Lethal Weapon reboot, Wild Bunch & Westworld remakes, and Super Bowl trailer news

**6souls** · 2011-01-20 01:06

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Warner Bros. is working on a reboot of Lethal Weapon, a remake of The Wild Bunch and a remake of Westworld.

Now that Jessica Goodman has parted ways from the studio, these films are getting a revamp. She worked with Warner Bros. for 13 years as VP and oversaw films such as Watchmen, Training Day and the upcoming Green Lantern.

Goodman had a bunch of remakes/reboots waiting to be greenlit, including remakes of The Dirty Dozen, Oh, God as well as Tarzan. These films had been gaining ground lately, but hat been able to find the right team of producers and actors attached to move into production. In the queue for development are a reboot of the Lethal Weapon franchise as well as remakes of Westworld and The Wild Bunch.

With her departure these projects will now be given a fresh look. I am a huge fan of The Wild Bunch and I am torn with the idea of this getting the remake treatment. I would love to see what a director like David Fincher or maybe The Coen Brother's could do with the film. I do not care if there are any more Lethal Weapon films, but with the right team in place this could be good.

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* Lethal Weapon: What was considered an “event” movie in the late 1980s seems almost quaint in 2011 (no matter how awesome the first two movies are). The concept is essentially a police procedural featuring a mismatched pair of detectives. The chemistry between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, coupled with Richard Donner’s direction and a sharp script from a young Shane Black, turned this into a franchise. But one wrong move and it could have been Tango and Cash or Cop-Out. The studio would need to make a risky bet on casting -- Jeremy Renner in the Gibson role? -- and recruit a hot action director to make this feel fresh. And even though the temptation might be to go big-budget (Warners likes to go big), perhaps a smaller, grittier Weapon might re-establish its credibility.

* Westworld: Here’s a remake that could actually benefit from a 21st Century dusting. MGM first produced this Michael Crichton-penned movie back in 1973 and Warners has been trying to remake it since the 1990s. Technology alone is almost reason enough to remake it. But what makes it appealingly remake-able is that Westworld’s story is based on a big idea: a robot attraction at a theme park that turns on its visitors. With Transformers making billions for Paramount and DreamWorks, Warners could use a big-idea robot movie to sell around the world.

* The Wild Bunch: How can the studio even consider remaking the Sam Peckinpah Western classic? Two words: True Grit. Many weren’t happy that the Coen Brothers were doing a new adaptation but the Western has turned into the duo’s biggest hit ($129 million at the boxoffice and counting) and has people talking Oscar nominations. But just as True Grit required the attention of top filmmakers with a distinct point of view, the same goes for a movie as seminal as Wild Bunch. Warners couldn’t hire a journeyman scribe for the project. They would need to lure an A-list filmmaker who really, really wants to do it. Danny Boyle hasn’t tacked a Western, has he? What would Aaron Sorkin dialogue sound like if delivered in cowboy hats?

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Paramount Studios is set to lead the way with ads for 6 films, including J.J. Abrams' Super 8, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Gore Verbinski's Rango with Johnny Depp and Marvel's Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Disney has purchased ad space for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Universal and DreamWorks' have bought time for Cowboys & Aliens.

Warner Bros. and Fox currently do not have any ads slated for the broadcast, but that could change. And studios participating could add spots for other films before the game.

Relativity Media will be placing their first Super Bowl ad and have bought time for Limitless starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, which opens March 18.

A 30-second spot is costing a staggering $3 million, up from last year. It is well worth it for studios because a record 106 million viewers tuned in last year. Studios, on a whole have been spending a lot less since 2006 because of the high cost, yet they are major supporters of this years game.

According to a study from Kanta Media, Disney has spent $70.8 million on Super Bowl ads since 2001. Studios have been spending about the same amount this year as in 2010, they may be up a bit even.

Many studios are not airing ads during the game, instead opting to advertise when rates are lower during pregame festivities. Sony has purchased ads for Just Go With It (Feb. 11), Battle: Los Angeles (March 13) and Priest (May 13) before the game. Focus Features has also bought a pregame ad for The Eagle (Feb. 11). Paramount has also purchased pregame ads for Kung Fu Panda 2 (May 27).

Relativity looks to be going after the target demo for Take Me Home Tonight (March 4) buying time during Glee, airing after the Super Bowl. Paramount is also buying time for Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.

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**Qalbert** · 2011-01-20 01:10

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**Baelorn** · 2011-01-20 01:19

The Lethal Weapon remake reboot is being written by Will Beall who has written some of the best episodes of Castle("Home Is Where the Heart Stops", "Sucker Punch" and this coming week's episode "Knockdown"). Writing for movies is very different than television though so we'll see how he does. He did say he wanted to maintain the 'R' rating but I doubt the studio will let that happen.

**Scythiroth** · 2011-01-20 06:02

Way too many reboots of way too many things right now.

**kuronosan** · 2011-01-20 06:04

"Hey guys, remember the good stuff from the 80s? We're remaking it! The nostalgia will force people into the theater so we can make money!" - Some dumb shit marketing rep

Enough fucking reboots. Next thing you know the Honeymooners and I Love Lucy is going to have new movies made.

**Kingadem** · 2011-01-20 06:17

Originally Posted by kuronosan

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Enough fucking reboots. Next thing you know the Honeymooners and I Love Lucy is going to have new movies made.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373908/

**ZarakiKujata** · 2011-01-20 08:17

What the fuck. That movie is trash talking Tango and Cash and Cop Out like they weren't HILARIOUS buddy cop movies? Also, replacing Riggs and Murtaugh shouldn't prove too hard, but fuck if they mess with Leo, nobody can play that role besides Pesci

**Qalbert** · 2011-01-20 10:30

I guess Danny Glover was gettin' too old for this shit.

**ronin sparthos** · 2011-01-20 10:36

Oh man I thought for a second that Waterworld was getting a remake. That'd have been news.

Its remake overload already so Id probably give the Lethal Weapon reboot a chance.

**Correction** · 2011-01-20 11:07

Hollywood ran out of original ideas 15 years ago, this is no surprise. At least when the remakes come out and bomb people will pay attention to just how awesome the originals are.

**Souj** · 2011-01-20 12:12

This is the only new Lethal Weapon Movie I will get behind.

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**Iono** · 2011-01-20 13:56

They should get Donald Glover to play Danny Glover's part >.>a

**6souls** · 2011-01-20 16:09

Mel Gibson has reportedly passed on the idea of a Lethal Weapon 5 despite Shane Black's involvment. This has caused Warner Bros. to work on a full reboot of the franchise. Will Beall, the writer of Tales From the Gangster Squad has been hired to based on his pitch for a “hard R-rated edgy street cop movie.”

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**Mytiwar** · 2011-01-20 16:42

Originally Posted by Qalbert

I guess Danny Glover was gettin' too old for this shit.

booya

**Selamis** · 2011-01-20 16:50

Lethal Weapon reboot? Do not want.

Get some fucking better ideas Hollywood, stop ruining classic movies.

**ZarakiKujata** · 2011-01-20 19:53

Why the fuck is Mel Gibson passing? It's not like his roles since LW4 are any better then Lethal Weapon 5, might as well get the $30m paycheck for playing Riggs again?

**Deftscythe** · 2011-01-20 20:08

Lethal Weapon is just a buddy cop franchise, even if it's arguably the best. There's nothing conceptually unique about it. Whatever affection people have for the originals would then naturally have to come from either the performances or the scripts, neither of which are going to be present in this reboot. This is the most transparent play on nostalgia so far from hollywood's plague of remakes and reboots. I don't think this will be anything more than a generic buddy cop movie with the Lethal Weapon name attached.

And yet, I know the public will let me down again and go see it because "dude, it's LETHAL WEAPON!"

**ZarakiKujata** · 2011-01-20 20:17

What if they got the Philly guys starring in it?

**Deftscythe** · 2011-01-20 20:22

Then it would be awesome for reasons entirely unrelated to the originals.

aduidarnenye · 2011-01-20 21:07

There is no need to reboot Lethal Weapon. It's been rebooted a bajillion times in every single buddy cop movie since. What a ridiculous idea. I hate Hollywood. I'm going to exclusively watch Bollywood movies from now on.

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