With so many remakes out there today who actually says hey lets remake *you fill in the blank* and actually gets a movie done out of it? There's no new script to discover, read, and greenlight. So what is the actual process?
2007-10-10 07:59:39 · 4 answers · asked by cavalofun 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
First someone (at the studio) has to determine who owns the rights to the original film and negotiate a deal. Then a writer will generate a new script; they generally don't use the original script verbatim--people working today need to get paid too! The process for casting, shooting & distribution is the same as any other film. Part of the reason for redoing old films is that a younger generation may not even realize it's a remake. And also they tend to make films out of old TV shows to attract boomers.
2007-10-10 08:11:19 · answer #1 · answered by Nefertiti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That isn't right about remakes. They rarely follow the original. Compare the two "Wicker Man" films; the second one is a travesty! What was Nicolas Cage thinking?!
The same can be said for these:
"The Haunting"
"13 Ghosts"
"The Haunting of Hill House"
"The Omen" did copy the original but failed on every count. So, even when they do "color by numbers", they end up with a shoddy knockoff. "The Fog" tried to have it both ways and failed for the most part. As for "Psycho"... BLECH!
I think Hollywood flips a two-sided coin; one side has "Try to duplicate."; the other, "Who's gonna notice?!"
Not all remakes are disasters, such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "Willard", which I thought did a very skillful job, especially thanks to Crispin Glover and CGI rats. Most of them are failures, generally a huge waste of money as they try to give it a new look.
Then there are the films that try to translate TV series to the screen. *SIGH*
2007-10-10 15:19:37 · answer #2 · answered by MystMoonstruck 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The decision to make re-makes is usually based on who has the rights to an intellectual property.
Studios feel it is safer to go with something that the public recognizes or that has worked in the past, rather than taking a chance on something new
2007-10-10 16:09:10 · answer #3 · answered by Dr.Cyclops 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wicked money changers!
2007-10-10 17:18:30 · answer #4 · answered by Pinyon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋