We have a new news about the Red Dawn remake. We get the following scoop from our friends at ropeofsilicon:
The Hollywood Reporter has a new article talking about how Dan Bradley (who?) will direct a remake of the 1984 flick Red Dawn. Carl Ellsworth has been hired to recraft the ultimate homeland invasion story about a new generation of besieged high schoolers.
In terms of the new film, Ellsworth told THR, “The tone is going to be very intense, very much keeping in mind the post-9/11 world that we’re in. As ‘Red Dawn’ scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?”
If they are going to have a terrorist threat in place of a Soviet Invasion I’m curious why they want to remake this film at all. I would much prefer they stick to the original film, or make a different movie all together. I simply do not get “remakes” that change so much of the original, that barely any resemblance remains.
I could be reading into the above quote too much; I do have an admitted “hate on” for remakes and would like to see this current trend go the way of the Dodo bird. I just hope this film will have the special spark of the original that caused it to be so endearing to many. If that happens, I will gladly eat my words; if not – I told you so.
It has to be China!!!! it will be the chinks this time
Haha
i jusy saw parts of the movie being filmed, it was right off of my street it was pretty cool.
great they are filming this great remake right here in my home town in michigan the crack heads should take over the world at least thats the area they are shooting in lol… they have started more buzz in mt. clemens than i have ever heard in my life!!!
WOW a RED DAWN remake..I think it could work. Whats with all the negative attitudes about this movie being remade..geez it is a fictional movie relax it will be ok. I cant believe there are people posting about the movie, saying they cant do this or it cant show that because it might offend someone in China or Russia..uh it’s a movie, if they get offended over a fictional movie then they seriously need to be on some pills. I think a remake is in order for Red Dawn anyway. The folks who are PC or the Always offended crowd need to learn to live and let live. If they dont, they are going to have more trouble on their hands than they could ever imagine. The PC folks need to learn that just because they are always offended, doesn’t mean everyone else has to tiptoe around and cater to their every word. THOSE DAYS ARE COMING TO AN END. Red Dawn remake, it’s simple Russia and China are the bad guys, the USA is the good guys, China and Russia sneak attack the US and invade. The US army and civilians(Wolverines included) resist and with time regain the territory taken by invading Russian and Chinese forces. Chinese and Russian forces LOSE. It’s that simple. Anything less would suck.
China will be the invader with the Russians
helping them. I think a remake would work, they will most likley have China use cyberwarfare to lower the US defense capabilities enough to land conventional forces on the west coast,California, and Washington State or something like that. Our “Wolverines” must hold out along with other resistance groups scattered throughout the territory occupied by the Chinese/Russian forces. US armed forces are able to regroup and the war becomes a stalemate. While the fighting rages at the fronts, the wolverines stage hit and run attacks on enemy supply convoys. Can the Wolverines hold out until the US forces bring up reinforcements to turn the tide. Or something like that. I really think this is going to be an action packed ride. It will scare people. Not a bad thing. I think far to many of us americans think that nothing like this can ever happen to us. I’ve heard so many say that neither Russia nor China has the capabilities to launch such an invasion.I believe they are wrong. It’s funny when I hear some say that Russia doesn’t have a strong military like they did back in the 1980’s..bull. Russias armed forces are just as dangerous now as they were then. Only difference is the US news media downplays Russias capabilities, sort of like when Russia had two subs two hundred miles off the east coast, the news media played it out like ” yeah they are there but it’s no big deal” I think we make a big mistake when we downplay Russia and China. China has the largest armed forces in the world. 2.5 million with millions more in reserve. Yet there are those who think China couldn’t take Tawain, puh-leeze.
Long story short it’s foolish for the US to downplay Russia and China. We should always remember to NEVER underestimate our potential enemies. NEVER. Alot of folks didn’t think Japan could attack Pearl Harbor either because the Harbor was to shallow for torpedo attack, well Japan modified their torpedoes and proved the experts wrong. Ok so this Red Dawn remake is fiction, YES, and I hope it stays that way, but never say never. JUST BE READY. NOT OVERCONFIDENT AND WITH YOUR GUARD DOWN!!!
CHINA AND RUSSIA INVADING WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO.
IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE(IN A FICTIONAL MOVIE)
Do a vid search for Chinese special forces.Then do a vid search of Mexican military and Mexican Special Forces. Then do a search for Mexican artillery. You will find that Chinese Mil are NOT as far away as the Controled media FAILS to report. :) (Both Youtube and Google vid have hundreds of data vids on these subs) The “terrorist BS” is tired just as the use of the word is beginning to have no meaning. It is plastic propaganda.( like, rah, rah, rah, we are looking for Bin Laden,yeah, sure.) China and Russia forclosing on the USA is right in line with the betrayal of our country by washington. A movie incorporating the 5th column in DC would be more realistic with the traitors in the CFR hung until dead by the end of the movie. Note: Chinese military looks more like US troops than the US troops do. Once you find the videos scoot back away from the screen and watch them in motion. All of our military production is in their hands. They are NOT the little guy with the pan hat, chest pouch and hand me down AK anymore. Made in america yesterday means made by the communists today for thier military. Second note: 60% of all US military contract items are made overseas BY LAW. That order was put in place when the Clintonistas ordered it in the 90’s to prepare to fight the american people and the militia. Army admitted it in Senate hearings 2 years ago. Order still stands. Soooooo, just using the info from the REAL world, not the controled press, a very intricate and plausible movie based upon the truth would match the original premiss of movie. It’s what we are facing now in the USA. Militia forces should be part of the story line as they would fight when the military fails to act because of corruption and betrayal of the american people by the traitors in the present administration. Wolverine Militia, Colonial Marine Militia and Militia at Large are all active in EVERY county of Michigan as with all of the other states of the union. The original movie was laced with historical fact to include many of the smallest nuances(The Chair is against the wall, The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache, John has a long mustache) Question; Do you know where that came from historically? Check out Libertytreeradio on youtube. Victory! Mark Gregory,, Koernke GDW!
I think the invaders should be either the Russians or the Chinese. People who think an invasion could never happen in this nuclear age are mistaken. Never say Never, always be prepared for the unknown. I hear it all the time, the US military has the technological edge over China and Russia. That is true. But just think if the Russians and or Chinese found a way to get around that technological edge. Does anyone ever wonder why computer hackers from China keep trying to hack into the US defense department files. Russia is right behind the US on conventional military might as is China. China does have one advantage and thats numbers, China would overun Taiwan in no time. As far as a conventional war goes CHINA would give the United States all it could handle and then some.
Read about the 1st Korean War. But anyway for the movie I guess China will be invading the US.
Just say NO to remaking classics. NO. Don’t do it!!
Spare me the “right wing propoganda” crap..gor cyin out loud the movies are non-stop LEFT wing propoganda, so hey…a little right wing stuff is over due…but NOT in the form of Red Dawn.
NO Footloose, NO FAME, & NO Red Dawn.
Just stop it.
what is red dawn without patrick,charlie jennifer and the rest of that great cast,come on hollywood get a original idea instead of remaking a classic like red dawn.
You could begin with a small ‘teaser’, like the original, telling you what is going on.
NAFTA is repealed. The US regains it’s industrial might and stops importing mercury laced Chinese products.
China, Mexico and the US suspend diplomatic relations. tensions rise, escalate as seaborne cargo ships clash over shipping rights.
China threatens the US, all it’s allies.
NATO backs off, refuses to support US. War seems at hand…
One day, without warning, a nuclear attack begins upon the US, by Chinese SSBNs, retaliation, a Chinese amphibious invasion starts, we get to see Yellow Dawn.
Remake it. The concept is still a fresh one. Russia is revitalizing and forging alliances with Venezuela and Cuba, China is emerging and flexing its muscle. Also, don’t forget our friends in the Middle East. It looks like this time we might get helped out my billion Hindus.
i think that an invasion by the soviets would still be relevant but an invasion by china would have better content since more small arms fighting would occur. thats sorta the problem though since nukes would be used way before an invasion how do they make this real. maybe a terrorist invasion would be better
No terrorist crap….a new RED DAWN movie..means ….CHINA & Russia Invade ….
Imagine, the open scene…the blue sky filled with THOUSANDS of crack, hard core Chinese Paratroopers….landing all over the west coast , the great plains & the midwest….the movie centers around Green Bay, Wisconsin…The Packers VS The Chicago Bears game,Just before the fly by during the National Anthem , 70,000 people at Lambeau Field & the sky is filled with 10 thousand Chinese airbourne troops….Game on !!
A terrorist invasion is an oxymoron. Terrorism is the tactic of those too small, underfunded, and lacking the influence to stage an actual takeover or invasion. If a group, organization, culture, or nation has the wherewithal to stage an open invasion or coup then terrorism is counter-productive as it destroys the infrastructure they are counting upon to consolidate power.
That lack of any believable premise behind this rumored remake causes me to expect it will be another left-wing neutering of a good inspirational classic. The original Red Dawn, with its depiction of tactics taken from the then-recent and ongoing Russian invasions of Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia, was an inspiration and encouragement that patriotic Americans, raised with guns under the 2nd Amendment, would resist such an outside invasion. I doubt that any remake with a premise of a “terrorist” invasion would be anything but a call to make it more difficult for such “terrorists” to buy guns, i.e., a call to repeal or gut the 2nd Amendment.
I like George Baylor idea. About america fighting them selfs. Like a spin off of the end of jericho.
The problem with the “Red Dawn” remake is now that the Cold War is over and Russia is our friend, who might invade the United States that will invoke the same reaction as “Red Dawn” did.
In coming up with the original premise, Milius consulted government and military officials to develop a plausible scenario that required only a little public suspension of disbelief. If Ellsworth and Bradley consult the same sources, they’ll discover there is no one on the pointy end of the sword ready to parachute in and change American values.
So who will invade the United States?
Ellsworth statement seems to point to an Arab connection.
Hopefully he’s not suggesting Mid-East countries or worse, terrorists? Even set in a distant future, both would require a suspension of disbelief so large that elementary students would have problems believing.
It would also be irresponsible.
American’s have enough Arab prejudices and fears without adding another, especially an implausible one. Arabs are too fractured to be of any real threat. If Ellsworth does any kind of research he will discover they don’t even have the means to get here. Besides, if they really wanted to mess with us, all they would have to do is cut off our oil supply.
China?
China would have problems taking and holding Taiwan, let alone part of the United States, but at least it’s more plausible and in the future doable.
However, there is one scenario that if written properly, Ellsworth could strike fear into the hearts of men and elementary students alike and would be in keeping with his statement – a war in which America invades itself.
With the Patriot Act and the United States security forces now falling under one entity – The Department of Homeland Security – it would not have to be a stretch for a series of terrorist related attacks to lead to martial law.
Getting a taste of ultimate power – and we know that ultimate power corrupts absolutely – it might lead to a small group of individuals banding together to fight the powers of corruption.
Hopefully, Ellsworth, the man who wrote Disturbia and is in the process of adapting “Y: The Last Man” for the big screen and Dan Bradley, who has worked on “Spiderman 2,” “Spiderman 3,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and the upcoming “James Bond” film “Quantum of Solace” can take a movie that was once reviled as being the most violent film ever and not trash it’s memory, but instead, leave us with a more potent and timely one.
this sounds good, but not sure how it will do as far as box office is concerned, even though that’s a ways off yet. john what do you think?
A Red Dawn remake sounds very timely. At this point, there are many horror and fear movies that cover disaster situations in general. Do we really need that type of movie in this time we’re in? What ever happened to dwindling optimism? We can’t have that in a movie, oh no, it would ruin the whole premise of nihilism. Life is without meaning. An invasion scenario is unlikely although its something that hasn’t crossed our minds, us Red Dawn/science fiction fans, but in my own writing is something I have thought about writing some stuff on. If anything, I almost value the positive attitude of a futurist over a nihilist any day. Its hard though sometimes, to find anything to be hopeful for these days. http://www.kwanzoo.com
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It’s about time. I’ve been discussing the Red Dawn remake for years and now we have a new enemy, somewhat new. Fanatical Islam…BLACK DAWN, which should be shot in MI, not a take over of the country but maybe a state wide take over which would strike fear in the American people. Wake up people!
Hollywood and filmmakers have been remaking films since the earliest days of cinema. It’s nothing new. And like any film project some are great, some are just good, most are forgettable and some suck serious ass.
If a story is compelling, and I think the story is one of the great things about Red Dawn, then it should resonate with contemporary audiences with an adjusted enemy. If they’re keeping the title, then I imagine the enemy must be China, unless they make up some explanation linking “Red” to a more generic “terrorist” threat. I would go with China as part of the scariness is that the enemy needs to plausibly seem to have overwhelming force capability of successfully invading the US and bringing us largely to our knees. Of course now that I think about it, a terrorist group with millions of sleeper cell units who are all activated at once in a twist on the invasion might be cool.
But I do agree that it has enormous and disturbing right wing propaganda value. The original story was born of cold war paranoia, and the “War on Terror” is almost totally a PR war sustained by doling out just enough fear to keep us compliant and allow cover and justification for military spending and power grabs. At least in my opinion.
OMG, you really know that movie industry has absolutly no new ideas when they really thinking about remaking a right wing propaganda movie.
Dude, come on. Right wing propaganda? That was a real threat back then. People were really scared of that happening. I agree on the remake thing though. Terrorists invading would not make sense. That is the exact opposite of what they do. China invading would be too politically incorrect now a days. I don’t see this film being as good. No one could replace Swayze in that role. He was perfect for it. That is one of my top 5 movies of all time because almost every teenager dreams of being those guys. They would hate it if it happened, but it looks cool from the outside.
LMAO , rafa1215 !!!
Thank You Kc, for some wisdom gheeesh that’s a no brainer. Terrorists my ass. China is the only real threat for invasion they outnumber us 8 to 1.
A California/Oregon invasion film would be acceptable. And if done right, hella kick ass.
The original film was originally designed as perfect army recruitment film during the Reagan era, and back when the fake enemy was Russia.
Now its the “Terrorists”.
Yeah well if they go with this terrorist adgenda what more do you folks need. This is all BS!
True story, I saw Red Dawn with a friend back when it came out and because of that film he later went into the Air-Force.
Don’t know what became of him. (Hey Russ if your out there, rock on!)
WOLVERINES!!!!!
I loved Red Dawn. The only country capable at this point of occupying the US is China… a group of terrorists isn’t plausible at all. If they do it right, I’m all for seeing another incarnation. I don’t mind remakes, what I mind is spending money for a bad movie. If the remakes are in the vein of BSG and Batman Begins, then bring it on.
Unlike the rest I am not averse to remakes. In most cases I like them and in even a couple of cases I like them more. Casino Royale is one and the other for me, personally, is Dawn of the Dead. Still though I honestly don’t see how in the hell you can remake this movie. There is no country that could invade the US unless there is something you Canadians are hiding from us. Still though the idea of terrorists banding together to make an occupying force in America would be laughed off the screen altogether. This as bad an idea as The Day the Earth Stood Still remake sounds.
No on the remake and yes on a different film altogether; the origianl was titled “Red Dawn” due to the Soviet/Cuban” antagonists…Duh….Al Queada are not communists! Do your homework Hollywood!
I also totally agree with your remarks about remakes. It makes no friggin’ sense when you are just creating a new movie anyways. Maybe it’s meant as a homage to the original creators, or maybe they get a big chunk of the rights for using the premise/storyline of the original… We’ll never know the truth…
Red Dawn was CLASSIC in every way, and it’s where I admired Swayze’s big brother character, Sheen’s little brother antics, and one of my early crushes, Ms. Lea Thompson… Great movie…
I also agree about remakes – Hollywood needs new material. Period. How about making original movies? Like a toaster trying to mate with a panda bear – something like that. See Hollywood – that is an original idea.
I agree with you on remakes. Hollywood needs to give them up and just make some new movies. If they redo Red Dawn, it seems to me that the invasion by a terrorist group would be the best approach. I’m not sure what else would work.
will they can use china and n korea