As one comment read on Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood news post: "And thus, the internet breaks in two." (posted by 'Mike').
It was announced today and later confirmed on Finke's blog that Alcon Entertainment has acquired the rights and Ridley Scott is attached to produce and direct a follow up of his groundbreaking sci-fi film Blade Runner.
Every movie and sci-fi geek knows that Ridley Scott directed two of the most influential sci-fi movies of all time - Alien and Blade Runner. In the last year or so, Scott has been working on a new version of Alien with a project written by Damon Lindelof (Lost) called Prometheus. From what I understand, this will not be a reboot, but more of a prequel or what-happened-up-to type film (a lot like the new The Thing).
As the commenter said above, this just may split all geeks into two factions. Those that love the new direction and enjoy the fun of a new version of their favorites, and the other group - the ones that feel the Hollywood studios are treading on sacred ground and should begin coming up with more original ideas rather than trying to reboot and change every known movie franchise out there.
Personally, I'm in the second camp. I wish they would try and make the NEXT Blade Runner -esque film rather than just rehashing the same thing over and over again. I get that there are 'only twelve stories to tell' or whatever, and I don't mind if a story is "like Blade Runner meets ..." but to make an exact copy or just updated style is a bit ridiculous. I know it's been done well in the past, and that every 30 years or so we see a lot of copies and remakes, but for crying out loud - it has gone on to epidemic proportions!
Some other funny comments on Twitter:
"Announced: August 2017 Ridley Scott to reimagine GI Jane." @wilzmak
"Announced: June 2015, Thelma and Louise Survived" @writerspry
"Announced: Aliener" @ScreenWritten
Here is the epic trailer for the epic film Blade Runner (1982):
What do you think? Are you sick of all these reboots and rehashes?
1 comments:
I agree with you. There are plenty of good stories out there that can be made into great movies. I didn't realize how bad it was until I heard they were redoing Spiderman already. Really? They just did it!
A trend I am happy to see, on the other hand, is the number of books being made into movies that actually stay true to the book. How about more of those, especially in the sci-fi/fantasy genre?
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