I don’t usually concern myself with cinema or television programming anymore, but this one did catch my eye.
Via: cinemablend.com
“Wolverines!” The single word is a rallying cry to anyone familiar with ‘80s cult hit Red Dawn, which starred Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Charlie Sheen. Let’s see - ‘80s flick, cult hit, memorable catchphrase - yup, must be time for a remake.
MGM has targeted Red Dawn for an updated remake and brought Carl Ellsworth (Red Eye, Disturbia) on board to script it out. The original story played heavily on Cold War paranoia by starting the third world war with an invasion on American soil. There’s still something chilling about the image of soldiers parachuting down into the high school’s back field to those of us who lived in that time. You can’t argue Ellsworth’s logic for a remake though: ” “The tone is going to be very intense, very much keeping in mind the post-9/11 world that we’re in. As Red Dawn scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?”
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