New Bad Lieutenant?

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by: Dave Davis Aug. 29, 2007

Generally when movies get selected for remake treatment, it's to take advantage of potential commercial aspects of the property. Why, then, might someone want to remake a movie as aggressively non-commercial as BAD LIEUTENANT?

But TV guy William Finkelstein (NYPD BLUE, LAW & ORDER) and producer Ed Pressman (THE CROW) plan to do just that. The original 1992 Abel Ferrara flick featured Harvey Keitel as a bottom-feeding, genuine bastard city cop engaging in profuse amounts of gambling, promiscuity, drug abuse, and unwelcome full-frontal nudity, before finding faith while investigating the rape of a nun. It's a real blinding burst of sunshine!

The plan for the update is apparently to continue with similar lurid behavior while exploring more of the character's backstory. Keitel reportedly won't be involved... and since the original film hinges on his fearless performance, it certainly calls the purpose of remake into question.

Source: LA Times

Extra Tidbit: BAD LIEUTENANT was co-written by Zoe Lund, who played the lead in Ferrara's revenge exploitation flick Ms. 45.

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HoyleHaw
6:07PM on 09/04/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I have to say I'd be genuinely interested in seeing this get past the planning stages. That it is even a consideration, I think, could mean the whole movie industry's gone topsy-turvy. "I'll do something for you, you do something for me."
I have to say I'd be genuinely interested in seeing this get past the planning stages. That it is even a consideration, I think, could mean the whole movie industry's gone topsy-turvy. "I'll do something for you, you do something for me."
 
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plkrtn
2:48PM on 08/30/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Just NO!
Anything that puts money in Abel Ferrara's pocket is just a bad idea.
Just NO!
Anything that puts money in Abel Ferrara's pocket is just a bad idea.
 
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weird v3.0
3:27AM on 08/30/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Check list
Nun-rape? Check
Verbal rape? Check
Ding-dongs? Check
Drug & sluts abuse? Double check
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They're out of their minds. I heard there's gonna be a WGA strike soon, is this related?
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Remake Zardoz or Krull if you dare, bitches!!!
Nun-rape? Check
Verbal rape? Check
Ding-dongs? Check
Drug & sluts abuse? Double check
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They're out of their minds. I heard there's gonna be a WGA strike soon, is this related?
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Remake Zardoz or Krull if you dare, bitches!!!
 
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the clever guy
1:26AM on 08/30/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i think what vanity ruins is getting at is hollywood is literally running out of shit to do other than remake old, classic movies. and i completely agree. hollywood needs to get its fucking shit together and stop with the remakes. to be honest, i cant even think of a good remake right now. nope, still cant. hollywood...do us all a favor and unfuck yourself and start making quality NEW IDEA movi...
i think what vanity ruins is getting at is hollywood is literally running out of shit to do other than remake old, classic movies. and i completely agree. hollywood needs to get its fucking shit together and stop with the remakes. to be honest, i cant even think of a good remake right now. nope, still cant. hollywood...do us all a favor and unfuck yourself and start making quality NEW IDEA movies from time to time!
 
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shmuckluck2
11:37PM on 08/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Sometimes they're good. Just wait and check them out before you criticize them.
Sometimes they're good. Just wait and check them out before you criticize them.
 
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Vanity Ruins
11:21PM on 08/29/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
For fucks sake, Hollywood. STOP REMAKING MOVIES. It's just annoying now.
For fucks sake, Hollywood. STOP REMAKING MOVIES. It's just annoying now.