Feb 3 2009'Slap Shot' Remake Will Cross Check Your Brain
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]
Reader Comments
1. bob - February 3, 2009 1:55 PM
pretty neat
2. War Horse - February 3, 2009 2:22 PM
Why do I have a bad feeling about this? I'm sure they'll Fark it up somehow.
3. Jeff B - February 3, 2009 2:33 PM
OHMYGOD! Hollywood is eating its young- not only was a DTV sequel was released in (I think) 2002, but they just had ANOTHER direct-to-video-piss-poor sequel come out a few months ago! Un-be-lieve-a-ble...
4. Roy99 - February 3, 2009 3:11 PM
This makes me sad all day.
5. Scott666 - February 3, 2009 4:12 PM
That's outright fucking blasphemy!!!
Can't they just remake a snuff film and have Paris Hilton star in it?
6. Phil - February 3, 2009 5:21 PM
jonas brothers for Hanson brothers??
7. Spaceman - February 3, 2009 10:08 PM
sounds like something Adam Sandler would be interested in
8. darkpassenger - February 4, 2009 12:50 PM
OH I KNOW LETS JUST PISS AND SHIT ON ALL MY FAVORITE MOVIES.WHY DONT THEY MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT A MOVIE FAN WHO IS TURNED INTO A SERIAL KILLER AND GOES AROUND OFFING PEOPLE RESPONSABLE FOR REMAKING FUCKING CLASSICS!
9. Classics - February 4, 2009 1:30 PM
Don't worry about it, like remakes of Rollorball, the longest yard and bad news bears...people will only ever remember the first one.
The last two decades movie releases have proven that having the same 6 guys run holywood for 50 yeard was a bad idea. They ran out of ideas.
10. Doug - February 5, 2009 2:24 PM
Whichever studio attempts this effrontery shall be razed from the face of the earth!
Seriously, I've had enough of this crap. The only thing they can do to this movie is make it worse. There is no possible way to improve on the original so intead of remaking it they should restore the original and re-release it.