilsom</DIV></p><p>Guess what?&nbsp; They did.&nbsp; Two TV series, an animated TV series, an online flash animated series, two more big-screen movies, and one made-for-TV movie.&nbsp; Oh, and there's an opera too.&nbsp; Seriously.&nbsp;</p><p>What I don't get is why anyone would remake <em>easily the best movie of the entire franchise</em>.&nbsp; *shakes head*&nbsp; No sense.&nbsp; No sense at all.</p><p>And because some audience members didn't realize that there was a love story in it?&nbsp; C'mon.&nbsp; If the audience didn't figure that out, then a remake is not gonna help.&nbsp; Just how stupid do they think the moviegoers are?&nbsp; Sheesh....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>EDIT: I wonder how Gregory Widen feels about this, and especially about not being asked to write it?&nbsp; He's the one who came up with the idea. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>