'Slap Shot' Remake Will Cross Check Your Brain
February 3, 2009 Comments
Remake time! Universal is going ahead with plans for an update of Slap Shot:
Universal Pictures is ready to drop the puck on its "Slap Shot" remake, setting Dean Parisot to direct the redo of the 1977 hockey comedy classic.Peter Steinfeld ("21") is penning the script; Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall will produce.
The original starred Paul Newman as the fading player/coach of a minor league hockey team. Trying to hype the Charlestown Chiefs for a possible move South, the coach ramps up interest by turning his team into a group of brawling thugs.
Well, at least Paul Newman isn't around to hear about this, and the musically-inclined Hanson Brothers are hopefully too irrelevant to star. But still no word on if a chimp will be on the team this time.
Parisot skates to 'Slap Shot' remake [Variety]