For me, I think ‘Jem’ fans were expecting a remake of the cartoon, and the movie really is inspired by the cartoon based in a 2015, modern-day setting. It is going to be very different, but it’s also going to be very familiar as well.
Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all – of which all of humanity can be proud.
The Hindi remake rights for ‘Visaranai’ have been bought by director Priyadarshan.
Not once did I feel pressurised that I was stepping into Mr. Bachchan’s shoes. I don’t say I didn’t feel the pressure of starring in a remake of ‘Zanjeer,’ but somewhere, that worked to my advantage.
I often wonder why people remake movies. Is there just a lack of imagination out there that they can’t come up with an original idea?
If somebody had started on a remake of French Kiss before I announced my own film, I would have dropped my subject. If someone else starts after me, what am I to do?
While producing a remake, one is sure of the success that it will have as the project has been tried and tested earlier.
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
If I was ever gonna remake a Peckinpah film, it would be ‘Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia.’ That’s my favorite Peckinpah film.
Better a decent remake than a bad original, don’t you think?
I mean they’re making remakes of my films and I’m not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?
I want to urge filmmakers in Bengal to choose a subject and mount the film in a way that there’s a Bengali connect. They must not fall into the typical remake pattern.
You really can’t do a remake. I mean, ‘King Kong’ needed its turn to be remade. It needed an update. But the ‘Bad News Bears,’ or ‘The Shaggy D.A.,’ those are classic movies. I think they did a good job of remaking them, but it’s just not the same thing. Nobody can top Tatum O’Neal. It just isn’t the same.
It will be an honor to work in the remake of Rajinikanth sir’s film. I will be producing as well as acting in the remake of his film ‘Moondru Mugam.’ I’m a huge fan of his film and I’m really excited to be part of the project.
I did a Norwegian film called ‘Insomnia’ that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I’m honoured.
In my mind, I’m no longer daunted by the idea of a remake. In fact, I now look at it as a genre unto itself – so long as you make it your own.
Released in 1967, ‘Farz’ was the remake of a Telegu film that was turned down by most actors of the time – Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra… I was the needy and greedy one then and signed the film gladly.
I would buy Barbies and take them apart and then remake their looks. I used them for hairstyling. It was a whole process. I had a lot of dolls – like 150.
Oh yes, I’ve been approached to do all sorts of nonsense. How about a remake of ‘West Side Story?’
We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders.
When I was approached to remake ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya,’ I felt that it was a good way to reach out to a wider audience, every director wants that.
I felt that all of us working on our remake of ’13 Assassins’ had to honour the original director, Eiichi Kudo, and everyone else who created the original.
I don’t write any kind of sequel or remake.
With the Internet, kids today learn things quicker than we do and they have everything there is to see, so you have to do more than just remake some old ’70s film.
I am doing the remake of ‘Bai Chali Sasariye,’ which was my debut in the Rajasthani film industry. It became a major critical and commercial hit in the history of Rajasthani cinema.
It was amazing to remake and rewrite a song like ‘Sweet Like Chocolate.’ It feels like a good way to come back.
We can remake the world daily.
If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell.
It’s always that tricky thing with a remake, especially when it’s something that’s well loved. You’re coming to something that has a built-in fascination, but with that comes people ready to feel disgruntled that it’s being remade at all.
Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad’s hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
People think that buildings are permanent, but in China, this isn’t true; we can always demolish and remake it better.
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