Scott W. Davis
08-29-2003, 03:54 AM
I was initially loathe to report on yet another remake. But hey, it's news, right? Time to stop putting it off and history shows this one isn't such a bad one.
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is set to get the remake treatment all over again from Warner Bros. Seeing the box office success of their remake, THE RING, the studio has handed the production off to producers Roy Lee and Doug Davidson. It will focus on a female lead in a small town setting.
No one has been selected to write the script yet. But speculates that the honor could go to Victor Salva (JEEPERS CREEPERS 1-2). Apparantly, this was mentioned at the convention in London. The Salva rumor has not been confirmed.
This remake wouldn't be too bad actually. BODY SNATCHERS has held up surprisingly well throughout the ages. In the fifties, Don Seigel's classic was a veiled metaphor for the Red Scare. In the 1970s, Phillip Kauffman's remake addressed a nation that was tiring of a decade of decadence and getting ready to settle into the bland prosperity of the eighties. Abel Ferrara's remake in the 1990s set the events within the confines of an Army base, where conformity can be a soldier's best friend. Who knows what paralells this one will draw, if any?
The basis of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS was the novel by Jack Finney, which was "inspired" by the novel THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert A. Heinlein.
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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is set to get the remake treatment all over again from Warner Bros. Seeing the box office success of their remake, THE RING, the studio has handed the production off to producers Roy Lee and Doug Davidson. It will focus on a female lead in a small town setting.
No one has been selected to write the script yet. But speculates that the honor could go to Victor Salva (JEEPERS CREEPERS 1-2). Apparantly, this was mentioned at the convention in London. The Salva rumor has not been confirmed.
This remake wouldn't be too bad actually. BODY SNATCHERS has held up surprisingly well throughout the ages. In the fifties, Don Seigel's classic was a veiled metaphor for the Red Scare. In the 1970s, Phillip Kauffman's remake addressed a nation that was tiring of a decade of decadence and getting ready to settle into the bland prosperity of the eighties. Abel Ferrara's remake in the 1990s set the events within the confines of an Army base, where conformity can be a soldier's best friend. Who knows what paralells this one will draw, if any?
The basis of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS was the novel by Jack Finney, which was "inspired" by the novel THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert A. Heinlein.
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