SHORT CIRCUIT is the Next Film to Join the Remake List
Will it ever end!? I hate this! Every damn day I get the news that an older movie is getting remade! I'm fed up with it! It needs to stop! How many awesome original scripts are out there, that the studios are passing up because they don't have the balls to try something new. The 1986 film 'Short Circuit' joins a long list of films that Hollywood feels they need to reboot. Dimension Films is behind the production and they have brought on board 'Robot Chicken' writer Dan Milano to pound the script out. He hopes to bring a subversive edge to the story.
I am a big fan of 'Robot Chicken', but I am not big on the idea of re-making another movie. Here is what producer David Foster, who produced the original movie had to say:
"We're bringing Number 5 into the 21st Century and taking advantage of the improvements in robotics that are so massive that robots are now performing heart surgeries in hospitals."
He also tells us that the visual look of the original robot will not change, and that the Pixar movie 'Wall-E ' serves as an extended trailer of their new film. Oh, brother. So there you have it folks. What do you think about Johnny 5 being brought back to life?
Source: Variety