Battle Royale to US
New Line has snatched up the rights to remake BATTLE ROYALE - not a movie about the infamous Royal Rumbles from the 80s/early-90s WWF but the 2000 Japanese thriller our own Arrow described as "unsettling." The film takes place in futuristic Japan where the government has decided (in an effort to keep overpopulation down) to annually send a random group of 9th graders to a remote island stocked with numerous weapons and the directive that only the last boy/girl standing can return. Pretty brutal, huh? An American remake could only neuter the insanity of the original but producers have insisted the remake will push the limits of the R-rating. Neal Moritz (who's dropped some major stinkers like STEALTH, XXX2 and TORQUE on us lately) and Roy Lee (THE RING) will produce for New Line. With the rash of terrible Japan-to-American remakes, should we tamper with BATTLE ROYALE? Or as The Beatles once said, let it be? And why haven't we seen a filmed version of the 1988 Royal Rumble yet?
Source: Variety
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11:51AM on 06/16/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
But I can guarantee that Hollywood will fuck this movie up big time!!!!
But I can guarantee that Hollywood will fuck this movie up big time!!!!
1:33AM on 06/10/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This movie will not do well at all.
This movie will not do well at all.
3:45PM on 06/09/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
We got that going for us, which is nice.
We got that going for us, which is nice.
1:59AM on 06/09/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
It kills me that you have to fight tooth and nail to get a Region 1, NTSC DVD of this movie, but they'll go ahead and bastardize it for the American audience.
Hell, they won't even release it in the theaters because it's 'too violent' or whatever. It's not. It's a good movie.
But oh yeah, go ahead and remake it. Why stop that grea...
It kills me that you have to fight tooth and nail to get a Region 1, NTSC DVD of this movie, but they'll go ahead and bastardize it for the American audience.
Hell, they won't even release it in the theaters because it's 'too violent' or whatever. It's not. It's a good movie.
But oh yeah, go ahead and remake it. Why stop that great track record of making really shitty remakes?
12:39AM on 06/09/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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4:07PM on 06/08/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I mean, making a Battle Royale remake was already retarded but getting Neal fucking Moritz to produce is crossing the line. I hope he doesn't hire Rob Cohen to direct this shit since they seem to like to work together so much...gahhh
I mean, making a Battle Royale remake was already retarded but getting Neal fucking Moritz to produce is crossing the line. I hope he doesn't hire Rob Cohen to direct this shit since they seem to like to work together so much...gahhh
2:43PM on 06/08/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
2:31PM on 06/08/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I knew this day would come.
One of my favorite movies, being remade....
I'm going to play the wait and see....I know, blasphemy, but I'll just...wait.
I knew this day would come.
One of my favorite movies, being remade....
I'm going to play the wait and see....I know, blasphemy, but I'll just...wait.
2:22PM on 06/08/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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Now THATS a good idea.
Now THATS a good idea.
12:03PM on 06/08/2006 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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