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post #1 of 18
12/15/10 at 6:30pm
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Rejoice, cinephiles, another unnecesary remake is on the horizon.

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post #2 of 18
12/15/10 at 6:32pm
Completely unnecessary. Neither the book nor the film are even that memorable in the first place.

And I usually don't say this, but I am willing to bet money that Chloe Moretz plays the lead.
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post #3 of 18
12/15/10 at 6:32pm
Don't discount a Fanning.
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post #4 of 18
12/15/10 at 6:40pm
I can hear the music from the trailer now. It can only be one song, blasted over a flurry of bitchin' destructo imagery and dramatic poses.

"This summer...is going to be...a scorcher!"

I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter!

(Title Card Slam): FIRESTARTER.
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post #5 of 18
12/15/10 at 6:56pm
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timeless concept... reinvent the character “with a little edge."
Telekinetic pyromania is just as relevant today as it was when Shub-Niggurath was still having kids. Timeless? Yep.

I hope that "little edge" leads up to the same twist ending as Sleepaway Camp. Either that or she has a letter opener.
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post #6 of 18
12/15/10 at 7:03pm
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Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
Don't discount a Fanning.
Nick's Fanning the casting flames!
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post #7 of 18
12/15/10 at 7:20pm
I really dug the book, the film was just ok. This doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing.
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post #8 of 18
12/15/10 at 9:31pm
Danny Trejo as Rainbird!
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post #9 of 18
12/15/10 at 9:34pm
So, can just about anything be turned into a franchise now or what?

Sony announce their plans for 'Tootle The Train', an epic film series in 8 parts....
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post #10 of 18
12/16/10 at 3:00am
The film was pretty much critically reviled. And the cover used in the article is the edition I read when I was 12!
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post #11 of 18
12/16/10 at 3:04am
This brings back sweet memories of Drew -wrinkling her nose and whoosh!
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post #12 of 18
12/16/10 at 3:39am
If they HAVE to remake a film, I'd rather it be a mediocre one like Firestarter. I daresay many folks don't have an attachment to it like they do with more beloved films, so hopefully that leads to less bitching about remakes, and also leads to the film makers not being afraid to make necessary changes from the original.
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post #13 of 18
12/16/10 at 3:41am
They remade Carrie as a TV movie (intended as a pilot) and got what, 5 or 6 seasons out of The Dead Zone? And those were good movies. I'll get pissed when a Scooby-Doo-esque CGI Cujo is revealed.
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post #14 of 18
12/16/10 at 3:42am
While there's not a whole lot to go on, I'm getting shades of JUMPER with this.
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post #15 of 18
12/16/10 at 10:44am
There's no indication that they're interested in franchising this, but they probably are. If they are, the film I'm thinking of is PUSH (which in turn, made me think about Firestarter when I was watching it), one of the most anticlimatic, television pilot feeling, "cinematic" experiences I've ever had with a movie.
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post #16 of 18
12/16/10 at 10:53am
There's actually been talk that Summit is going to turn PUSH into a TV Series.

I didn't really mind PUSH. The HK locale shooting had a nice ambience to them.
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post #17 of 18
12/16/10 at 11:10am
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I didn't really mind PUSH. The HK locale shooting had a nice ambience to them.
I fell asleep during it. Somewhere around the 100th time Dakota Fanning saw some vision but some other girl outvisioned her or something.

Anyway yeah Firestarter was mediocre but I will always have a place in my heart for the ending. Seriously little Drew killing like 100 army with Fireballs, how can that be bad? As for a remake im alright with it. Hopefully they can tighten up the middle. Also I heard in the book Rainbird was a pedophile, is that true?
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post #18 of 18
12/16/10 at 11:43am
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Danny Trejo as Rainbird!
Nah, gotta mix it up a little. Moon Bloodgood. Keep Chloe Grace, and throw in a controversial Charlie/Rainbird lesbian angle. Women making out is the new "bullet time" baby.
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