The modest success of Pirahna 3D seems
to have influenced producers to look back at other old b-movies to
remake, and the latest (victim?) will be The Swarm.
TheWrap is
reporting that producers Roy Lee (The Ring) of Vertigo Entertainment and
Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity) of Room 101 are developing the
remake of the 1978 Irwin Allen disaster movie, with commercial director
Ash Bolland attached to direct and a writer “expected to be hired next
month”. That really tells you everything, doesn’t it?
Of
course, The Swarm is
actually the smart kind of movie to remake, as it’s not that good. It’s
certainly a fun and silly disaster movie, mostly because of how
straight the whole thing is played, but it’s pretty painful, even
with a young Michael Caine starring.
The original centers around an entomologist (Caine) who tries to get the military to listen to his warnings about killer bees that are about to descend on Houston. Check out the trailer for a good idea of its quality.
No more details on the film just yet, but till then let’s see what other killer animal movies will be remade. I’m pulling for another Food of the Gods, personally.
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isn't that one of the kids from glee?
So they're going to end up remaking EVERY SINGLE MOVIE Michael Caine ever did, then.
@#2: Yes. Not many people know that.
Michael Caine wasn't all that young when he made "The Swarm" .
Oh god!!! Not the beeeeees!!! Also Slim Pickins is a great name
It's actually true that ambulances explode if they collide with anything…
Apparently everything explodes when it gets attacked by bees.
My favorite shot is the one where the train falls over the mountainside (at around around 1:48)- you see through the front window of the train from inside, and the landscape tilts right along with the train instead of staying oriented. Classic!
OMG they're torturing Nic Cage with bee's!… it's about time!
It's funny how Stirling Silliphant is this respected screenwriter. But he actually wrote crap like this and OVER THE TOP.
We are… The Killer Bees!!! Any chance of a cameo from Ackroyd?
Piranha is spelled wrong. It's Piranha. But your only an internet journalist I wouldn't expect you to use spell check.
Night of the Lepus. Now.
Uhhhh…the Swarm was awesome – Classic Irwin Allen ensemble piece. As far as "playing it too straight"…..I heartily disagree. I certainly have no problem with the film being remade…..but remaking it as a wink at the screen inside joke would most assuredly be a disaster of the cinematic sorts.
I'd rather they made Baboon Holocaust.
#12, You're.
A remake of Food of the Gods could be pretty o.k.ish. I'm pulling for an Empire of the Ants remake.
"It is more than speculation…it is prognostication and conjecture and foreseeing-ness". you guys are too young to remember but the whole movie eventually happened in 1982, but the (liberal) media covered it all up.
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