October 09, 2005
"Can...You...Dig It?"
In recent years, Hollywood studios have released remakes of '70s hits like The Amityville Horror, Assault on Precint 13, The Bad News Bears, The Fog, The Longest Yard, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory., and Fun With Dick and Jane, among many others. In fact, just before Wolfgang Petersen's remake of The Poseidon Adventure came out in the spring of 2006, Ron spoke to the NY Daily News about the endurance of the '70s disaster genre: "In the '70s, there was a sense that you couldn't rely on anything, and even nature will kill you if it gets the chance." Of course, some critics don't see the point of revisiting all this territory, but that hasn't stopped the filmmakers yet.
In fact, not only is Tony Scott reshooting Walter Hill's cult classic The Warriors, the creators of Grand Theft Auto have already turned it into a videogame—which will soon be followed by Electronic Arts's interactive version of The Godfather (images at right from the NY Times articles on both games).
Posted by editor at October 9, 2005 11:22 PM