> I read today in the Hollywood Reporter that
Dreamworks is negotiating
to buy
> rights to all the Matt Helm books. Robert Luketic
(from Legally
Blonde,
> yuck) is signed to direct the first installment. Sad
to say, it
doesn't
> sound like the series is going to get any better
treatment than it did
the
> first time. Oh, well...
>
> Brad
>
How about if they cast Mel Gibson as Helm & made him a
more sympathetic character, something like Gibson's character
In "Lethal Weapon" 's 1-9
:). I mean, that way the character could appeal to a "wider"
audience than the paltry no's of people who originally bought
the series books!
(Personally I would file this in same place as "Payback"
& "Get Carter" remake - the circular file under the desk,
ie rubbish bin.Actually, no, I haven't seen either of these
films but I'm sure they're turkeys. Reasons : "Payback" -
Gibson as Parker.That's already enough, for me. Hearing how
Gibson had made the character "more appealing" & seeing
shorts featuring Mel's cheeky grin while firing off a
wisecrack just confirmed my suspicions. "Get Carter" - what
is the point in redoing this classic as a Hollywood flick?
The things that made the original unique include the grim
Newcastle industrial scenery & views of Northern English
working & criminal classes & Michael Caine's
mesmerising & reptilian hero/villain.I might be wrong but
I'm guessing the remake had a "happy" ending & a love
interest (as did the US remake of that Dutch film, name
escapes me, featuring a guy trying to find out what happened
to his girlfriend - she was buried alive.Same director did
both versions).I love it when Hollywood gets it right but
damn that's rare, IMO. Rene.
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