Outland Remake Underway
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Outland, the 1981 Sean Connery western in space (dubbed High Moon at the time) is set for the remake treatment, according to Variety. The original itself was pretty much a remake of High Noon, just set in space instead – in a mining colony on one of Jupiter's moons, Io. Written and directed by Peter (2010) Hyams, it’s mainly remembered for some very silly expanding-head effects when people are exposed to Io's atmosphere (clearly an inspiration for Total Recall). Warner Bros has signed up Shoot ’Em Up helmer Michael Davis to direct the new version, from a script by Chad (The Days Before) St John. "We loved the original sci-fi film with Sean Connery," says producer Gianni Nunnari. "At its core, Outland is a version of High Noon in outer space, as two courageous people take a stand against a gang of ruthless conspirators at the highest level." Michael Davis adds, "We're staying true to the thematic heart of Outland while expanding the space frontier concept." But will they be expanding any heads? |
I'll bet ya that the remake will be a over the top actioner with no brains and no héart. What else is new.
Posted by mark van Vollenhoven (127.0.0.1) on August 19, 2009 at 03:58 PM BST #
About the time the original film came out, one of the Voyager probes discovered that Io was in effect an orbiting volcano. Lots of crispy Sith-style opportunities for the remake, unless the action gets transferred to somewhere like Ganymede...
Posted by Pummeluffpapa (127.0.0.1) on August 19, 2009 at 07:58 PM BST #
Posted by Windknight (127.0.0.1) on August 19, 2009 at 08:33 PM BST #
Posted by Pummeluffpapa (127.0.0.1) on August 19, 2009 at 09:56 PM BST #
It's about time Hollywood had some new ideas, instead of keep going back to remake (not so) old movies!
Posted by FreakyBeanz (127.0.0.1) on August 19, 2009 at 11:29 PM BST #
Posted by Pummeluffpapa (127.0.0.1) on August 20, 2009 at 07:21 AM BST #