[chance33_98]

I bet they will make Davy Crockett Gay and show the US as the evil agressor :)

[goldstategop]

The original 1960 John Wayne classic will forever be remembered as THE MOVIE.

[antaresequity]

I think Howard is trying to cast off his image of making "Safe" movies. Howard isn't gay btw...[previous post]

[roachie]

No doubt. That would be very sad. :(

[jonascord]

"Whether that's going to be satisfactory to everyone. I doubt it.

Translation: As long as it is politically correct, what does truth have to do with it?

[Thud]

I'd rather have Howard as producer and Oliver Stone as director. Stone is better with a camera, and the result would be more of a hoot. And the screenplay should be by the guys who did Pearl Harbor.

I'd love to see Monica Lewinsky as the love interest. Gotta have a love interest.

I invite my fellow Freepers to post other casting ideas such as Martin Short as Davy Crockett, Dennis Quaid as Santa Ana, etc.

[Euro-American Scum]

I bet they will make Davy Crockett Gay and show the US as the evil agressor :)

With Santa Ana leading a joint Gay and Lesbian task force to liberate the oppressed masses from the hate-filled homophobic Texas bigots.

[jlogajan]

The ultimate Alamo film was part of PeeWee's Big Adventure -- wherein the viewer is shocked to learn that the Alamo has no basement.

But they do rent a dang fine car.

[Nita Nupress]

Whaddya think?

[mystery-ak]

I think Russell Crowe should play Davey Crockett....LOL.....well, there has to be a part in this somewhere.

[Arkie2]

Ron Howard has a better grasp on reality than most in Hollyweird. He did a great job on Apollo 13 and I would give him the benefit of the doubt. Not to mention, if he screws it up he'll never be able to set foot in Texas again!

[boris]

Gosh, I thought Apollo 13 was pretty good...

--Boris

[strela]

"Our intention would be to work with as many people as possible I had very good experiences working that way when I was making television movies here," Howard said, "I'm not giving away the story."

Too late, Ron ... the Mexicans won the battle, big guy.

[docmcb]

The real assault was made an hour before dawn (the Mexicans weren't idiots). Good luck making a movie with a climax nobody can see.

[cynicom]

That Hollywood crowd will rewrite history to be sure.

[cricket]

"I bet they will make Davy Crockett Gay and show the US as the evil agressor :)"

. . .Ron is great. . .a real-life 'Opie'. . .doesn't abandon 'values' in his film making. . .not a Liberal's Liberal.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Then masses of media get their chance to pick his brain regarding his plans.

I have always said, the masses are asses....

[Young Rhino]

I took my kid to the Alamo yesterday, and we saw the IMAX movie re: same across the street. Very bad acting, and extremely politically correct...Santa Ana bad man...rest of Mexican army oppressed and forced to capture Alamo by bad man.

[Washington-Husky]

Ping! Remember the Alamo!

[Mr. Jeeves]

Vicente Fox would make a fine Santa Anna.

[Revolting cat!]

Cinematic arts (yes, arts) in this country have deteriorated to the point where it won't be possible to make a wacky offbeat art film on Alamo with an original take on the events, a straight up Western a la John Ford, or a Shakespearean tragedy. We'll be served politically correct mindless Cecil De Mille spectacles with a pseudo sophisticated plot, and who needs those.