Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 by Angie Han
As we head into Thanksgiving weekend and gear up to watch what feels like a dozen new releases this weekend, FilmDistrict and Sony have quietly announced new release dates for a few of their projects.
That long-delayed Red Dawn remake that FilmDistrict picked up earlier this fall is now scheduled to drop next fall, while Sony’s Pixels and Singularity have both set dates for 2013. Meanwhile, we finally have a set date for that Kathryn Bigelow project about Osama bin Laden. More details after the jump.
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FilmDistrict is turning into the distributor of odd orphans. It grabbed the former Miramax project Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, and is now reportedly about to pick up the Red Dawn remake directed by Bourne second-unit shooter Dan Bradley. MGM financed and shot the film in 2009 before undergoing bankruptcy and reorganization. The movie made news early this year when we became aware that the Chinese enemies were being digitally altered into North Korean adversaries, hopefully to avoid pissing off the rapidly expanding Chinese movie market.
We thought we might see the movie via Sony, but that deal never went through. Now FilmDistrict, riding a Drive-fueled high, is stepping in. Read More »
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Things were so simple when the original Red Dawn was released in 1984. The world seemed like a smaller place. Our enemies were defined clear and simple. (Well, sometimes.) If a studio wanted to make a movie about how much it would suck if one of those enemies managed to invade the States, it would do it. Don’t like that? John Milius, the original Walter Sobchak, says tough shit, and bugger off.
Things aren’t so simple now. The identities of our enemies aren’t nearly as clear-cut. Some, for example, might say that China is an enemy simply by virtue of the fact that the country is one of the last bastions of communism. Others look at China’s ballooning economy and say,”well, wait a second here, maybe we can live with the communism so long as they have all that delicious money.” (And a great many others aren’t really worried about China one way or the other.) Go read the Economist if you want to get into details there; meanwhile I’ll cut to the chase.
In 2009 a remake of Red Dawn was shot, and in 2010 it was shelved when solvency of MGM dissolved like a wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz. Now there’s a plan forming to release the film. Trouble is, the Soviet enemies in the original were replaced with Chinese aggressors for the remake, and in the past couple years China has become one of the most important economies for media consumption. Oops? Enter digital artists, who can safely change the Chinese insignias to those of North Korea. Read More »
We’ve known in the past 24 hours that Sony and MGM were working on a deal that would allow Sony to again distribute James Bond, and that would also carry forward as a real partnership between the studios.
Now we have more details, and some of them are quite good. The deal will allow Sony to “release all future films made by MGM,” as well as films that have already been completed. That means we could actually see The Cabin in the Woods, written and produced by Joss Whedon and directed by Cloverfield writer Drew Goddard, and the Red Dawn remake this year. Read More »
As MGM has come out of bankruptcy and inched closer to being a real working studio once more, we’ve heard a lot about the potential for The Hobbit and a new James Bond film. We haven’t heard much at all, however, about the completed remake of Red Dawn, which has been sitting on the shelf for six months. So enjoy this cast photo (which is likely a costume test, and definitely not a still frame) showing the new Wolverines, among whom is Chris Hemsworth (Thor).
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Now’s the time to start laying odds on how long it will be before we hear about the twenty-third James Bond film going forward. MGM has announced that it is out of bankruptcy, and that the company has been successfully restructured. Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum of Spyglass Entertainment are the new co-chairmen and CEOs, and the company has $500m worth of financing to throw around. With that money and new structure in place, expect to start hearing about new films not long after the calendar turns to 2011. Read More »
Subtonix decided to create a map of the United States by pinpointing the movies which best represent each of the 50 states. For example, New Jersey is Clerks and Kansas is The Wizard of Oz. There will likely be some debate over some of these choices (is Fast Times at Ridgemont High the ultimate representation of California?) but it is an interesting concept none the less. It’s also interesting to note that more Coen Brothers films appear on the map than any other filmmaker. Hit the jump to see the whole map, and click to enlarge.
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