Filmism.net Dispatch May 19, 2008
Remake news ahoy – normally I'm not too interested except that announcements have come down the pipeline for the resurrection of two of my favourites.
The Weinsteins are going to do a Fraggle Rock movie - complete with Gobo, Wembely, Boober, Mokey and Red, the live action human characters and all the others I absolutely loved when I was about 13. I can't see how they could get that wrong, with Jim Henson's children Brian and Lisa – who nowadays head up Jim Henson Productions – in the driver's seat.
And MGM has issued talk of redoing one of my favourite movies ever, Robocop . If they make the mistake of thinking it's just an action movie, it'll be an easily forgotten knock-off for the Xbox generation. If they maintain the razor sharp subtext of social commentary Verhoeven snuck past dumb American studios and distributors, it'll be cinematic gold.
The Weinsteins are going to do a Fraggle Rock movie - complete with Gobo, Wembely, Boober, Mokey and Red, the live action human characters and all the others I absolutely loved when I was about 13. I can't see how they could get that wrong, with Jim Henson's children Brian and Lisa – who nowadays head up Jim Henson Productions – in the driver's seat.
And MGM has issued talk of redoing one of my favourite movies ever, Robocop . If they make the mistake of thinking it's just an action movie, it'll be an easily forgotten knock-off for the Xbox generation. If they maintain the razor sharp subtext of social commentary Verhoeven snuck past dumb American studios and distributors, it'll be cinematic gold.