“Listen, we’re going to have this remake, okay? And it’s going to be great, babe.”
With their stint at Crystal Lake going swimmingly, Platinum Dunes slithered out of the devil’s bedroom to talk about their upcoming remake of Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby a.k.a Why Not? Michael Bay Made Transformers. Producer Brad Fuller more or less explained my alternative title for their remake to STYD…
“If we don’t do Rosemary’s Baby someone else is,” says Fuller. “They’re not going to pass on that. …All the shit we get for doing these things, it really just comes from being huge fans and wanting to take a shot.”
Fuller’s is the greatest justification, not just for remaking classic films, but for everything in life. What Fuller is trying to say is, “we just want to do hood rat things for our friends.” And I’m curious to know who the “they’re” he’s referring to is. Hahah. Did he get a phone call from a smoking man who said, “A Rosemary’s Baby remake has been discussed by another studio, and the actresses mentioned for Rosemary simply aren’t hot enough. And it might be PG-13.”?
“Platinum Dunes, saving moviegoers from unknown disappointment since 2008.” - thankful moviegoer
Not really sure I follow what this next quote is trying to convey…
“You would say Rosemary’s Baby supernatural story, so one of our takes is supernatural, the other is not supernatural. It takes that story and roots it in reality and that’s going to be a decision that we’re going to have to make soon as we wrap Friday the 13th …and start sitting down with Paramount as to what kind of story do they want us to tell for them and what’s the smartest way to tell that story.”
Does this mean that the original film’s spawn of Satan storyline and the coven would be excluded? I don’t know, but it’s pretty funny. Platinum Dunes is not really based in reality in my opinion, but that’s not a bad thing.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:57 am
What a dumb loser. He needs to kill himself.
You guys haven’t mentioned that there’s gonna be a remake of My Fair Lady, too. WTF, that’s a classic.
Oh god.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
“and start sitting down with Paramount as to what kind of story do they want us to tell for them and what’s the smartest way to tell that story.â€
We’ll I’m glad that the creative decisions are going to be made by the suits on this one!!
Jackass.
Ultimately when they remake a great film, it makes the original that much better.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
No more remakes by FANS.
Platinum Dunes: Consider hiring some FILMMAKERS and STORYTELLERS and trying to do something that some other idiot can remake in 20 years.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I wish other studios were this blunt and honest.
Seriously, what he’s trying to say really is that, “This is my basketball and if I can’t be on the winning team then nobody can play with my basketball.”
This is seriously 3rd grade logic here, and it really does explain a lot about what these asses are thinking behind the cutain.
How could you remake a Roman P. classic picture without it being rated R, let alone with a worthwhile director?
The original is so crazy I doubt 99.9% of the filmakers in hollywood would even come close to the classic.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
@ Jezzus
Just to clarify, I think the PD remake will be rated R. ;)
June 9th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Rosemary’s Abortion.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
“What a dumb loser. He needs to kill himself.”
Pretty much agree here.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I’ll take a stab at what the last quote means….
I think the ’supernatural’ angle would be the devil child - coven plot of the original version. Easy enough.
The supernaturalnessless version would make us wonder “is the child REALLY evil or has Brooke Sheilds gotten to Rosemary and she’s just suffering from some post partum depression thinking people are after her satanic baby”
Either way I’m excited to see a pixie-do on Jessica Alba!
June 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
This guy has got to be related to either Uwe Boll or Brett Ratner.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
More like Platiinum Douche.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Only one thing can describe my reaction to this mans words…
http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10071/picard-no-facepalm.jpg
June 9th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I agree with Angry Broomstick’s first statement. A remake should *never* be undertaken just because “OMG, someone else might do it!”. So what? P
But the second point is nonsense. “My Fair Lady” was itself a remake - a musical remake of “Pygmalion”, and the second one at that. Theatrical versions of stage musicals should almost automatically get a pass in any event, as stage musicals themselves are “remade” in each performance, and each touring cast, and each tour, at each venue. They often get updated, rewritten, re-staged, and e-interpreted. Its really not comparable to a story originating in, or first adapted for, a film, IMO.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Speaking of remakes…I’m waiting for the day when a real filmmaker will remake Star Wars Episodes 1, 2 and 3 and make them into decent movies. I should live so long.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Ian, I bet there WILL be Star Wars remakes… in 20 years!!!!
LOLZ
June 9th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Has anyone seen the original?
I remember seeing the original a few years ago and being freaked out at the scene at the end. I won’t spoil it but it had the line “What have you done to him? What have you done to his eyes, you maniacs!”.
It was the look of shock on Mia Farrow’s face that terrified me. Will they replicate this I wonder? …
June 9th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
What actions can we take to stop this from happening?
June 10th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Cheers to April who said:
Rosemary’s Abortion.
….sounds fitting if you ask me.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
um, not based in the supernatural? um, what kind of story do they want to tell? umm, did he even read the book Rosemary’s Baby? did he even see the original film?? this is going to bad, a PG-13 Rosemary’s Baby with gorgeous teenie boppers crying over a devil baby…will there be a happy ending? spawn of satan brady bunch?