Remake Bits: New ‘Gremlins’ Needs Spielberg’s Blessing; ‘Red Dawn’ Poster; ‘The Loft’ Trailer

Posted on Thursday, August 9th, 2012 by Russ Fischer

Sometimes we put all the depressing remake news in one place, but this installment is relatively uplifting. It has news about one big hurdle any new Gremlins film faces, an innocuous new poster, and a silly but entertaining trailer. After the break,

• A Gremlins remake can’t happen without Steven Spielberg’s blessing,
• See the poster for Red Dawn,
• and check out the trailer for The Loft, which remakes a 2008 Belgian thriller.

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Patrick Wilson and James Marsden in Talks to Lead Remake of Thriller ‘Loft’

Posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2011 by Russ Fischer

Belgium has an international profile in some circles — it is a resource for joke writers and beer connoisseurs — but in the film world it is more notable as a location or reference (In Bruges, The Brothers Bloom) than as the base for a thriving Flemmish-language film industry. But there are the occasional breakout pictures, and the thriller Loft was one. The 2008 film was a local hit, and is now spawning an English-language remake that will likely star Patrick Wilson and James Marsden. Read More »

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