On the one hand, the idea of seeing a classic like The Most Dangerous Game remade is enough to make me queasy. On the other hand, the concept of a man hunting down humans for sport is loose enough to have been tackled more than a few times, and, for as wonderful as it is, Ernest Schoedsack and Irving Pichel’s 8-decade-old thriller is most certainly a product of its time. Plus, Fay Wray’s “other” 1932 film has been remade twice, so how’s that for karma? Creating a new spin will be a challenge as director Steven Lamorte shoots Dangerous Games this August from a script by J. Amanda Sabater. According to the production, the villainous Count Zaroff is now modern-day Colonel Zaroff (who still has a sweet man-hunting lease on a private island), and the protagonist is the host of an outdoorsman reality show. Zaroff will be played by Eric Etebari (The Lincoln Lawyer), the...
- 7/17/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Parents of pupils at Oakwood School in Kent are furious with a script for a 'chav' nativity. The play shows Jesus turning water into lager and the three wise men bringing gifts of Burberry and Adidas, reports The Daily Telegraph. Michelle Taylor, a relative of one of the pupils, branded the script "disgraceful", saying: "I couldn't believe what I was seeing. You try to encourage your children to speak properly and then they get given this sort of thing at school. "I know some young people do speak like this sometimes (more)...
- 12/9/2008
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
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