Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

#1

Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/9/09 at 5:23pm

Well, with Martin Lawrence involved, you know it's going to be quality, at least.

Because the second Hulk did so well?

Updated On: 3/9/09 at 05:23 PM

#2

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/9/09 at 6:10pm

Why is a Hollywood film made?

Answer: To make money.

#3

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 12:30am

Well, it's more an American adapatation of a British flick that no one saw.

And then, there's that whole color issue . . .

#4

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 1:57am

But it was an American movie directed by an American director, Frank Oz...an American!

#5

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 2:37am

How was it an American movie? Much of the cast was British, it was filmed in London, and that's where most of the finacing originated.

Frank Oz and Peter Dinklage don't make it American.

And then there's that whole color issue . . .

#6

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 3:05am

All the Brits cast were Americans with British accents.

#7

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 3:09am

I'm sure Keeley Hawes and Matthew MacFayden would be very surprised to hear that. And Jane Asher. And Andy Nyman. And Ewen Bremmer, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughan...hey, that's pretty much everyone aside from Dinklage, Alan Tudyk, and Daisy Donovan, who's American-born but has a UK-based career.

Updated On: 3/10/09 at 03:09 AM

#8

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 3:11am

Peter Dinklage is actually Lithuanian.

#9

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 3:11am

Yeah-huh. That still contradicts your previous point.

Updated On: 3/10/09 at 03:11 AM

#10

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 3:32am

How do we even know that Keeley Hawes, Matthew MacFayden, Jane Asher, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremmer, Rupert Graves, and Peter Vaughan are real people, much less British? They looked very CG to me.

#11

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 4:01am

They're Slitheen. They didn't do a very good job hiding the zippers on their foreheads.

#12

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 5:35am

Peter Dinklage is an American, born and bred in New Jersey. He may be of Lithuanian descent, but his nationality is American.

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Updated On: 3/10/09 at 05:35 AM

#13

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 11:15am

Siltheen... Fantastic!

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#14

re: Why are they remaking a movie that came out not even two years ago?

Posted: 3/10/09 at 11:19am

I dunno. Ewen Bremner looks like he could be a member of the Borg.

Do you think Peter Dinklage felt left out during the filming of this movie because all the other actors were British and he was not? He couldn't get in on all the inside jokes that Brits have with one another?