The Day the Earth Stood Still REMAKE!

[criterionmaster]

The Day the Earth Stood Still Being Remade for 2008 - Confirmed!
February 21, 2007
by Alex Billington

Apparently Box Office Mojo, the best website for all things box office earnings, has updated their schedule for summer 2008 and included a listing of The Day the Earth Stood Still to open on May 9th, 2008 (one week after Iron Man). The original is a sci-fi classic 1951 movie about an alien and a robot that land on Earth to try and save the world from being destroyed. IMDB doesn't even have a listing for this remake, but Box Office Mojo claims it's being produced by Fox, fast-tracked for a spot in 2008′s busy summer.

Is this real? We don't know yet, but we'll put in some requests with Fox to find out. I can bet if it is real, it's going to be directed by someone who will give all sci-fi geeks quite a tingle. This movie is a very well-known classic and I don't think they'd risk screwing up a remake - like War of the Worlds, another 50′s classic, fortunately they did a pretty good job with that. Updated inside!

Update: Fox confirmed with us that this is true and the date is correct, meaning a The Day the Earth Stood Still remake is definitely underway for summer 2008!

[blackmoses]

O god. This will suck, but I am seeing it!

[captainofbeef]

This is disgraceful, they will probably turn it into a CGI crapfest.

[malicious32dll]

Well, it cant be as bad as a new steaven seagal movie I just saw...

[Nomansvally]

This remake is really not necessary at all, man the original is just excellent and even hard-hitting relevant today. This is again a concrete proof that Hollywood has lost and is losing creativity. *Sigh!*

[criterionmaster]

malicious32dll said:

Well, it cant be as bad as a new steaven seagal movie I just saw...

It is much worse, since this is stealing from a masterpiece, and that Seagal movie is just plain shit. It sickens me that they have to remake such great films, I mean I hate remakes in general, but remaking this film just irritates the fuck out of me. No one will even like it if they stick to the original’s story. Oh God, just the thought of this pisses me off so fucking much. Luckily that class I mentioned I got started at my school, "History of Film", shows this movie, so everyone who takes it next year will get shown the masterpiece before they see the terribleness. God, I can just tell they are going to use CG in this.

[Evan]

Sounds horrible and it shows that Hollywood has lost its creativity.