Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Uh-Oh

Source Material For "They Live" Getting a Remake, But Don't Call It A Remake: "Ray Nelson is a writer who claims to have invented the propeller beanie while in the 10th grade, gave LSD to Philip K. Dick twice, and smuggled banned Henry Miller books out of France during the 1950s. In other words, he’s fun at parties. He also wrote the 1963 short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” (full text at link). Universal later bought the story and adapted it for John Carpenter’s They Live (1988). Now Universal is making another movie based on the story, but don’t call it a remake or a reboot. They’re calling these “a return to the source material” now."

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

No Rowdy Roddy Piper?

Jeff

Todd Mason said...

Um...this is Goodish news, albeit the short story will support only a very short film.

Todd Mason said...

Then, of course, I read what they intend to do instead of filming the vignette.

wv: laters. Indeed, dude.

Fred Zackel said...

I loved the "money" in that movie. teeheeheee ...

Jerry House said...

Nelson is a pretty darned good writer. He once taught Anne Rice in his writing class, pre-Interview With a Vampire.

Todd Mason said...

Sure it was Nelson, Jerry? She's the most famous of Sturgeon's formal students (too?)...pity, if she studied with both, that she learned so little from either (except, I guess, how to write badly enough to best-sell).