remakes

[AngieBelle]

Now here's something new- a remake of a remake! Disney is coming out with yet another version of Freaky Friday. Yes, it's been remade before...it's not well remembered but there was a tv remake in 95 with Shelly Long and Gaby Hoffman. I LOVE the original version with Jodie Foster! It's just hysterical. The tv one wasn't nearly as funny. It'll be interesting to see what they change this time. I love the book too- read it 3 times.

And now I'm hearing that they are going to remake Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Wow...I wonder what they'll do with that one. The original is like a cult classic.

 

[Chipperdini]

I'd read somewhere that Freaky Friday was gonna be remade. Never heard of the TV version, just the original. I wonder if it will be good? I liked the remake of The Parent Trap well enough (although I do prefer the original).

Originally posted by AngieBelle
And now I'm hearing that they are going to remake Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!

No, NO, NO!!! I LOVE Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka!!! If they remake it, I will definitely skip it.

 

[we3luvdisney]

Tim Burton in Talks to Direct 'Chocolate Factory'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Tim Burton, whose quirky credits range from "Beetlejuice" to "Batman," is in talks with Warner Bros. to direct a new movie adaptation of the Roald Dahl children's classic "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

The studio confirmed a report in Daily Variety on Thursday that Burton will meet in London in the next few days with surviving members of the Dahl family to discuss the project.

The Dahl estate, which holds rights to the late author's works, has the final say over a director for the film, and Burton is the family's leading candidate for the job, one source close to the situation told Reuters.

The studio, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc., is hoping to begin pre-production on the film by the end of this year, the studio said.

The 1964 novel was first made into a movie in 1971's "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," starring Gene Wilder as the eccentric chocolatier who tempts children all over London with the possibility of finding a golden ticket hidden in one of his candy bars. He then leads the young winners, including meek little Charlie Bucket, on a tour of his mysterious candy factory.

Dahl, who died in 1990, wrote the original screenplay from his own book, though by some accounts was unhappy with the final product. The movie was a box office disappointment and initially drew lackluster reviews, as many critics found it to be too dark. But the film has become somewhat of a cult classic over the years.

"Willy Wonka" was released by Paramount Pictures, which reportedly is developing an adaptation of another Dahl book, "The BFG."

According to Variety, a screenwriter who worked on the "BFG" project, Gwyn Lurie, was tapped by Warner Bros. to pen a rewrite of the initial script for its "Chocolate Factory" adaptation.

Burton is best known in Hollywood for his creative renderings of such fantasy films as "Batman," "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," "Sleepy Hollow" and a remake of "Planet of the Apes."

 

[momsal]

THEY NEED TO LEAVE WILLY WONKA ALONE!!!!!