Will Smith and Kevin Hart will star in and produce a remake of the 1987 road comedy “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” for Paramount Pictures.
The original “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” was directed by John Hughes, and starred Steve Martin and the late John Candy as a pair of mismatched businessmen trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving in the face of a variety of travel disasters.
The remake will be a modern update of the original, with Smith and Hart playing characters who are forced to team up to tackle travel obstacles to get home to their loved ones.
Hart’s HartBeat Productions and Smith’s Westbrook Studios are developing the remake. Aeysha Carr (“Brooklyn 99”) is set to pen the screenplay, marking her feature writing debut. Hart and Smith will produce the film alongside Westbrook Studios co-president and head of motion pictures Jon Mone and HartBeat’s president of film and television Bryan Smiley. [Reply]
You guys are upset about a remake of a 33 year old movie?
Seriously?
Today's audiences most likely know absolutely nothing about the original and even if they do, most wouldn't be able to connect with it.
They're remaking this film in order to attract the 18-49 year old crowd, not the 50+ crowd.
i think they are remaking it and so many other things for two reasons. Americans that still watch movies have to have name recognition to want to watch it. They've probably never seen the movie, but they've probably heard of it and that helps with selling it to them.
The other reason is that there just isn't really any more creativity or innovation so they have to remake things instead of making something new and original that can become a classic. Is there anything from the past 5 years or so that will be considered classics and universally loved in the future? Probably not many, if any. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Because the title is out there in the ether, so it's an easier sell (i.e., funding) than to call the movie something else entirely, then try to find funding.
Someone mentioned that this film wouldn't work because it's so much easier to travel today than it was in 1987.
Enter the TSA, COVID-19, Homeland Security, et al and you have the makings of a bankable comedy with two bankable and proven stars.
Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that it will work and draw a huge box office but it has a better chance with that title than without it.
I’ll say this, I think John Hughes had a very unique, distinct and funny voice as an artist. That will be hard to replicate, so I wouldn’t even try. Come at it from a different angle. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bump:
The other reason is that there just isn't really any more creativity or innovation so they have to remake things instead of making something new and original that can become a classic.
That is just utterly ridiculous.
Marvel has done the unthinkable, which is to create 23 consecutive films, each with its own narrative yet fits into a much larger universe as seamlessly as possible, starring some of the best actors of this generation while breaking new ground in the fields of Sound Design, Scoring, Visual Effects and more.
Filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, Sam Mendes and countless others are at the top of their game, creating new stories and movies that challenge the moviegoer.
I could go on and on and on but if you can't find "Original" films to watch, that's on you, not on the people who are creating films.
Originally Posted by Bump:
Is there anything from the past 5 years or so that will be considered classics and universally loved in the future? Probably not many, if any.
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
I’ll say this, I think John Hughes had a very unique, distinct and funny voice as an artist. That will be hard to replicate, so I wouldn’t even try. Come at it from a different angle.
yep.
She's Having a Baby is another underrated John Hughes film that slips in the similar heart-tugs, etc. [Reply]
Originally Posted by eDave:
And hold up. 49m revenue vs. 30m cost doesn't sound like a flop. Not blockbuster, but flop?
I have never, ever been a movie theater goer. Did go to see this one.
It was in the theaters for more than a year and the studio receives less and less of the gross with each passing week after around week 8. Add marketing, promotion, et al and I don't think there's any doubt the movie lost money.
That doesn't mean it's a bad movie but it clearly did not connect with the public at the time. [Reply]
