From cinemablend.com:
With all the craziness of reboots and remakes in Hollywood we feared this day might come. Universal may be planning a re-make of the 1975 Spielberg classic, Jaws. With the added popularity of Avatar’s 3D, there’s serious money to be made in a CGI reboot of the famous shark, presented in Real D 3D.
A source of ours over at Universal Pictures says the studio is strongly considering a remake of the summer blockbuster in hopes of dazzling younger audiences with new special effects. Their claim is that people now expect more, visually, from their movie going experience. So, Hollywood studios are inclined to take some of their tried and true franchise names like Jaws and bring them into the 3D world.
Our insider says Tracy Morgan was at one point being considered for the part of Matt Hooper, previously played by Richard Dreyfuss. While it’s uncertain whether that’s still the plan, it does indicate that they seem to be taking a more comedic direction with the part.
At this point, although this is just a rumour, I am making a bold prediction.
The ONLY way I'll be watching this movie is if the opening sequence is composed of the entire group of executives responsible for the film being fed to an actual shark. For real. In 3-D.
While the visual impact of Jaws rocked audiences in 1975, lesser actors, a more "comedic direction", a less capable director or weaker writing would have meant that Jaws would have been all gums and no teeth at the box office. No amount of CGI trickery can make a bad idea into a good movie.
"...people now expect more, visually, from their movie going experience." Yeah, 'cuz, little details like a story, good acting, writing and direction are just so insignificant when compared to the visual impact of a big fish in 3-D. I wonder if the shark will be a lovely shade of blue, glow in the dark or maybe spend half the movie in a wheelchair this time around...
I can honestly visualize some Hollywood hack trying to figure out how to write a big aquatic exoskeleton into the finale.
Somebody seriously needs to replace the infinite monkeys at the infinite laptops that pass for creative writing talent in Hollywood in the 21st century.
If you're still not convinced, say it out loud, slowly. "Jaws. Remake. 3-D. Comedic direction." I guarantee that by the time you say "direction" you'll either throw up a bit or try to stick your thumbs in your eyes.
Monday, June 07, 2010
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I heard a rumour about the Smurfs coming to the big screen. I think Jaws is sounding pretty good right about now. Although I do like your executive idea.
The Smurfs ain't a rumour. It's on.
Gargamel is being played by none other than Hank Azaria (The man of 1,000 voices responsible for Apu and a host of others on The Simpsons.
Never was a fan of little blue elves, but when I learned that the Smurfs will arrive in...wait for it...New York and make friends with humans, I thought "Wow, somebody actually ripped off 'The Muppets Take Manhatten'". Stunning.
I wonder if we could feed those executives to Gargamel's cat?
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