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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Shut it down.
A remake is going to be hard. Bronson is too associated with the originals. But if they must, Im glad the studio doesn't want to outright adapt the book again, because audiences would be turned away. In the book the vigilante eventually goes crazy and starts shooting innocent people on the street. Good luck with that. |
re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
That's too bad. I liked Big Bad Wolves for the most part.
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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
BREAKING: Eli Roth is set to direct Death Wish, the MGM/Paramount remake of the 1974 hit with Bruce Willis playing the reluctant vigilante made famous by Charles Bronson. It becomes the latest effort by Roth to move from his bloody genre-film origins to studio fare. His previous film was the 2015 Keanu Reeves psychological thriller Knock Knock. Roth will direct the script by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski. Joe Carnahan scripted the original. Roger Birnbaum is producing. Roth takes the job after the exit early last month of Big Bad Wolves helmers Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, who left over creative differences when they wanted changes in a script Willis had signed off on; the studios didn’t want to go in that direction on what they hope will be a down-the-middle franchise launch. Roth works this in alongside his hosting duties on Shark After Dark, the nightly talk show that runs June 26-30 to cap each day’s programming during Discovery’s Shark Week. After making his bones directing pics like the Hostel series and the cannibalistic The Green Inferno, Roth has been knock-knocking on the door to make more mainstream fare. He most recently had been attached to direct the prehistoric shark pic Meg at Warner Bros but left that job for creative reasons. WME, 3 Arts and attorney Carlos Goodman rep Roth. |
re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
The thread title seems like a joke news announcement from 2007, but here we are in 2016 with a deal in place.
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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Eli Roth is promising as a I know he will make it R rated. I hope Bruce Willis actually cares to make it a good movie. Why can't they just remake Death Wish 3?
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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
What a clusterfuck.
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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Let this die...
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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
So "horror master" Eli Roth no longer wants to make horror. Maybe his buddy Robert Rodriguez can produce the next Spy Kids and let Roth direct.
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re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Roth will undoubtedly make a terrible film that completely misses the point of the original.
Willis will sleepwalk his way through the entire thing. |
Re: Death Wish - Remake in the works
Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
(Post 11096996)
not exactly sure what could be brought to the table.
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Re: Death Wish - Remake in the works
Originally Posted by digidoh
(Post 12831907)
It's ironic that for all the killings by Bronson's character in the first movie, the thugs who devastated his family never get their comeuppance.
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Vincent D’Onofrio Joins Bruce Willis In Eli Roth-Helmed ‘Death Wish’
EXCLUSIVE: Vincent D’Onofrio and Dean Norris (Breaking Bad) has joined Bruce Willis in Paramount and MGM’s revamp of the 1974 Charles Bronson film Death Wish which was based on the book by Brian Garfield. D’Onofrio, who has enjoyed a very successful career both in TV (Criminal Intent, Daredevil) and film (Rings, The Magnificent Seven), will play Willis’ brother in the film. Film/TV actor Norris (Under the Dome, High Wire Act) is set to play Detective Rains. The film is set to into production on Sept. 26 in Montreal and Chicago. |
Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Pound-for-pound this could be a big movie.
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
I really like the cast. Dean Norris is great and always love D'Onofrio, though he looks stupid in Rings movie...
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
I like the cast for the most part, but I'll have a hard time buying Bruce Willis as an everyman who transforms into a hard-edged vigilante. Too much history in these types of movies. Not that Charles Bronson didn't have action movies behind him, but I'd have loved to see them cast against type for the lead role, find someone less known for action roles. It won't stop me from seeing it, though. Vincent D'Onofrio and Dean Norris in the same film? Sold.
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Originally Posted by islandclaws
(Post 12831442)
Roth will undoubtedly make a terrible film that completely misses the point of the original.
Willis will sleepwalk his way through the entire thing. |
Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
http://deadline.com/2016/09/death-wi...st-1201828607/
Elisabeth Shue has signed on to play Paul Kersey's wife. |
Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Well, we know she sure could take a beating...
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
:rimshot:
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Originally Posted by digidoh
(Post 12831907)
It's ironic that for all the killings by Bronson's character in the first movie, the thugs who devastated his family never get their comeuppance.
Originally Posted by Super X
(Post 12882646)
I like the cast for the most part, but I'll have a hard time buying Bruce Willis as an everyman who transforms into a hard-edged vigilante. Too much history in these types of movies. Not that Charles Bronson didn't have action movies behind him, but I'd have loved to see them cast against type for the lead role, find someone less known for action roles.
IMDB says Lemmon was originally set to star in it with Sidney Lumet attached to direct. Other stars offered the part, according to IMDB, were: Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, and George C. Scott, none of them quite mugger bait. If they're gonna remake it, why not Adam Sandler? |
Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
I agree. For a role like this you want an every man who gets pushed over the edge into a vigilante. Similar to Hoffman in Straw Dogs.
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
I think William H. Macy would fit that bill.
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Could be a good vehicle for Kevin James.
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Originally Posted by EddieMoney
(Post 12911287)
Could be a good vehicle for Kevin James.
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Re: Death Wish - remake (D: Eli Roth) S: Bruce Willis
Originally Posted by james2025a
(Post 12911264)
I agree. For a role like this you want an every man who gets pushed over the edge....
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