Red Dawn (November 21, 2012)

[Dimmauk]

Tom Cruise's son in "Red Dawn" remake (Reuters)
Source: Reuters Mon Aug 10, 2009, 2:01 pm EDT


LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tom Cruise's son is among the newest Wolverines to join the remake of "Red Dawn," the 1984 action movie about a group of teenagers who form an insurgency when their town is invaded -- this time by Chinese and Russian soldiers.

Connor Cruise, 14, will join fellow new recruits Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas and Edwin Hodge in the MGM/UA project. Already cast are Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki.

Cruise is playing Daryl, the mayor's son and best friend of tech geek Robert (Hutcherson, in the role originated by C. Thomas Howell).

Lucas is Erica, head cheerleader and the Peck character's girlfriend whom he desperately hopes to spring from an internment camp. Lea Thompson played the character in the original. Hodge will play Danny, the coolest kid in school and star wide receiver who helps establish the resistance.

The young cast heads off in a few weeks for military training in an undisclosed location. Shooting will then begin in Detroit for a September 24, 2010 release. Dan Bradley is directing

Cruise debuted in December as the young Will Smith character in "Seven Pounds." Hutcherson starred in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Bridge to Terabithia." Lucas recently appeared in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Hodge has a recurring role on Fox's "Mental" and recently appeared in the feature "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane."

[Brill Weave]

This is sacrilege.

[ZarakiKujata]

are the commies gonna be slants this time around at least?

[Suited Aces]

Will only be worth watching if Patrick Swayze plays the Harry Stanton part and screams "AVENGE ME!"

[Khanetaru]

ohnotheydidnt: wolverines!

Gives a comparison of original actors and the new ones.

[Dimmauk]

ohnotheydidnt: wolverines!

Gives a comparison of original actors and the new ones.

So two black guys are in this cast, why no Hispanics or Asians?

[Deftscythe]

Gee, I hope they make all the chinese guys full CGI and give them mechs and shit.

[Olo401]

why

[Alderaan]

What the fuck. No.

[Effluo]

By extension of my Tom Cruise boycott, i can not watch this movie. Also include the fact that they will somehow fuck up one of my mostest favoritest movies of all times.

WOLVERINES!!!

[ZarakiKujata]

So two black guys are in this cast, why no Hispanics or Asians?

Cuz slants and wetbacks are the only commies left in the world. Would be confusing to real Americans to have them be both be the red's and the good guys

[Dimmauk]

Cuz slants and wetbacks are the only commies left in the world. Would be confusing to real Americans to have them be both be the red's and the good guys

LOL.

I forgot the Chinese have to replace the Russians in the remake.

[Qalbert]

unrelated but American Werewolf is being remade according to wiki

[Pooky]

Fuck American Cinema.

[Alderaan]

Lets be honest, it wasn't the greatest movie ever made. It was, however, made at a time when WW3 was a strong possibility. The opening scene gave me nightmares for years when i was a kid. I can't see this working today at all. I've lost all faith in American Cinema.
They don't seem to understand that the time period has as much to do with the success of the original, as the movie itself.

[Norelco]

Seriously, why all the remakes? Is Hollywood so bereft of fresh ideas?

[Olo401]

Yes.

[ZarakiKujata]

Seriously, why all the remakes? Is Hollywood so bereft of fresh ideas?

To be fair Hollywood has always been bereft of new ideas.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I did not know that Cruise had a son old enough to act. I'm curious as to what he looks like.

[Dimmauk]

I did not know that Cruise had a son old enough to act. I'm curious as to what he looks like.

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