Mar 4 2008Another Day, Another Remake: 'Rosemary's Baby', This Time
Like an unnecessary phoenix rising from the ashes of a CGI explosion, Rosemary's Baby has been confirmed as the latest potential remake project from Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company:
Platinum Dunes is in talks with Paramount to update Roman Polanski's film starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon. Industry sources tell us the Dunes team - producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form - are currently looking for a writer (or writers) to tackle the material.
Even worse than the disrespect the surely inferior remake will show to both the original and its source material, let's consider what this means in regards to the Scary Movie franchise. Classic material previously considered untouchable (just because of irrelevance, not respect) is now ripe for parody. A Rosemary's Baby remake means more than Lindsey Lohan getting a Mia Farrow boy-cut to birth the antichrist; it also means Carmen Electra wearing a boy-cut wig to play Katie Holmes birthing a Tom Cruise Scientology joke. Somehow the remake revolver is specially constructed such that even if you take the bullet, you also feel the recoil. Depressing, huh?
Platinum Dunes Eyeing Rosemary's Baby Remake [Shock Till You Drop]
Reader Comments
1. a - March 4, 2008 11:06 AM
everywhere
2. Scott - March 4, 2008 11:57 AM
At least Michael Bay is involved. Rest assured he will handle the remake with dignity and class. And lots and lots of explosions.
3. muse or myth - March 4, 2008 3:16 PM
I just had an anxiety attack. thanks.
4. PB&J - March 4, 2008 6:09 PM
[imagining the writers meeting with Bay ala a classic South Park episode]
"...and then a huge fuel-truck will come barreling through Lindsay's vagina BarrraahhhSHSHHhshshshs Booooommmmmm Keeerpowwww shhhhh...."