Thursday, September 24, 2009

Revenge of the BrundleFly

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Did I not wake up this morning? Have I slipped into some sort of madness? Via here:

David Cronenberg is again buzzing with "The Fly."

The auteur is in talks to develop a reboot of the 1986 classic with Fox, the studio that released that film, writing and potentially directing the new pic.

The move marks an about-face for the Canadian director, who in the past has said he did not want to be involved on a remake of the film. Cronenberg did work on an opera version of "The Fly" that was staged first in Paris and then in Los Angeles.

... The project would represent a chance for Cronenberg to return to a film that helped establish his career, but to do so in the effects age, using techniques that weren't possible nearly a quarter-century ago.

A return to "The Fly" would also mark the latest in a mini-trend of directors remaking their own work. Michael Haneke last year remade his thriller "Funny Games" while Werner Herzog reimagined his doc "Little Dieter Needs to Fly" with the 2006 feature "Rescue Dawn."

They should mention the original master-remaker-of-his-own-work, Hitchcock. Hitchcock Haneke and Herzog! There's a super-powered bunch of H names for ya! Aaaanyway (I really am not entirely awake yet) I am entirely down with this trend, and with Cronenberg making another version of The Fly. I've been clamoring for him to make another body-horror film anyway, so perhaps this could ease him back into it.
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