Russell Brand is the New Dudley Moore. Trade Roughage 12/04/08

By Christopher Campbell posted 11 months ago

Russell Brand is remaking Arthur and may star in the title role, which originally earned Dudley Moore an Oscar nomination. Hopefully it’s not too big a hit, though, because we can do without another Arthur 2: On the Rocks. However, if Brand is the new Moore, I’d love to see him in a redo of Mickey + Maude.
Another remake: John Carpenter’s They Live is being recycled at Universal, and hopefully they’re eyeing a WWE star for the lead. Triple H perhaps? Or John Cena? The new film will join the mixed bag of Carpenter redoes including Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog and the upcoming Escape from New York. At this point it seems that every one of Carpenter’s films will have been remade by the time he’s dead.
And yet another remake: Fox is redoing Romancing the Stone, which is a shame, because they should just continue the franchise. Even if they still recast all the characters, it’d be better than a straight copy.
Finally something original: Lorne Michaels is making a movie about David Fishman, the 12-year-old aspiring food critic recently profiled in the New York Times. Sounds a bit too cute for my taste buds, but I’m always down for more foodie movies.
Hilary Swank still needs a better agent, unless she really wants to make yet another lame stalker thriller.

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