Really - they remade Rosemary's Baby?

[JustAnotherGen]

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?

[malthaussen]

1. They're planning a remake of "Gone With the Wind"

Starring Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber.

-- Mal

[JustAnotherGen]

2. That's just rumors though . . .

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

[Little_Wing]

4. Miley could play Belle Watling

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Oh my - let's cast it!

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]

3. It's going to be a TV mini series, right?

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]

6. Yes I did know that!

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.

[cyberswede]

7. Good grief.

Some films should never be remade.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. How could they possibly improve on the original cast?

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

[MrMickeysMom]

9. Absolutely...

Call me old fashioned… the cast was great. I'd like to see it again, in fact.

[Paladin]

10. The original can't be improved upon, which is why I'll skip the new attempt. (nt)

[JustAnotherGen]

11. One improvement

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.