Are you ready for a remake of "Red Dawn"....starring Tom Cruise's son?

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited August 2009 in Music & Movies
Hollywood is really reaching deep into the barrel....

Remake of "Red Dawn" with Connor Cruise
Tom Cruise's son Connor is set to star in a remake of the 1984 action war drama Red Dawn, according to reports.

The 14-year-old will play Daryl, the youngest in the group of high school students who wage war against foreign invaders, the Hollywood Reporter said.

The original film helped launch the Hollywood careers of its stars Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen.

Filming is due to begin in Detroit next month and is scheduled to be released in September 2010.

Connor Cruise, who was adopted by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, made his big screen debut last year as the young Will Smith character in drama Seven Pounds.

He will join other cast members including former Home and Away stars Chris Hemsworth as leader Jed Eckert and Isabel Lucas as cheerleader Erica who has to be rescued from an internment camp.

The cast are reportedly heading off in a few weeks for military training in preparation for the film at an undisclosed location.

Unlike the original film, which was released towards the end of the Cold War, the reversion will see the group of teens, who become known as the Wolverines, invaded by Chinese and Russian troops.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2009
    Sure why not...I liked the original.
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited August 2009
    The concept of the movie back then was good but today I think it will flop.

    I read an article interviewing a retired Soviet general and he stated that they never had an invasion plan for the US. With an armed population and the military force we have they would never try to invade. Hit us with nukes yes but invade no.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2009
    The concept is as preposterous now as it was in 1984. I'm waiting for a Yentl re-make with Barbara Streisand playing a man again.

    I guess you could make it realistic/sellable a few different ways. Instead of Russian soldiers it could be immigrant landscapers that invade. Or if you want to keep it the Russians, a good idea for a movie is to have them attack California, which is generally construed here to be America's "soft underbelly". They get a foothold and make some advances inland, threatening the place you put celebrity hand and footprints in cement, In N Out Burger, and Las Vegas. Then all the rednecks from around the rest of the country mobilize and ride to the rescue in American made pick-ups and SUV's.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited August 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    I guess you could make it realistic/sellable a few different ways. Instead of Russian soldiers it could be immigrant landscapers that invade. Or if you want to keep it the Russians, a good idea for a movie is to have them attack California, which is generally construed here to be America's "soft underbelly". They get a foothold and make some advances inland, threatening the place you put celebrity hand and footprints in cement, In N Out Burger, and Las Vegas. Then all the rednecks from around the rest of the country mobilize and ride to the rescue in American made pick-ups and SUV's.

    LOL!
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    Blasphemy, Mr. Grand! :)

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2009
    Those in "the know" mobilize when they hear the "In N" part. Makes a great plug for the chain. Get them to kick in a little and pay for some movie.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2009
    Of course its foolish, but hey, it's just a movie. The concept of someone putting on an armored suit and calling himself Iron Man is a little far fetched as well but we raved about the movie. You guys know what Im getting at right?
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2009
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    The concept of someone putting on an armored suit and calling himself Iron Man is a little far fetched as well but we raved about the movie. You guys know what Im getting at right?

    I must've missed that epic, I don't remember raving about it. I have many, many other things I would rave about before that anyway.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    I must've missed that epic, I don't remember raving about it. I have many, many other things I would rave about before that anyway.

    LOL....I digress......not really directed at any 1 individual, I guess "raving" may have been a bit strong, but most people really liked it.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited August 2009
    Hollywood taking another shot at ruining a childhood memory for me. Sweet.

    I'll wait for the DVD Review, thank you very much.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2009
    I like George's idea of having all the illegal Mexican yard workers revolt and turn into a sort of organized takeover force working from the inside.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2009
    As I'm clicking through channels when there is nothing on (which is almost always the case), Red Dawn is one of those moives I tend to stop on and watch the rest of it.

    There are a some movies that fall into that "always watch no matter how many times I've seen it" category. Red Dawn, Ferris Bueller, War Games, Cool Hand Luke, Animal House, Jeremiah Johnson...to name a few.

    I doubt I would watch a remake. It just wouldn't be the same.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited August 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I like George's idea of having all the illegal Mexican yard workers revolt and turn into a sort of organized takeover force working from the inside.

    One bush(es) at a time door to door, Bob? :)
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,146
    edited August 2009
    Sounds lame. I wonder...since there is such a lack of creativity in Hollywood today and all these old, marginal movies get re-made, have there been any movies actually re-made twice? There must be at least one.....
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited August 2009
    Night of the Living Dead has been remade twice - once in 1990 and once in 2006.
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  • Matt34
    Matt34 Posts: 318
    edited August 2009
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2009
    kevhed72 wrote:
    have there been any movies actually re-made twice? There must be at least one.....

    Quite a few actually. Sweeny Todd is the latest that comes to mind. "The King and I", "Ten Little Indians/Then There Were None", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "King Kong"...and I'm sure there are many more.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2009
    Well it's being shot in Detroit, which is already a war zone, so that works out...
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited August 2009
    Looking forward to it. I was a big fan of Red Dawn back in the days.

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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited August 2009
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  • POIDOG
    POIDOG Posts: 391
    edited August 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    Then all the rednecks from around the rest of the country mobilize and ride to the rescue in American made pick-ups and SUV's.

    Independence Day :D except aliens from space & don't forget that blockbuster "A Day without a Mexican" :cool:

    Hollywood, land of bloated excess & no new ideas. Let the Russians have it :p
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2009
    Based on the last 2 years worth of movies, I'm thinking the Russians will be the heroes in this one(holyweirds perspective)
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited August 2009
    Kill off another great movie...
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited August 2009
    Prepare yourself for grand disappointment (or pleasure, depending on if you knew/loved these films.) Some of these just flat shouldn't be touched.......ever. How do you remake True Grit or Butch Cassidy???

    Battle Royale
    Evil Dead
    Red Dawn
    Weird Science
    Karate Kid
    Top Gun
    Footloose
    Arthur
    They Live
    Romancing the Stone
    Fantastic Voyage
    Back to School
    Meatballs
    The Dirty Dozen
    Conan
    Clash of the Titans
    Death Wish
    Short Circuit
    The Thing
    The Birds
    Hellraiser
    Poltergeist
    Oldboy
    Westworld
    Logan's Run
    Child Play
    Rocky Horror Picture Show
    Flash Gordon
    The Jetsons
    The Last Starfighter
    Forbidden Planet
    Barbarella
    Rashomon
    Highlander
    Tron
    Nightmare on Elm Street
    Teen Wolf
    Straw Dogs
    Escape from New York
    Total Recall
    Robocop
    Gilligan's Island
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    True Grit

    http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/166239/55_movie_remakes_currently_in_the_works.html

    http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15211/38_planned_movie_remakes_you_didnt_%20%20know_about.html
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2009
    I'm SOOOOOOO glad the screen writers guild won their contracts! They sure are WORTH IT!!!





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