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361912, Dimension Films is remaking ''Short Circuit''
Posted by m, Fri Apr-04-08 05:21 AM
Source: Variety
April 4, 2008
Dimension Films has acquired rights to remake the 1986 film, "Short Circuit," reports Variety.
The original introduced Number 5, a robot built by the military to be a highly sophisticated weapon. It developed a conscience and a personality after being hit by lightning, and then needed the help of humans after it was targeted for destruction by its makers, once it became a peacenik.
S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock, who created the characters and wrote both "Short Circuit" films, have been hired to write the remake.
David Foster and Ryan E. Heppe will produce with John Hyde.
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361915, Finally
Posted by MC Rucifee at work, Fri Apr-04-08 05:40 AM
What have they been waiting for?
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361917, why not, right?
Posted by BigWorm, Fri Apr-04-08 06:40 AM
All I'm wondering is, where are the remakes to these:
Goonies
Flight of the Navigator
Explorer
Legend
Labyrinth
The Breakfast Club
Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Airplane
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Bugsy Malone
Hollywood really needs to pick up the pace a little if they're going to totally ruin all my childhood movie memories before I turn 30.
(The sad thing is, I bet at least half of the movies I listed probably are in talks for remakes)
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361921, "Bumped" is the Breakfast Club "remake"
Posted by SoulHonky, Fri Apr-04-08 06:59 AM
"Veteran producer Bridget Johnson will produce "Bumped," a modern-day version of "The Breakfast Club," with McG protege Anna Mastro attached to direct from a script by Lizzy Weiss.
"Bumped" is a comedy-drama revolving around five twentysomethings -- including a corporate go-getter, a musician and a flirt -- who normally wouldn't be friends but who get to know one another when they're bumped from a flight and wind up stranded at Chicago's O'Hare Airport."
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As for some of the others,
Soul Plane was basically the Airplane "remake" although I wouldn't be stunned if the Epic Movie guys tried to do it. They are making a spoof of Superbad so why not Airplane?
Goonies - They were talking about making a musical of it. Not sure what happened with that. It might have been an April Fools joke for all I know.
Flight of the Navigator isn't up yet but The Last Starfighter is.
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361968, McG has a protege?
Posted by ternary_star, Fri Apr-04-08 10:30 AM
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361996, Mazda
Posted by jigga, Fri Apr-04-08 11:34 AM
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362024, What about a Gremlins remake with lots of CGI?
Posted by McDeezNuts, Fri Apr-04-08 12:25 PM
(please please no)
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362055, no.
Posted by m, Fri Apr-04-08 03:05 PM
>All I'm wondering is, where are the remakes to these:
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>Goonies
>The Breakfast Club
>Ferris Bueller's Day Off
>Airplane!
These 4 films are perfect and should be left alone.
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361967, that fucking blows.
Posted by Deluge, Fri Apr-04-08 10:29 AM
regardless theyre getting the original writers
but theres no way this is going to be good
leave the fucking 80s alone
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361973, FUCK!
Posted by hardware, Fri Apr-04-08 10:50 AM
nghs out there really have no original ideas anymore.
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362025, RE: FUCK!
Posted by Brother_Afron, Fri Apr-04-08 12:33 PM
The first one was pretty horrible anyway.
However, the second one remains a personal favorite.
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361978, JONNY FIVE!!!
Posted by Ceej, Fri Apr-04-08 10:59 AM
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362023, nice
Posted by McDeezNuts, Fri Apr-04-08 12:25 PM
As a kid I loved that little robot.
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362013, *sigh*
Posted by araQual, Fri Apr-04-08 11:55 AM
V.
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362043, OMG man they gonna run outta 80's movies in a min
Posted by JAESCOTT777, Fri Apr-04-08 01:51 PM
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362049, Yeah, I liked this movie the first time they made it
Posted by buckshot defunct, Fri Apr-04-08 02:49 PM
When it was called SHORT CIRCUIT
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362052, I dont get it
Posted by Ceej, Fri Apr-04-08 02:57 PM
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362082, Exactly.
Posted by buckshot defunct, Fri Apr-04-08 04:10 PM
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362084, I'm gonna start a riot if they make Johnny all human looking
Posted by Nopayne, Fri Apr-04-08 04:19 PM
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get that picture out of your sig
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362121, you know they gonna change the shit out of him
Posted by Deluge, Fri Apr-04-08 08:31 PM
probably make him all CGI too
and then cats who never even saw the original will jump up defending the looks
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362091, this might seem a little tired after "Wall-E" comes out
Posted by ternary_star, Fri Apr-04-08 04:48 PM
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362096, It was tired from the moment I read the post title.
Posted by Frank Longo, Fri Apr-04-08 05:06 PM
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362095, accompanied by a Debarge reunion tour?
Posted by duD, Fri Apr-04-08 05:05 PM
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362124, RE: accompanied by a Debarge reunion tour?
Posted by Skool3r, Fri Apr-04-08 09:23 PM
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LOL, i was thinking the same thing!!
"Who isss JohnnYYYY?" LMFAO
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362126, Bad Idea Jeans
Posted by Rjcc, Fri Apr-04-08 09:25 PM
FREE CHAI VANG!
YOU'VE READ MY FILE NIGGA (c) Jack 'Mufuckin' Bauer
www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
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457153, Jesus, can they just leave well-enough alone?!
Posted by Dr Claw, Sun Jun-14-09 10:31 PM
The Doc just saw a reference to this on CN.
This is 100% bullshit...they need to leave the '80s alone.
Next, they'll remake Wall Street or something.
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457164, Too late Doc
Posted by JiggysMyDayJob, Sun Jun-14-09 11:54 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_2 Jabroni's already did it.
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457154, NO REASSEMBLE, STEPH-A-NIE!
Posted by Melanism, Sun Jun-14-09 10:35 PM
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457169, laughing at all the replies
Posted by Whiteout, Mon Jun-15-09 01:28 AM
but this sucks.
the reaction about the news is the only good thing about it.
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457284, well played
Posted by jigga, Mon Jun-15-09 12:48 PM
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457168, They need to holla at Aziz Ansari...
Posted by jswerve386, Mon Jun-15-09 01:25 AM
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457175, RE: They need to holla at Aziz Ansari...
Posted by grooverobber, Mon Jun-15-09 02:26 AM
haha, yeah aziz would be an interesting pic... I just now realized the original actor was not indian.
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457176, RE: Dimension Films is remaking ''Short Circuit''
Posted by Agent of Chaos, Mon Jun-15-09 02:30 AM
they should remake the toxic avenger movies
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457196, I can see QT remaking them.
Posted by xbenzive, Mon Jun-15-09 10:13 AM
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457459, They were free On Demand...
Posted by Midtown Records, Tue Jun-16-09 02:00 AM
I don't know if they still are though.
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457200, *Cross fingers for a Weekend at Bernies and Mannequin remake*
Posted by Gemini_Two_One, Mon Jun-15-09 10:22 AM
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Stop using slang just for you to be cool
Cause I go back to when it was cool to be you
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457370, But who is the modern-day Steve Guttenberg? Justin Long?
Posted by DawgEatah, Mon Jun-15-09 04:37 PM
WE MUST DEMAND GUTTENBERG!
http://twitter.com/Balisong
http://www.myspace.com/insightclopediabrown
http://www.myspace.com/dumhi
http://www.youtube.com/group/okayplayer
http://www.last.fm/user/Dawgeatah
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457373, Its sad that in 2009, this movie still qualifies as fiction
Posted by stylez dainty, Mon Jun-15-09 04:44 PM
We should have movies MADE by robots by now, not ones about them.
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457417, Disney/Pixar is not pleased.
Posted by Nukkapedia, Mon Jun-15-09 09:45 PM
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457438, This muhfuh better not TRANSFORM.
Posted by pikon, Mon Jun-15-09 11:22 PM
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