'Orphanage' Remake Gets A Director; Also, 'Orphanage' To Be Remade
Filed under: Foreign Language, Horror, Thrillers, Casting, Mystery & Suspense, New Line, RumorMonger, Remakes and Sequels
Color me surprised.I feel like I shouldn't be any time something gets in line to be remade, but I thought we would've heard about a remake of the J.A. Bayona-directed, Guillermo del Toro-produced thriller The Orphanage by now. Well, it's indeed in the works, with del Toro remaining on board as producer and Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter) being brought on as director, according to THR.
An actor, producer, director, writer and editor in his own right, Fessenden has no small familiarity with the horror genre -- even presently starring as a grave robber in this Friday's horror-comedy, I Sell the Dead -- and his more considered filmmaking style seems ideal for a story that turns out to have as much sorrow in store as spooks.
The Reporter notes the the project is still in need of a lead actress. The original hinged on Belén Rueda's wonderfully empathetic performance; who do you think could fill the role of leading lady in this case? Not to dwell on that Lovely Bones post, but I really do think Rachel Weisz could bring the right sensibility to this, or maybe Diane Lane... Your thoughts?
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8-05-2009 @ 3:42PM
metajerk said...
Er, a remake of a movie thats only 2 years old?
Now that's retarded.
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8-05-2009 @ 4:56PM
CParis said...
The 2-year old original is in Spanish. Murkins don't like subtitles.
This seems along the lines of the US remakes of the much scarier Japanese originals of "The Grudge" and "The Ring".
8-05-2009 @ 4:01PM
Robin said...
Agreed, just go rent the (awesome) original.
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8-05-2009 @ 8:18PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Yep, original is great. My wife is so scared of tomas. I want to dress my son as Tomas for Halloween in a few years. :)
8-05-2009 @ 8:18PM
Alanit said...
Neither. No remake.
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8-09-2009 @ 8:07PM
Adrian said...
If a remake is going to be made, then let i have the best actresses english-spoken market has in that age range. Rachel Weisz or Kate Winslet could do the part perfectly but maybe they think the original was good enough.
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8-07-2009 @ 3:16PM
marco said...
Diane Lane would be SPOT-ON casting.
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8-06-2009 @ 10:42PM
Wally said...
This is ridiculous. With J-horror and classics out of the equation, it happened to Rec (how did Quarantine come out?)...ok now I can't think of others...
It's even more disappointing with the truth that so many Murkins don't want to deal with subtitles.
"Well I don't want to spend the whole time reading and miss the movie."
What a waste of so many good movies that are going to be remade.
Let me guess; Let the Right One In is going to be remade too?
Any movie that people get drilled with promotion is going to break even. Is that more expensive than doing a remake that won't be as good as the original and unknown to the mainstream?
Everyone I know who went to see Kung Fu Hustle in the theaters without knowing about it beforehand loved it. Why were they surprised it didn't do better? Lack of promotion.
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8-08-2009 @ 7:56PM
Ronnie said...
I absolutely loved, loved the original. Although, I dont necessarily think it should be remade, I often thought the actress in the movie bared a striking resemblance to Maria Bello.
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8-08-2009 @ 7:30PM
William Goss said...
Ooh, good call!
8-08-2009 @ 7:59PM
Ronnie said...
Ooooh, it just dawned on me who would be great as the male lead-- Josh Lucas resembles the actor in the original. So, my choices would be Maria Bello and Josh Lucas. =)
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