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JustAnotherGen

(33,539 posts)
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 09:35 AM Mar 2014

Really - they remade Rosemary's Baby?

http://www.slashfilm.com/rosemarys-baby-remake-first-look/

Okay -I love love love Zoe Saldana ever since I saw the overlooked and panned The Words. That's a plus - she'll nail the role.

However, the beauty of the original is its simplicity and well - it's adherence to Levin's very creepy and simple novel. I can't wrap my head around the Eiffel tower in the background. I just can't do it.

Anyone up on this? Is it going to be a green screen special effects nightmare?
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Really - they remade Rosemary's Baby? (Original Post) JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 OP
They're planning a remake of "Gone With the Wind" malthaussen Mar 2014 #1
That's just rumors though . . . JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #2
Miley could play Belle Watling Little_Wing Mar 2014 #4
Oh my - let's cast it! JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #5
It's going to be a TV mini series, right? Little_Wing Mar 2014 #3
Yes I did know that! JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #6
Good grief. cyberswede Mar 2014 #7
How could they possibly improve on the original cast? aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2014 #8
Absolutely... MrMickeysMom May 2014 #9
The original can't be improved upon, which is why I'll skip the new attempt. (nt) Paladin May 2014 #10
One improvement JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #11

JustAnotherGen

(33,539 posts)
2. That's just rumors though . . .
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 11:28 AM
Mar 2014

And the buzz was if they did remake it - Taylor Swift - not Miley would be the lead.

JustAnotherGen

(33,539 posts)
5. Oh my - let's cast it!
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 06:25 AM
Mar 2014

Aunt Pitty Pat - Kathy Bates
Rhett - Ryan Reynolds


And there has to be cameos of Double R Superstar (Redford), Joe Pesci, Dustin Hoffman, Idris Elba, and Big D - Dicaprio!

Little_Wing

(417 posts)
3. It's going to be a TV mini series, right?
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 03:58 AM
Mar 2014

No interest in watching THAT.

Agree with you that Zoe has potential though. She was a cool, updated Uhura in the newest Star Trek franchise, and did a nice job as the voice of Neytiri in Avatar. The Words was an interesting movie and she and Bradley Cooper made it work. Here's a bit of trivia: Did you know that Hemingway's wife actually left one of his manuscripts on a train?

JustAnotherGen

(33,539 posts)
6. Yes I did know that!
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 06:28 AM
Mar 2014

I loved how that was woven in. But I really loved the "swirling" - that's how mixed race couples really are. We live - we are just like everyone else.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
8. How could they possibly improve on the original cast?
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 07:43 PM
Apr 2014

Ruth Gordon was so marvelously annoying in that role. Everyone was perfect for the part.

JustAnotherGen

(33,539 posts)
11. One improvement
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 08:15 AM
Jul 2014

Robert Redford was originally slated to play Ro's husband but I think Downhill Racer pulled him away. There was some conflict of time that pulled him out of that role.


He might have been better since he is a much more subtle actor - he wouldn't have had to say a word the entire movie and could have gone by facial expression alone. Watch Brubaker - at the very end when the guy says "You were right" . . . Redford responds with body and facial expression to convey hope, sadness, failure and love for his men.

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