Auditions are already underway.
Posted on 07/20/2008 7:33:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Director:Martin Campbell
Writers:Paul Harris Boardman (writer)
Scott Derrickson (writer) more
Release Date:3 July 2009 (USA) more
Genre:Horror | Thriller more
Plot:A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller about a flock of birds that take over a quiet Northern California town. | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:Remake
Production Notes/Status:
Status:Pre-production
Comments:The film's production dates have been pushed past any possible directors and actors strike.
Status Updated:22 April 2008
Note:Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.
Cast (Credited cast)
Naomi Watts ... Melanie Daniels (rumored)
The 2005 King Kong has been running on cable — Ms. Watts is a capable actress and obviously very comfortable in the CG environment.
HUBRIS.
Bad idea.
Hopefully, the remake will include that suspenseful whistle theme music.
Remaking any Hitchcock — even worse. But Hollywood can't seem to resist.
Ditto to what you said.
I’m betting that, in the remake, the birds’ bad behavior will be due to...global warming.
Probably ... or something like that.
Yep. About as bad as the remake they did of "Psycho." How do you improve on Mr. Hitchcock's masterful work?
Auditions are already underway.
Does this mean that it’s a prequel to “Wall-E”? LOL!
Naomi Watts
I don’t know, her front teeth look like Chiclets to me.
“I am think about. Maybe I no do. But I tell-a you what ingenuity we plan and you tell me what you think. Kong-a lay dead, and — how you say — scientist come and take apart, and Kong come like Frunkensteen — you know Frunkensteen — and he come crazy bad. He kill everyone. And Dwan (Jessica Lange) is now a big-a time movie star and she say, ‘Hey, Kong, remember me?’ She jumps in his hand, he picks her up, put her to his face, smile and then . . . womp, he eat her. You like, Mary?”— Dino de Laurentiis, interviewed by Mary Murphy.
Now, if the modern viewing public has not seen the original, then it's another matter.
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