According to Variety, Warner Bros. has sown a deal to remake the horror pic The Bad Seed.The studio recently released the original on DVD.
Cabin Fever helmer Eli Roth is set to direct and Luke Janklow will produce with Strike Entertainment, whose partners Eric Newman and Marc Abraham scored a hit remake with Dawn of the Dead.
The original, about an 8-year-old girl who seems all sugar and spice until she begins killing people, falls neatly into the current studio horror remake frenzy.
Roth promises a new take with a modern horror sensibility.
"The original was a great psychological thriller, and we are going to bastardize and exploit it, ramping up the body counts and killings," said Roth. "This is going to be scary, bloody fun, and we're going to create the next horror icon, a la Freddy, Jason and Chucky. She's this cunning, adorable kid who loves to kill, but also loves 'N Sync."
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They're going to make her a... (Below threshold)1. Posted by audrey | November 15, 2006 10:32 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They're going to make her an N'Sync fan? Well no wonder she is killing people.
1. Posted by audrey | November 15, 2006 10:32 AM |
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2. Posted by Langtry | November 15, 2006 10:36 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Gee, who will they cast as the lead?
For once, I might actually agree with the casting of Dakota Fanning!
2. Posted by Langtry | November 15, 2006 10:36 AM |
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3. Posted by John Burgess | November 16, 2006 11:00 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Nice to know that he realizes that he's bastardizing an excellent film. I never quite saw the point in remaking a film in order to make a worse one.
Patty McCormack was the stuff of nightmares already. Who needs it "ramped up"?
3. Posted by John Burgess | November 16, 2006 11:00 AM |
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Posted on November 16, 2006 11:00