THE FLY - Todd Lincoln - fox searchlight
 

don't know if know about this already, sounds interesting

Variety - Michael Fleming
Friday, September 5, 2003

ANOTHER FRIGHT REMAKE FLIES: Fox Searchlight has just made a deal to remake "The Fly," setting feature newcomer Todd Lincoln to write the script and direct. Lincoln's resume consists of commercials, shorts and music videos. Add a good sense of timing. CAA began setting up feature meetings for Lincoln as Searchlight execs grew bullish on "The Fly" as they watched their Danny Boyle-directed zombie pic "28 Days Later" become a summer sleeper. A horror buff with an inventive take on the material and a strong reel, Lincoln won the job. Lincoln admits he's treading on hallowed ground, counting himself as an admirer of the 1958 original and David Cronenberg's 1986 redo. He swears he won't fall into that fly-trap of regurgitating a well-worn plot. "I'm one of those comic book sci-fi fans who read the remake announcements and groan," he said. "This is certainly inspired by the original but it's a total re-imagining." Pressed for details, he asked: "Why, in both films, did the fly never fly?" Searchlight execs Lawrence Grey, Claudia Lewis and Jeff Arkuss liked Lincoln's new take on the human transformation, and the studio's first ever remake is cocooning quickly.
"The Fly" joins a field that's crowding for understandable reasons. Budgets are low, gross players are few and ("Willard" excepted) young audiences are sparking to road-tested concepts that are completely new to them. New Line tries next with a gorier version of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Universal wraps "Dawn of the Dead" on Saturday, and Dimension's remaking "Suspiria," "Pulse" and the classic telepic "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark."

A remake of a remake? This is getting ridiculous.

Re: THE FLY - Todd Lincoln - fox searchlight
 

This is silly. Maybe I'm getting old, but he already had a remake not too long ago. That's already two takes and this... then you've got the sequels to each. I'm not one of those people who is dead set against remakes. I just don't see the point in remaking something that's less than 20 years old.

And this is the first I'd heard of this:
It'll be very hard to duplicate the innovative look of this film, which is its biggest appeal. I won't mind if they tinker with the story a bit, because Argento's plotlines were never his strong point. I'd almost rather see them hire a good writer to redo the script, and let Argento direct. Or better yet, just let him do the third chapter in the trilogy.

I've stopped getting upset with remake announcements. Who knows - maybe one of them WILL be an improvement (unlikely wih <i>The Fly</i>) in which case it is justified. Most of the time, it will be inferior to the original, in which case we justifiably get to laugh at the film-maker's stupidity, and we STILL have the original to love and cherish.

i dont know when remakes are good, there great - invasion of the body snatchers, the thing. and i saw this guys short films and they were pretty kool. could be an interesting time

Remake doesn't always equal 'crap' - in fact, sometimes I look forward to them, because the young directors often have a fersh new reinvention. This can obviously be bad, but the results are always interesting...