Another Another Round (???, 202X)
- Pavel
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
I thought remaking recent European films in English had died after a couple of canceled projects, but apparently not
- willoneill
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
Most of the ones that have been announced have died before coming to fruition (I'm looking at you, Ron Howard's Cache), so with this, as with all film announcements, I refuse to believe it until I see a trailer.
I'm not Scandinavian, or even European, so I can't quite explain this in words, but I thought someone might consider a remake after I first saw this last Fall, and yet there was something about the film and the culture in which they live that made me think this wouldn't translate to America well. Maybe there's still a more puritan undercurrent to alcohol in the U.S. than in Europe, I don't know.
I'm not Scandinavian, or even European, so I can't quite explain this in words, but I thought someone might consider a remake after I first saw this last Fall, and yet there was something about the film and the culture in which they live that made me think this wouldn't translate to America well. Maybe there's still a more puritan undercurrent to alcohol in the U.S. than in Europe, I don't know.
- Pavel
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
I had no idea about this and I'm pretty shocked since Howard is literally the worst possible choice for Cache, except maybe F. Gary Gray
- Brian C
- I hate to be That Pedantic Guy but...
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
I’d much rather see F. Gary Gray’s version.
- therewillbeblus
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
I could see Another Round working better as a film if some elements were tweaked so I'm not entirely opposed to a remake on principle, but it's such a risky idea that could also go so wrong.
- willoneill
- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:10 am
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
An idea that I think is great but won't take credit for is to round out the quartet with members of DiCaprio's old pussy posse (Tobey Maguire, Kevin Connolly, Lukas Haas, etc.)
- Matt
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
Great idea! It could be an unofficial sequel to Don’s Plum (coincidentally also a Zentropa co-production).
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
Yes, there have been a lot of aborted/stalled ones. I can immediately recall Jodie Foster trying to turn the Icelandic film Woman at War into a vehicle for herself, which seems like a more reasonable proposition than Cache, given that it is not a hugely well-known film associated with a renowned auteur.
- knives
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
I think you overstate the popularity of Haneke and the film in the states.
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- thirtyframesasecond
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Re: Another Another Round (???, 202X)
I would seriously struggle to see how a Hollywood remake of Cache would take the Algiera/colonialism theme. Maybe a tone-deaf take on white/African-American tensions?
- aox
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Re: New Films in Production, v.2
This. Plus, I had already assumed Another Round was actually a Scandinavian remake of the American film Old School anyway.willoneill wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:22 pmand yet there was something about the film and the culture in which they live that made me think this wouldn't translate to America well.
- furbicide
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Re: Another Another Round (???, 202X)
On that note, who could forget the proposed Jack Nicholson-starring US remake of Toni Erdmann? Last I heard that project was going ahead without him, but there's been no news for two and a half years, so perhaps we might yet be spared:
https://www.thewrap.com/lisa-cholodenko ... s-co-star/