"Casablanca" Remake Greenlit

[Ms_Ann]

Last Remaining Cast Member from Original Dies at 92

Not sure Bogart would even get a read in today's Hollywood...always thought he was "funny looking".

Bad idea?

Who would you cast?


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[domroger]

Blasphemy .
I hate remakes ,they are never as good as the original .
Why not a sequel ,I think one was planned but never got made .

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Bad idea.



It would have to be completely sanitized. The Big Sleep would make a better remake, they could get a lot sleazier with it...

 

[Ms_Ann]

Blasphemy .
I hate remakes ,they are never as good as the original .
Why not a sequel ,I think one was planned but never got made .

Cape Fear.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I'd like to see a remake of Eyes Wide Shut.

 

[toubab]

A Casablanca remake sounds like a terrible idea. If they do it, there will be so many changes it will be unrecognizable.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Ugarte

Buscemi?

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[1sickbastard]

Not just a bad idea, but a completely terrible idea in every single regard.

I hope New Line spends $100 million on the remake, and another $20 million on advertising, then has it completely flop, grossing less than $10 million in the first month and maybe $25 million worldwide, including DVD/Blueray sales.
Afterwards, the stockholders sack the entire board and everyone involved in greenlighting the remake.

What's more, if Paul Feig does the directing, I hope the reviews and box-office gross are so bad he quits film-making permanently.

Blasphemy .
I hate remakes ,they are never as good as the original .
Why not a sequel ,I think one was planned but never got made .

Some re-makes aren't so bad. The 1972 remake of the Three Musketeers/Four Musketeers holds up pretty well. The remake of Batman, especially The Dark Knight was good, as was JJ Abram's Star Trek.
Oh, and then there's the Cecil B DeMill's remake of Ben-Hur (1959) from the original 1925 silent film, that was one clearly superior remake.
But the point that remakes are usually far worse than the originals does hold.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Laszlo?

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[Super-Surprise]

Blasphemy .
I hate remakes ,they are never as good as the original .
Why not a sequel ,I think one was planned but never got made .

"The Thomas Crown Affair" remake was excellent!

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[Lorilei]

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[domroger]

"The Thomas Crown Affair" remake was excellent!

Not as good as the original in my opinion ,but I'm an old fart and saw the original on release which always makes a stronger impact .

Regardless of the OP there are plenty of good books that have never been filmed ,and there must be writers who can manage an original screenplay .

 

[Ms_Ann]

Ilsa
(tough one)

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[Wrong Element]

Let's leave aside the casting. The original had possibly the greatest screenplay of all time. How are you going to top that?

 

[Ms_Ann]

A sequel has already been "written" by one of the original screenwriters decades ago.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Sam?

http://mediamass.net/jdd/public/documents/celebrities/2113.jpg

 

[Hypoxia]

A remake would only be a travesty.

Thus it'll get a go-ahead.

On Lifetime?

Oy.

 

[jehoram]

Why the hell not?

I wish them the best, even though they have an uphill fight getting it made and accepted. But if remakes were bad, then nobody would be doing Sbakespearean movies, right?

If the new cast can bring in nuances that the old one didn't, or couldn't, God bless 'em.

 

[aace714]

Casablance

It might be a bad idea but would love to work on it

 

[Conager]

Might as well. Whenever the subject has come up, I haven't met anyone under the age of 35 who seen it. Which astounds me.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Blasphemy .
I hate remakes ,they are never as good as the original .
Why not a sequel ,I think one was planned but never got made .

The Dark Knight > Batman

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Sam?

http://mediamass.net/jdd/public/documents/celebrities/2113.jpg

Why does Sam have to be black and why does Rick have to be white...



These are the first questions the movie makers will have to be prepared to address lest the Hollywood types get their thongs all bunched up.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Rick

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/headshots/tom-cruise-1.jpg

j/k
(maybe)

 

[Adjudicator]

A Casablanca remake is a horrible idea!

Cape Fear.

The Deniro remake was very good. You'd try another remake of this one?

I'd like to see a remake of Eyes Wide Shut.

Oddly enough, I would too. It would have to be better.

 

[Ms_Ann]

Why does Sam have to be black and why does Rick have to be white...



These are the first questions the movie makers will have to be prepared to address lest the Hollywood types get their thongs all bunched up.

PC sometimes stands for pubococcygeus muscle.