"Saw" Maker to Tackle "Scanners" Remake
Darren Lynn Bousman, director of "Saw 2," "Saw 3," and the upcoming "Saw 4," will soon be helming a remake of David Cronenberg's "Scanners" for Dimension Films. They also signed a pretty good screenwriter for the gig...
...and that writer is David S. Goyer, whose flicks include "Dark City," "Blade," "Blade 2," and "Batman Begins."
For those who don't remember the original "Scanners," click right here to check out the now-famous "exploding head" sequence. (It's a pretty cool old Cronenberg flick, one that'd make for a great double feature with the man's "Videodrome.")
Sources: IGN Movies, Variety
...and that writer is David S. Goyer, whose flicks include "Dark City," "Blade," "Blade 2," and "Batman Begins."
For those who don't remember the original "Scanners," click right here to check out the now-famous "exploding head" sequence. (It's a pretty cool old Cronenberg flick, one that'd make for a great double feature with the man's "Videodrome.")
Sources: IGN Movies, Variety
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on Mar 01 2007 03:40 AM Awesome! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 03:45 AM Oh cool, this has some potential! (Reply to this) |
on Mar 01 2007 06:19 AM [b]NO.[/b] No, NONONONONONONONONO. NO. No, NONO (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 07:07 AM Crap I forgot all about David Cronenberg's past films. They're ripe for remakes! The Brood Videodrome They Came from Within Dead Zone Crash Naked Lunch (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 07:49 AM In reply to this comment (#857094) you're forgetting a history of violence. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 09:44 AM [b]Not a great idea[/b] This could end up being a bunch of comic book-informed popcorn trash that treats the Scanners as a group of wisecracking X-Men rejects, rather than haunted and troubled everyday citizens scarred by the pharmaceutical industry. I think this is gonna make me want to explode some people’s heads with the power of my mind. WILL SOMEONE IN CHARGE OF AMERICAN HORROR FILMS PLEASE COMMISSION AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY???!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 09:50 AM ^^^ I agree with this guy, its just going to turn into another Saw 3. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 10:28 AM In reply to this comment (#857096) You are so right. I can picture this having a lot more in common with "X-Men" than the original "Scanners." And there can never be a better Darryl Revok than Michael Ironside. (Reply to this) |
on Mar 01 2007 10:33 AM "And there can never be a better Darryl Revok than Michael Ironside." Entirely true. Don't remake this. PLEASE, at least not with him in charge of it. He's going to ruin it. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 10:43 AM In reply to this comment (#857092) [b]What in God's name....[/b] would lead you to that conclusion? (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 11:09 AM Damn. He's not a good director. But it's a remake... so who cares? Then again, I've only ever seen this guy do Saw films, and he might have very well be trying to copy the (Reply to this) |
on Mar 01 2007 12:30 PM In reply to this comment (#857093) Sadistik, man... I'm SO with you on this one... (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 01:39 PM The original "Scanners" still stands on it's own. It does not need to be remade. The only reason I can see would be to water it down, sell it as a horror film "from the director of 'Saw'", and watch the money roll in. I don't want to be presumptuous, but this really sounds like a terrible idea. "Scanners" is much more than a horror film, and still stands today as one of the most disturbing films made from the great Cronenberg. On the other hand, who knows? David S. Goyer is a capable writer, as he has demonstrated in the past, but "Scanners" should not be treated like a comic book movie. It's not a genre film. It's something entirely different. Here's hoping nobody remakes "Videodrome" next. That would be awful. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 04:15 PM [b]Exploding bodies[/b] By the way, if you thought the exploding head in "Scanners" was cool, John Cassavetes' entire body explodes at the end of Brian DePalma's "The Fury" (1978), another telekinesis thriller they'll probably get around to remaking soon. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 05:30 PM [b]F'in remakes[/b] I have to agree all these horror remakes are getting old they all suck in comparison to the originals. But they are all profitable so that is why they are being made. Hollywood would like to have you believe that there aren't any more original horror ideas out there any more. This is not true I personally have a feature lenght horror script sitting on my desk top that is not only original, but scary, gruesome and ends with a surprising twist. However even though I work in the industry I don't have the contacts to get the ball rolling on my project. Well untill someone decides to start making horror movies for the love of horror movies and not just for the money we will all have to suffer. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 01 2007 10:43 PM Stop with the damn remakes already!!!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 02 2007 02:48 AM Hollywood horror is corrupt and corporatized: financially bloated, yet imaginatively bankrupt. The whole genre is about showing people things they haven't seen before, or things they dare not imagine. If they're gonna adapt anything, then how about a big-budget series of Clive Barker's Books of Blood stories? A film of 'In The Hills, The Cities' would turn people's minds inside out. The current captains of the fear industry would rather not create their own legendary pictures, as it's too easy to whip up diluted versions of older classics and sell them to an audience too young to know the difference and too lazy to care. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 02 2007 03:08 AM scanners is a cool movie. why not release it again in cinema witha good marketing campain. this means the investment will be very low and every buck is almost profit and the quality will be great. to be honest i would like to see (and pay) some of the great horror picks in cinema so i can finally see them on a biog screen. just imagine the thing, haloween or the original texas chainsaw on a gigantic screen. maybe hollywood should just bring back the originals instead of making lame remakes. (i believe that there are a lot of people who want to see these movies again. disney does/did it all the time and star wars has been back for at least 3 times) this could be a very good idea and every year you just pick up a classic and hype it, that's all they have to do. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 02 2007 04:45 AM [b]Gerke, I agree, but...[/b] Cost-cutting logic has never really appealed to studio bigshots. You could take your argument further and say, "Well, why don't they just buy up distribution rights for Asian horror movies and release them as wide as your average film-of-the-week" - which is certainly a course of action that I would support. However, in most studio circles, subtitles are still one of the Last Great Taboos, and they're scared that US audiences will only want to experience the classy Asian narratives if they've been recast with Naomi Watts of Buffy the Goddamn Vampire Slayer. Ditto Scanners: would it be easier for them to sell a tie-in videogame off the back of a solemn slice of art-horror from the early 80s with all the period's off-kilter fashion choices freaking out the Timberlake fans, or in connection with a vapid comic book redux shot by a trend-surfing torture-porn peddler and lit like a bad nightclub? The studios have no interest in respecting the past. They're banking on their audience having short-term memories, and all they aspire to do is make them shorter. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 02 2007 06:08 AM David Cronenberg is master director, but "Scanners" was and has always been a boring piece of shit. It's a way overrated "cult classic" for one reason and one reason only; the gimmicky exploding head. The remake will at least have more believable effects and hopefully be less cheesy. (Reply to this) |
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