Title: SPIDER BABY getting remade
Description: The news actually gets worse!
William S. Wilson - November 8, 2007 11:47 PM (GMT)
Yes, SPIDER BABY is finally getting remade...by the fine folks who did NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 3-D! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! News via Fango:
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Fango just received exclusive word that indie film producer Tony DiDio (of both TOOLBOX MURDERS incarnations) is preparing a remake of the 1968 Jack Hill cult classic SPIDER BABY (pictured). The original film, which stars film legend Lon Chaney Jr. and Sid (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS) Haig, centers around a family residing in an isolated mansion who suffer a degenerative disease called “The Merrye Syndrome” (which causes them to regress to the point of cannibalism; much macabre wackiness is the end result). Haig is being courted to return for the update (to take over the role of family caretaker Bruno, originally essayed by Chaney), with Hill on board as executive producer and director Jeff Broadstreet (who previously teamed with Haig on NIGHT OF THE LIVING 3D) at the helm.
“We’re going to stick very closely to the basic story of the original film, and at the same time dig deeper into the backstory of the inbred Merrye family,” Broadstreet tells Fango. The new script by NIGHT 3D’s Robert Valding “expands on the themes of unconditional love, and also the story elements of cannibalism and the mutant relatives in the basement. But this isn’t going to be the TEXAS CHAINSAW family, and it’s not going to be a monster movie.”
According to Broadstreet, the remake’s origins date back to “the end of 2005, when Sid and I were doing ADR on NOTLD 3D, and he got me thinking about it. Sid told me that he and Jack Hill had been talking about a remake and that he was interested in playing the Bruno role, which a lot of people consider to be Lon Chaney Jr.’s last memorable performance. I really thought that was a great idea. He’s now about the same age as Chaney was when they shot the original.” Flash forward to August 2007, when a mutual friend introduced Broadstreet to Hill. “We wrote a treatment, got Jack’s input and things have moved quickly,” the filmmaker says. “I’m very excited about directing this film and bringing Jack’s highly original tale to a new audience.”
Budgeted in the $3-5-million range, the new SPIDER BABY is one of a trio of horror flicks DiDio aims to put into production within the next nine months, all intended for eventual possible theatrical release. |
Domenick Fraumeni - November 9, 2007 12:07 AM (GMT)
Doesn't Sid Haig say on the commentary for NOTLD 3d that if he knew what it really was, he'd never have done it? Guess everyone kissed and made up.
Wow, though. Between this, the DAY OF THE DEAD remake and plans for THE EXORCIST and KNIGHTRIDERS, suddenly Uwe Bolle is looking like a respectable auteur.
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - November 9, 2007 03:58 AM (GMT)
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Oh. Ok. Whatever. That's not like a 'real' remake.
Bill Picard - November 9, 2007 06:01 AM (GMT)
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| “We’re going to stick very closely to the basic story of the original film, and at the same time dig deeper into the backstory of the inbred Merrye family,” |
What's with the obsession with "backstory" in these horror remakes? It's almost like the filmmakers have to justify a remake by elaborating on the original.
Craig Blamer - November 9, 2007 06:39 AM (GMT)
Well, at least Jack Hill is involved.
John Black - November 9, 2007 07:30 AM (GMT)
I'm holding out for a remake of Barry Mahon's THE DEAD ONE.
Bob Gutowski - November 9, 2007 04:16 PM (GMT)
And Dakota Fanning in a new LEMORA! ;)
(One more post and I'm at 1000!)
William D'Annucci - November 9, 2007 05:15 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Bob Gutowski @ Nov 9 2007, 11:16 AM) |
| And Dakota Fanning in a new LEMORA! ;) |
Yikes! War Of The Worlds was only 2 and a half years ago! Is she already hitting her Rainbeaux years? I'm not sure if I'm ready to have anything more on my mind than Bible studies about Dakota.
But I'm even more shocked about the potential reality of a Knightriders remake. I love the original, but has the idea of a motorcycle Renn Faire ever had any kind of wide appeal for audiences, even in 1980? Is this for real? So what, are they gonna focus on the stunts for the YouTube/Jack-Ass crowd?
How's about Horror Express with Robert Loggia as Savalas?
Marty McKee - November 9, 2007 05:21 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (William D'Annucci @ Nov 9 2007, 12:15 PM) |
How's about Horror Express with Robert Loggia as Savalas? |
Chugging gallons of orange juice.
Bob Gutowski - November 9, 2007 05:37 PM (GMT)
God, I wanted to like KNIGHTRIDERS, but the whole Arthurian metaphor was kinda...weary, I thought. Some nice performances (is it really nasty to ask if Christine Romero would ever be in a film if she weren't married to the director, 'cause I've never been overly impessed with her?), and those shots of Ed Harris naked in the brook and Tom Savini in his plastic and metal loincloth are fun.
And THAT'S what I wrote about in my 1,000th post? I oughta be ashamed...;)
Richard Harland Smith - November 9, 2007 08:17 PM (GMT)
Well, somebody stepped in a big ol' pile of bitch.
JEFFREY ALLEN RYDELL - November 9, 2007 08:45 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Richard Harland Smith @ Nov 9 2007, 03:17 PM) |
| Well, somebody stepped in a big ol' pile of bitch. |
gush - slide... :ph43r: