Rob Zombie To Remake The Blob

[mrbasehart]

Halloween 2 made $18 million in its opening weekend.  That's not exactly a smash hit, but the movie only cost $15 million to make.  In an interview Harvey Weinstein said that they're hoping to release a third, 3D edition next summer.

Well, Zombie said he's not going to do a third Halloween movie, period (at Comic Con, I believe) and refused to say why.  So they'll have to find someone else.

And I didn't know that the Weinsteins were behind these.  These damn things make a penny more than they cost and they'll make a sequel.

I don't think they need Zombie any more.  Actually, they might not have wanted him after this one, considering the bashing the movie's getting.  You know who I think they should get for the third one? John Carpenter! The man's cheap enough, and carries enough horror-cache with the niche audiences that could bring in some bucks.  Plus he's in a pretty low point in his career, maybe enough to make him want to revisit the franchise. 

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Halloween 2 made $18 million in its opening weekend.  That's not exactly a smash hit, but the movie only cost $15 million to make.  In an interview Harvey Weinstein said that they're hoping to release a third, 3D edition next summer.

Well, Zombie said he's not going to do a third Halloween movie, period (at Comic Con, I believe) and refused to say why.  So they'll have to find someone else.

And I didn't know that the Weinsteins were behind these.  These damn things make a penny more than they cost and they'll make a sequel.

I don't think they need Zombie any more.  Actually, they might not have wanted him after this one, considering the bashing the movie's getting.  You know who I think they should get for the third one? John Carpenter! The man's cheap enough, and carries enough horror-cache with the niche audiences that could bring in some bucks.  Plus he's in a pretty low point in his career, maybe enough to make him want to revisit the franchise.

Why would he want to?  Between The Fog, these, this rumored remake of his version of The Thing...he's getting all of his money upfront in licensing, sitting on his butt and taking none of the risk, financially or career-wise.  And if the new people don't screw up and they make any kind of profit, I'm sure he's getting something on the back side as well.

[ScottotD]

It's actually a prequel to 'The Thing' they're working on.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Is that what this is?

[mrbasehart]

Halloween 2 made $18 million in its opening weekend.  That's not exactly a smash hit, but the movie only cost $15 million to make.  In an interview Harvey Weinstein said that they're hoping to release a third, 3D edition next summer.

Well, Zombie said he's not going to do a third Halloween movie, period (at Comic Con, I believe) and refused to say why.  So they'll have to find someone else.

And I didn't know that the Weinsteins were behind these.  These damn things make a penny more than they cost and they'll make a sequel.

I don't think they need Zombie any more.  Actually, they might not have wanted him after this one, considering the bashing the movie's getting.  You know who I think they should get for the third one? John Carpenter! The man's cheap enough, and carries enough horror-cache with the niche audiences that could bring in some bucks.  Plus he's in a pretty low point in his career, maybe enough to make him want to revisit the franchise.

Why would he want to?  Between The Fog, these, this rumored remake of his version of The Thing...he's getting all of his money upfront in licensing, sitting on his butt and taking none of the risk, financially or career-wise.  And if the new people don't screw up and they make any kind of profit, I'm sure he's getting something on the back side as well.

Money-wise, I'm sure he's fine.  Career-wise, he's reduced to the Masters of Horror series that ran a little while ago.  A return to Halloween would give him a chance to make a major motion picture again, something he hasn't done for a while.

[Tripe]

Is that what this is?

Here's an interesting thing, as far as I can see, the source materiel is more Police Procedural than horror/supernatural/sci-fi. I'm not sure what changes are in the film.

[mrbasehart]

The source material is a really cool comicbook mini-series by Greg Rucka.  A friend of mine was kinda infuriated by the trailer, because it seems to prioritise the action over the mystery.  I'm a little more hopeful that it's just the trailer selling the busier parts of the movie.

[ScottotD]

Is that what this is?

No, that's Whiteout.

The source material is a really cool comicbook mini-series by Greg Rucka.  A friend of mine was kinda infuriated by the trailer, because it seems to prioritise the action over the mystery.  I'm a little more hopeful that it's just the trailer selling the busier parts of the movie.

Trailers are usually explosions and running, I'm hopeful it'll be a good translation (or just a good movie)

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Is that what this is?

*snip*

No, that's Whiteout.

I'm aware.

My point is....what more would a prequel to The Thing be than a bunch of people in an arctic outpost waiting for the wind to die down or the sun to finally come up (and for better or worse, that's all I get out of the commercials for Whiteout)?

It only gets interesting when the monster shows up.

[Darth Geek]

Is that what this is?

*snip*

No, that's Whiteout.

I'm aware.

My point is....what more would a prequel to The Thing be than a bunch of people in an arctic outpost waiting for the wind to die down or the sun to finally come up (and for better or worse, that's all I get out of the commercials for Whiteout)?

It only gets interesting when the monster shows up.

The prequel to The Thing would take place at the other camp that McCreedy and the others explored and saw the big block of ice where the creature melted out of it. That was supposed to be a nod to the original movie, so the prequel would be like a remake of the original, but with the effects of a new movie.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

The prequel to The Thing would take place at the other camp that McCreedy and the others explored and saw the big block of ice where the creature melted out of it. That was supposed to be a nod to the original movie, so the prequel would be like a remake of the original, but with the effects of a new movie.

And we already know that it escapes - either as a dog or turns into one just as it approaches the other camp - and whatever was left of that group dies in the helicopter.

Yawn.

There's a reason that most stories start where they do.....

[Darth Geek]

The prequel to The Thing would take place at the other camp that McCreedy and the others explored and saw the big block of ice where the creature melted out of it. That was supposed to be a nod to the original movie, so the prequel would be like a remake of the original, but with the effects of a new movie.

And we already know that it escapes - either as a dog or turns into one just as it approaches the other camp - and whatever was left of that group dies in the helicopter.

Yawn.

There's a reason that most stories start where they do.....

True dat, Duck.

[ScottotD]

Eh, I'd say 50% of movies have an ending you can pick from minute 1.  It's the journey that counts

[mrbasehart]

Eh, I'd say 50% of movies have an ending you can pick from minute 1.  It's the journey that counts

I agree, but it can compromise the movie's tension if its telegraphed too much.  The recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie had that problem, and so did Romero's Diary of the Dead, but for different reasons.

[ebeth]

Normally, I hate remakes, but the blob could use one.

The original was good, the 80's remake blew chunks.

I would like to see what someone with a good special effects budget could do.

I liked the 80's movie...of course I did A LOT of drugs then but whatever.