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News

Universal Taps into Videodrome Remake

Source:Variety
April 27, 2009


Universal Pictures has big plans for David Cronenberg's Videodrome. Remake plans. Plans to take the idea introduced in '83 and modernize it, "infuse it with the possibilities of nano-technology and blow it up into a large-scale sci-fi action thriller."

So says Variety who broke the scoop that Ehren Kruger (The Ring) is penning a redo with the intention to produce it with Daniel Bobker. The original starred James Woods as Max Renn, a station manager introduced to a pirate broadcast called Videodrome, a program laden with torture. He subsequently sets out to find Videodrome's source. Oh, and he grows a vagina-like womb in his belly and makes out with Deborah Harry's lips on a throbbing television set and more...

Written and director by Cronenberg during the VHS years, Ehren Kruger has much inspiration to draw on in our tech-heavy world. But seriously...a remake? Universal picked up the rights to do the film from Canada's Rene Malo. He'll serve as executive producer.

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Posted by: Calum on April 27, 2009 at 02:39:02

It is the irony that drives me to write a comment saying, with negative undertones:

"No comment."


Posted by: Calum on April 27, 2009 at 02:40:06

But then again Universal aren't fascist pigs like 20th Century Fox or Sony or anyone else.

It seems Universal and Paramount are the only ones that give a crap about their movies they release...


Posted by: Steven Millan on April 27, 2009 at 05:36:31

What ?! Another needless remake of a old past genre classic ?!

(Shakes head and rolls eyes over this news).


Posted by: Pazuzu13 on April 27, 2009 at 11:05:29

I cannot stand this constant string of remakes, is there no imagination left, no creativity? And why is it horror movies that are always getting remade? I think it's time they started to remake movies like Scarface, The Godfather, Apocolypse Now...movies that other genre's hold sacred.


Posted by: Rhino on April 27, 2009 at 11:05:56

the original is sooo good, naked debbie harry in her prime, don't try and remake cronenberg


Posted by: Saad on April 27, 2009 at 14:28:03

No!!! I will not support this,this is going
to suck I think,bah.


Posted by: Tikian on April 27, 2009 at 16:19:00

Ridiculous. No matter how hard the poor sod who's chosen to do the remake will try, he'll end up with an inferior movie. No other director is a match for Cronenberg. Period.


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