Red Riding Ridley

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by: Dave Davis Oct. 14, 2009

No, filmmaker Ridley Scott isn't bringing us a new version of the classic Grimm's fairy tale (although that would be kinda cool), but instead an Americanized remake of the Brit miniseries THE RED RIDING TRILOGY.

Based on writer David Peace's books (actually a Quartet), the three films gave fictionalized accounts of the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper, a brutal serial killer that stalked the Yorkshire area of England in the 1970s and 80s. The telefilms, each handled by a different director, featured stars like Sean Bean, Mark Addy and Paddy Considine.

Oscar-winning writer Steve Zaillian (SCHINDLER'S LIST) will work on condensing the sprawling story into a feature length (as well as figuring out how to change the setting to the US) for Columbia. He's also collaborated with Scott on HANNIBAL and AMERICAN GANGSTER.

The real question is -- does Ridley Scott really plan on directing this? He's already got an ALIEN prequel lined up, a vampire project, MONOPOLY, and at least a dozen other things he's supposedly set to produce or direct. And he's still turning the screws on ROBIN HOOD. He's pretty ambitious in his eighth decade, but he'll need replacement parts if he's going to get all these things done...

Source: Variety

Extra Tidbit: RED RIDING: 1983 director Anand Tucker also directed Steve Martin's SHOPGIRL and was originally on THE GOLDEN COMPASS before Chris Weitz took over.

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alucard_467
5:21AM on 10/15/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This was a fantastic mini series but theres really no need to remake it at all. Firstly, each part is 2 hours long already, making it essentially a three movie series as it is. No need to remake it at all.
This was a fantastic mini series but theres really no need to remake it at all. Firstly, each part is 2 hours long already, making it essentially a three movie series as it is. No need to remake it at all.
 
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buddha
12:21AM on 10/15/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
just a thought...
So, with so much on his plate at the moment, and with his advancing years,i guess that means we will never get a sequel to Bladerunner. Only Sir Ridley could have pulled that off, wait a minute, UNLESS...Jim Cameron ups the ante following the way he did on Alien...ooohhhh, a Cameron sequel to a Scott film again. Blade Runners, with an "S". That i would pay to see...
So, with so much on his plate at the moment, and with his advancing years,i guess that means we will never get a sequel to Bladerunner. Only Sir Ridley could have pulled that off, wait a minute, UNLESS...Jim Cameron ups the ante following the way he did on Alien...ooohhhh, a Cameron sequel to a Scott film again. Blade Runners, with an "S". That i would pay to see...
 
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JackDurden
12:14AM on 10/15/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
OH COME ON
What's the point of remaking something that JUST CAME OUT, especially when its not really that foreign? This is just as dumb as the Death at a Funeral remake coming out next year.
What's the point of remaking something that JUST CAME OUT, especially when its not really that foreign? This is just as dumb as the Death at a Funeral remake coming out next year.