When MGM shipwrecked last spring, it left the fate of The Hobbit, James Bond and two unreleased films in question (Cabin the Woods, Red Dawn). As of today, the company has figured out their release plans for the current and older titles. Sony will handle the theatrical distribution and Fox will handle their home video. Unknown in this split is when Cabin or Dawn will see the light of day.
Earlier this week it was made public that MGM’s Red Dawn remake would change its villains from the Chinese to North Koreans. In damage control mode, one of the producers (Tripp Vinson) reached out to Jeremy Smith of Ain’t It Cool News to offer the why of why this happened. He says it’s because that’s what game theorists thought was more likely.
Realizing that in ten years China will own, well, everything, MGM has decided that it might not be the most advantageous idea in the world to have the increasingly super superpower invade the United States in its upcoming remake of Red Dawn (and yet, they somehow think it’s a good idea to actually remake Red Dawn, a Patrick Swayze film about high school students who repel a Communist invasion of the states. Yup).
As a native Michigander, the current production of the Red Dawn remake is a little exciting. The film is being shot in Pontiac, Michigan and if you’re familiar with the city, you know this is the biggest thing they’ve had going on for a while. Just like the original film, the remake will center on the invasion of a Communist regime on U.S. soil and this time China will be the country of choice as opposed to the Soviet Union.
Take a look at some of the set photos from the film…
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is starting to get drunk with comic book power. The actor already starred as The Comedian in this year’s Watchmen, he’s currently shooting a role in The Losers, and now he wants in on Guy Ritchie‘s Lobo? According to Superherohype, the actor is interested in playing the lead role in the recently announced Warner Bros production. Has he been bitten by the same bug as Ryan Reynolds? How many superheroes can he play?
The casting for the remake of 1984′s Red Dawn has expanded significantly! As we previously reported, Chris Hemsworth, Adrianne Palicki, and Josh Peck signed on to star in the film, and now they will be joined by four more young actors. Connor Cruise, the son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman has been cast along with Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas (Transformers Revenge of the Fallen), and Edwin Hodge.
More on their roles after the jump
How did the people behind the Red Dawn remake manage to swing this?! According to Latino Review, Tony Gilroy is on board to rewrite the screenplay for the film. That’s right, two-time Academy award nominee Tony Gilroy will actually involve himself with such a thing. It turns out that the screenwriter has been brought in to polish the script originally penned by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore.
Watch out everybody there is movement on the Red Dawn remake front. The 1980′s film which is known for taking the Cold War to the classroom has just added two new cast members to it’s roster. According to EW, Josh Peck, and Adrianne Palicki will join Chris Hemsworth in the remake of the 1984 feature. I’m still in disbelief that this film is being made, but there’s more to the story after the jump.
It wouldn’t be a normal week in entertainment news if I didn’t report on a film remake at some point. Today’s target is the 1984 Chuck Norris vehicle Missing in Action. According to THR, MGM and the WWE are currently developing a straight to DVD version of the action flick. I’m happy that this won’t be in theaters, because the WWE’s films are less than stellar. I don’t want to have to sit through promotional trailers for this thing. Read more about the remake after the jump.
