Rob Cohen has his eyes on a remake of The Monster Squad, according to Deadline New York, which is a film he produced back in the late 80s. Looking to direct this time, Cohen has involved his cohorts at Platinum Dunes, which means Michael Bay’s name might be on this sucker (also Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller).
The original film, which I haven’t seen fuck you, is a monsters-come-to-town romp that sounds to me like a horror-based Goonies. I haven’t seen The Goonies either*, so take that as the valueless observation that it is. The original was written by Shane Black and Fred Dekker, so it has that going for it, and means I might actually pursue seeing it (there is seriously no room in my life for The Goonies).
Perhaps it was the Monster Squad fracas at The Alamo earlier this year that got everyone’s juices flowing, or maybe the apparent collapse of Cohen’s medieval film got him looking for an easy target. The story seems to revolve around a batch of monsters that another studio owns and is (poorly) trying to revive, so I have to wonder if that could cause any bumps in the road for the return of The Monster Squad.
Either way, poor Quint.
*Sorry there wasn’t someone more qualified to bring you your Monster Squad remake news at 5:00am folks.
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That's OK, Mr. Brown. I technically still haven't seen E.T. However, ask yourself one question before you watch this film… Do you have nards?
Re-watched recently and while it is a little dated, and influenced by The Goonies, it does still hold up. A bit of a guilty pleasure but still has some really good bits.
"I smell like the 40s!"
Really fun horror comedy. Loved this movie as a kid and I still do. The practical monsters in this look better than their modern CG counterparts and the writing isn't half bad. The characters actually have character (and not that forced "look how quircky I am" Napoleon Dynamite character).
How can anybody not had seen the Goonies at least once? What are you, 18? Geez. I hate getting my news from teenagers.
"there is seriously no room in my life for The Goonies"… I think my respect for your film opinion just dropped through the floor. While it is by no means the best movie ever made, how can you genuinely critique family movies, or movies in general, without having seen one of the most popular family films ever made. Plus, it involves the work of several major filmmakers that are still fairly relevant today. You clearly are old enough to have an opinion, but too young to use it wisely. No wonder you liked The Princess and the Frog so much….
"…batch of monsters that another studio owns…" So make it about Cthulu then! It's cheaper, and some lucky kids gets to say the line "Shub-Niggurath's gots nards!"
Stay strong Mr. Brown! Fuck The Goonies and the people that think it's not a piece of shit.
Great job hiring top notch employees Nick, really great staff of movie enthusiasts you have here.
you write for a movie news/review website and you haven't seen the monster squad or the goonies??? i didnt know getting a job at CHUD was so easy.
Hey Renn, we have fuck you*
(*means go write for AICN.)
You are a terrible person.
How about you just deliver all the Twilight news then?
Lost is kinda like Goonies. I've been waiting to drop that observation and I do not foresee a better shot at it.
I don't want to jump on the train but Yes FUCK THE GOONIES. Now I have seen it thus giving me the right to say it. It was on that list a while back for a reason…it is a necessity to have seen but yes people have got it wrong. So Fuck Renn but honestly lets not fuck him as hard as we should be fucking people who are pooing on his film knowledge and think the goonies is a "GREAT" movie.
the Goonies is hallmark 80's entertainment and worth the look, missing it is like missing many other 80's cinema that is of-course "bad" by some caparison to today's standard, did you see raider's of the lost arc or miss that one too?
And that's why I rarely read your articles.
"The original film, which I haven't seen fuck you"
Made me chuckle. Fuck commas!
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