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13 August 2008 5:58 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain have been hired to redraft the script for Lionsgate's barbarian epic Conan. The film is based on Robert E. Howard's pulp creation from the 1930s. John Milius directed 1982's violent adaptation Conan The Barbarian with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the eponymous warrior. Fredrik Malmberg, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta and Avi Lerner will produce the film. Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (Sahara) wrote an older version of the screenplay. Malmberg told The Hollywood Reporter: "We all want this movie to go into production (more)

By Simon Reynolds

9 July 2008 7:55 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Screenwriter Carl Ellsworth is set to pen the remake of John Milius’ 1984 war drama “Red Dawn,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Dan Bradley, second unit director on “Spider-Man 3” and “Quantum of Solace,” will direct the film for MGM.

In the original, a group of teenagers gather to defend their town after the Soviet Union and Cuba invade the United States.

Ellsworth said the new version of “Red Dawn” is going to be very intense, reflecting the fears of people living in a post-9/11 world.

Ellsworth’s writing credits include Wes Craven’s “Red Eye” and D.J. Caruso’s “Disturbia.” He also penned the screenplay for Dennis Iliadis’ upcoming horror thriller “The Last House on the Left.”

Franck Tabouring

19 May 2008 12:20 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Mgm is planning to remake two of its hits from the '80s, The Hollywood Reporter says.

Studio heads Harry Sloan and Mary Parent revealed at the Cannes Film Festival that John Milius's 1984 film Red Dawn, which sees Communists igniting World War III by invading the Us from Cuba and Russia, is being scheduled for a remake.

Paul Verhoeven's Robocop, about a fatally wounded police . . .

Simon Reynolds

3 articles from 2008