The Day The Dude Stood Still

Here's a trailer for Fox's upcoming Day The Earth Stood Still remake, starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, and John Cleese (?). The interrogation scene is interesting, and there's a lot in the story that would still be relevant. Still, I'm such a huge fan of the original, I can't help but feel that it's an exercise in futility. Judge for yourself!



UPDATE: Not that my blog is limping along as far as posting/publishing goes, here's another blurb on the film, featuring some rejected concept art for Gort. I like the massive, imposing feeling of the design, but I think it'd need to be simpler - even though the original robot is clearly a suit, the stark simplicity vividly suggests a far superior technology - large, heavy shapes holding back enormous power.

It just occurred to me - who's going to score this version?
(looks on imdb.com)

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Tyler Bates is the man who has to go head-to-head with Bernard Herrmann. Not an enviable job.

Thanks to i09.com and the-day-the-earth-stood-still-trailer.blogspot.com for the links!

Not Content With Apes Remake, Fox Moves On To Earth

FIRSTSHOWING.NET: The Day the Earth Stood Still Being Remade for 2008 - Confirmed!
February 21, 2007 by Alex Billington

Apparently Box Office Mojo, the best website for all things box office earnings, has updated their schedule for summer 2008 and included a listing of The Day the Earth Stood Still to open on May 9th, 2008 (one week after Iron Man). The original is a sci-fi classic 1951 movie about an alien and a robot that land on Earth to try and save the world from being destroyed. IMDB doesn't even have a listing for this remake, but Box Office Mojo claims it's being produced by Fox, fast-tracked for a spot in 2008's busy summer.

Is this real? We don't know yet, but we'll put in some requests with Fox to find out. I can bet if it is real, it's going to be directed by someone who will give all sci-fi geeks quite a tingle. This movie is a very well-known classic and I don't think they'd risk screwing up a remake - like The War of the Worlds, another 50's classic, fortunately they did a pretty good job with that. Updated inside!

Update: Fox confirmed with us that this is true and the date is correct, meaning a The Day the Earth Stood Still remake is definitely underway for summer 2008!

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The original's one of my favorite science-fiction films, so you can bet I'll be giving this a miss. Wouldn't a restoration/re-release be a lot cheaper? I think the Cold War paranoia'd still resonate.