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Old 08-03-2011, 09:41 AM
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Pet Sematary remake!

Paramount announced back in February that they were looking to exhume Stephen King's Pet Sematary, and the project may now have a director in Alexandre Aja. The French director of Switchblade Romance is in talks with the studio to bring the Creed family back to life.

Aja's career since Switchblade Romance (or Haute Tension, as we ought to call it) has been perplexing. That awesome debut turned a lot of heads, but his Hollywood CV to date has been a hundred percent remakes (The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha), which surely ought to make him wary of yet another.

Previously filmed by Mary Lambert from King's own screenplay in 1989 (with a sequel by the same director in 1992), Pet Sematary sees the hapless Creeds moving into a new home near an ancient Native American burial ground which can reanimate the dead. "Sometimes dead is better" though, as kindly neighbour Fred Gwynne explains. By which he means "always", since whatever comes comes out of the ground (Church the cat; little boy Gage; Lt. Tasha Yar) becomes a homicidal shadow of what went in. The film is clunky, but we reckon the Zelda flashbacks are untouchably horrific.

Whether or not Aja signs on the line, the new Pet Sematary has a screenplay by Matthew Greenberg (who also wrote 1408) and is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Steven Schneider.
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:02 AM
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I really liked the original so i dont see a point to this but i'll probably check it out if it looks good.
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:14 AM
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like so many movies, what is the point. hollywood is just running out of ideas.
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:38 AM
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like so many movies, what is the point. hollywood is just running out of ideas.
Seriously, it's all remakes now.
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Old 08-03-2011, 12:10 PM
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i truly hope this goes well... i really dont see this getting very many good ratings
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Old 08-03-2011, 12:28 PM
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Seriously, it's all remakes now.
very true.
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Old 08-04-2011, 05:31 AM
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I guess soon or later they will even offer him to remake Haute Tension:D
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Old 08-04-2011, 12:49 PM
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I guess soon or later they will even offer him to remake Haute Tension:D
I don't think anyone would be upset about that as long as he changed the ending
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Old 08-04-2011, 01:07 PM
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I stayed in America for a further two weeks back in '89 so that I'd still be there when this movie was released. Saw it at the Coral Ridge(I think)one balmy evening. Still got the ticket somewhere. It might be interesting to see what the remake offers. I agree about the Zelda flashbacks. Super creepy.:eek:
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Old 08-05-2011, 03:12 AM
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Paramount announced back in February that they were looking to exhume Stephen King's Pet Sematary, and the project may now have a director in Alexandre Aja. The French director of Switchblade Romance is in talks with the studio to bring the Creed family back to life.

Aja's career since Switchblade Romance (or Haute Tension, as we ought to call it) has been perplexing. That awesome debut turned a lot of heads, but his Hollywood CV to date has been a hundred percent remakes (The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha), which surely ought to make him wary of yet another.

Previously filmed by Mary Lambert from King's own screenplay in 1989 (with a sequel by the same director in 1992), Pet Sematary sees the hapless Creeds moving into a new home near an ancient Native American burial ground which can reanimate the dead. "Sometimes dead is better" though, as kindly neighbour Fred Gwynne explains. By which he means "always", since whatever comes comes out of the ground (Church the cat; little boy Gage; Lt. Tasha Yar) becomes a homicidal shadow of what went in. The film is clunky, but we reckon the Zelda flashbacks are untouchably horrific.

Whether or not Aja signs on the line, the new Pet Sematary has a screenplay by Matthew Greenberg (who also wrote 1408) and is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Steven Schneider.
I love the way you call Denise Crosby Lt.Tasha Yar-that role will follow her to her grave lol. She was also great in Tobe Hooper's Mortuary.

Anyway looks like another remake to avoid like the plague
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