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09-05-2003, 12:55 PM
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(Thanks to Jacob for the news)
Fox Searchlight To Remake The Fly Source: Variety Friday, September 5, 2003
Fox Searchlight has made a deal to remake The Fly, with feature newcomer Todd Lincoln writing the script and directing.
The studio began setting up meetings with Lincoln for The Fly as they watched their Danny Boyle-directed zombie film 28 Days Later become a summer sleeper hit.
Lincoln is an admirer of the 1958 original and David Cronenberg's 1986 redo and swears he won't fall into that fly-trap of regurgitating a well-worn plot. "I'm one of those comic book sci-fi fans who read the remake announcements and groan," he tells Variety. "This is certainly inspired by the original but it's a total re-imagining." What new things can we expect? "Why, in both films, did the fly never fly?"
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09-05-2003, 02:16 PM
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WHY?!
And you believe, at heart, everyone's a killer...
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09-05-2003, 02:25 PM
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"Why, in both films, did the fly never fly?"
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Well, if he had paid attention, he'd seen that the scientist was not fully transformed into a fly, thus it did not have the ability to fly.
But hey, if it's good, I'll see it. It does seem kind of pointless though.
/Mike
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09-05-2003, 02:27 PM
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Looks like The Fly is trying to catch up with Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
My Blu-ray collection so far: Casino Royale, The Fifth Element, 300, Unforgiven, T2, The Descent, The Road Warrior, The Untouchables, Purple Rain, Deliverance
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09-05-2003, 03:02 PM
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They can't possibly top the David Cronenberg version in my eyes (still the best film of his career) so I don't see much point in this. If the only thing new he can bring to the table is a flying fly, he's not going to be wowing me.
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09-05-2003, 03:33 PM
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"Why, in both films, did the fly never fly?"
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Because there's absolutely no way something with a scaled-up fly's wingspan would be able to generate enough power to lift something with a human being's mass off the ground?
(Prepares to get b----ed at by people who feel science has no place in science fiction)
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09-05-2003, 05:30 PM
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This is probably going to degenerate into a movie whose sole star will be a computer generated graphic of a man morphing into a fly. Sad, truly sad. Almost as bad as remaking "King Kong".........again. Apologies to the brilliant Peter Jackson of course.
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09-05-2003, 06:18 PM
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I was going to say the same thing as Jordan....
WHY?
Anyone Remember Fly 2 where they tried to duplicate the atmosphere and vision of Cronenbergs and failed miserably?
Why cant Hollywood leave things alone?
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09-06-2003, 11:20 AM
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What the hell could they do that Cronenberg didn't do back in 86?
Oh yeah, digital digital digital. Yeah I'm sure that the inevitable new digital effects will top anything that Chris Wallas did back then without CGI....even sight unseen I must... 
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09-06-2003, 12:36 PM
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This might be a case of draining the well bone dry.
Still, it does prove that the Fly series still lives on, and can be renewed each generation.
Still, I think the Cronenberg version (one of the BEST horror movies ever) explored the concept fully. There are so many layers, themes, etc. And the Oscar-winning FX have not dated.
Peter Staddon of Fox strongly indicated ("Good things come to those who wait. You should be happy sometime in 2004.") that a Fly 1986 SE DVD (my Holy Grail) was on its way for next year. Is *this* what he meant? Or will the DVD just be a promotional gag for the new version?
Ohhh, my.
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