Battle Royale to Hit the States ... in Remake Form
Filed under: Action, Horror, New Line, Remakes and Sequels
So a few years back there was this Japanese film that was SO outrageously and controversially violent that no U.S. distributor would touch the thing -- it was about a bunch of high school kids who were dropped onto a deserted island and forced to murder each other. It, of course, was Battle Royale, and it's as blisteringly, nastily cool as its sequel is virtually worthless.So now comes word that New Line Cinema and producer Neal H. Moritz have acquired the rights to make an American version ... because, I guess, we've allowed enough time to pass since Colombine, and it's now perfectly acceptable for Battle Royale to make its way stateside -- if only in an inevitably diluted package full of MTV-style actors.
For the record, Mr. Moritz's previous films include (get this) all three Urban Legend flicks, all three I Know What You Did Last Summer travesties, both of the xXx sweat-fests, all three of the retarded Skulls movies, and the painfully bad Cruel Intentions trilogy, as well as S.W.A.T., Torque, Stealth, Slackers, Saving Silverman, Blue Streak, Volcano, Soul Survivors, and the freakin' Fast and the Furious trilogy, allllll of which give a pretty good indication as to what the American Battle Royale might look like: junk.
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6-09-2006 @ 11:22AM
Mark said...
Good GRIEF that guy must be LOADED
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6-09-2006 @ 11:26AM
Kid Sheridan said...
wow. you said it. this will surely be junk. we watched the original on our lunch break. thank god for globalization is all I have to say. Keeps us hungry!
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6-09-2006 @ 11:42AM
Patrick Bennett said...
Another great Japanese story mangled to death by retarded westerners. If you're interested in really enjoying this story, please buy the book. It's a very fast read and infinitely better than the original Japanese movie. In the case that you need some pictures to go with your words, the Manga is also quite good and extends all the characters back stories and motivations even more than the original book.
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6-09-2006 @ 1:18PM
Mika said...
This can't happen ever, Oh I hate hollywood.
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6-10-2006 @ 12:28AM
Nick Lundgren said...
I'm a huge fan of the movie, and a little bit less of a fan of the book, but (I'm sorry Pattrick) the Manga is a sex-drenched piece of crap; however, I do agree with your first statement. Why remake instead of just distributing the original. Oh wait, I forgot. Americans don't like "reading" films.
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6-26-2006 @ 2:53PM
Katherine Meers said...
I agree with Nick. Why is it so hard to just read a movie. It's not that complex. Possibly because we as Americans are too lazy to move our bodies and for that matter our eyes. And I do like the movie though.
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7-09-2006 @ 1:25PM
The Wolf said...
Oh my god!!! There were 3 "Skulls" movies??? who the heck "green-lights" that crap??
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7-13-2006 @ 12:20AM
Candy said...
Sooner or later we're going to see remakes for Suicide Club and Audition. Accckkk...
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