Hard to Get Excited for MGM's 'Red Dawn' Remake
Two more are added to the cast
MGM's Red Dawn remake appears to actually be happening as Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki have joined Chris Hemsworth in the film to be directed by first timer Dan Bradley.
The script was written by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore whose work is limited although Ellsworth has recently co-written a couple of recent horror/thrillers including the awful The Last House on the Left remake and Disturbia. This remake is based on the John Milius-directed 1984 original, which was set during the dawn of World War III and followed a group of mid-western America teenagers as they band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
The remake will follow a similar plot thread telling the story of a group of teenagers who form an impromptu insurgency when their town is invaded by Chinese and Russian soldiers.
Peck — most recently seen in The Wackness — will play Matt Eckert, the hotheaded younger brother of Hemsworth's Jed Eckert and star quarterback of their Spokane high school football team. Palicki will play Toni, a tough fighter the brothers encounter who develops romantic feelings for Jed, a Marine home on leave and the group's unofficial leader.
The original film included quite the cast of names including Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey. I wouldn't call it necessarily a hit (certainly not a critical one), although it did earn north of $38 million on a reported budget of only $4.2 million. I would say it is probably best remembered as the first movie in film history to be released with a PG-13 rating.
Personally, what I remember most is the deer blood drinking scene. If you don't remember it I have conveniently attached it directly above. Bottoms up!
The remake is scheduled to hit theaters September 24, 2010.
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Wasn't Temple of Doom the first PG-13 movie?
@Katie: 'Temple of Doom' was supposedly responsible for beginning the "outcry" momentum that spawned the need for the PG-13 rating to be created.
@Katie and @Brendan: Yeah, Temple of Doom was actually rated PG… beating heart and all.
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Say, isn't Red Dawn very entrenched in paranoia and fear that was the Cold War. How can this possibly be relevant?
If they do this, they should modernize it to a middle-eastern invasion of some sort. They should also drop the cheesy "Wolverines!" thing and the deer-blood drinking, all the stuff that added to cheesiness.
Otherwise, I enjoyed the original besides those little parts. Removing them, getting a good cast behind it, perhaps a 20 million budget and some medium actors could be pretty good…