Aug 5 2009'Orphanage' Getting Remake, Adding English
The Orphanage, one of the few notable horror films in recent memory that wasn't a sequel or remake, is being remade! Producer Guillermo del Toro has hired Larry Fessenden to write and direct the film and give the dated, 2007 concept new relevancy by replacing all that pesky Spanish dialogue with good ol' English.
Word of remake is typically a sighing occasion, but this could turn out alright. Like Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayo, Fessenden was hand-picked by del Toro, and he's no stranger to genre films, having directed, wrote, produced, edited, and acted in a huge list of horror films you've probably never seen (unless you rent anything with the word "wendigo" on the cover, in which case you've seen two of his films).
The film industry's plan to make everyone scared as shit of orphans and their habitats is nearly complete.
Reader Comments
1. Emkay - August 5, 2009 6:21 PM
Looks like Scarecrow from Nolan's Batman films.
2. Rose - August 5, 2009 11:53 PM
I really don't see why a remake is necessary. The original was only a few years ago and I thought it was very good. Why remake the whole entire film? Just to put it in English? I just can't imagine a whole re-do will be as good.
3. Dan - August 6, 2009 12:19 AM
Way to hire Jack Nicholson's ugly brother!
Also, The Orphanage nearly made me shit my pants. Particularly when the old lady without a jaw grabbed my arm.
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6. Jimbob - August 6, 2009 11:14 AM
I don't care about this other crappy, make-you-scared-of-orphans movie. Just cut out the ad that forces me to watch the trailer to the current one, you know the one about the DWARF PROSTITUTE.
7. Jer - August 6, 2009 1:26 PM
Is that a member of Slipknot as a child???
8. Katie - August 6, 2009 1:48 PM
I have the original on DVD and I thought it was VERY good, but making a remake?? What IS up with that?
It's like...doing a remake of The Dark Knight or some other movie that was good the first time.
I can only say that remark in english will just ruin the entire mood and concept of the movie. I am not looking forward to it.
PS all you idiots on here making jokes, get a LIFE and go screw over another forum.
9. Eddie - August 6, 2009 3:11 PM
This blows the original rocks.
Their is no need for a remake.
Thats like saying they wanna remake Hard Boiled. It can't be done, nor should.
And if I find out they are trying to remake hard boiled....oh ho ho.... Hollywood is gonna get one big as surprise riding up their ass hole.
10. Shaggy - August 6, 2009 4:38 PM
It's just the same thing that happened with the spanish movie REC, re-done and renamed as "Quarantine". As the same movie, there's no surprise or fear...stupid absence of ideas...
11. whattheshit - August 6, 2009 7:19 PM
Oh, come on, this movie is tits. You just know they're gonna screw it up.
12. todders - August 6, 2009 9:49 PM
This short film is even creepier than all of Orphanage. You have to watch until the end...
http://www.digitalfuntown.com/videos/172
13. DT - August 7, 2009 8:52 PM
Wow this will suck even more, thats the real horror
14. Mergath - August 17, 2009 8:14 PM
What, so Americans are so stupid now that they can't read fast enough to follow some subtitles? The movie is great as it is.