The gents over at Dark Horizons have reported that Paul W. S. Anderson is going to turn his eager eye to a remake of Roger Corman’s twisted NASCAR tale, DEATH RACE 2000. Not surprisingly the title has been updated to DEATH RACE 3000.
The original flick sent Rocky vs. Caine, I mean Sly Stallone vs. David Carradine, in a race where you accumulated points by running over pedestrians. Good times were had by all my friends. It’s a fantastic drinking flick!
Apparently the remake will throw in a bit more of a ROAD WARRIOR feel to it, which could work, though I’m not jumping out of my pants for joy over the idea (which quite frankly is probably best for all concerned).
Here’s what Anderson had to say on the subject – “The original was so much about decimating pedestrians that the actual race was almost irrelevant, and I want to restore that. Set in 2020, ours is an ultraviolent, no-holds-barred race with heavily armed Escalades, Ferraris and Aston Martins.”
So it sounds like they’re going a little bit more upscale from the gritty, b-movie original. I wish them good luck, and hope they don’t lose sight of the decimating pedestrians part. I mean, c’mon, how great is that! Now let’s all take a moment to enjoy two of the movie’s classic images below.
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