Hands On A Hardbody: The Musical • Well that is a curious idea. Buy a used copy of the original documentary here. Listen to the relevant This American Life episode here.

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Exclusive First Look At MTV's New Teen Wolf

MTV confirmed yesterday that they were moving ahead with their announced Teen Wolf remake TV series. Oh, great news! I'm going to crush a beer can on my forehead in celebration in the hopes that the blunt force trauma will kill me. From Reuters:

"It has a fresh take and is very different from the original," said Liz Gateley, senior vp MTV series development. "It has more of an 'American Werewolf in Paris' feel to it. It's a dramatic thriller with two best friends in the center who provide a great comedy element: They are two very relatable characters on the outer circles of popular cliques."

A dramatic comedy thriller about werewolf basketball. Purrrfect. This guy is almost TOO excited.

But so far, we haven't gotten a chance to see what the new Teen Wolf, 2009's Teen Wolf, will look like. UNTIL NOW!

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Posted by Gabe at 2:30 PM in Bad Idea Jeans, New TV Shows, Remakes And Spinoffs
Tags: Basketball | MTV | Teen Wolf | Teenagers | Werewolves

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What's Your Damage, Hollywood?

A Heathers reboot? For TV? Right. Big fun! Teenage Suicide, just do it. That's how it goes, right? From Variety:

Dear Diary: Fox is developing a contemporary take on the 1989 Christian Slater/Winona Ryder feature "Heathers."

Dark comedy will be adapted for TV by scribe Mark Rizzo, with an assist from "Sex and the City" alum Jenny Bicks. Sony Pictures TV, where Bicks is based, will produce, along with Lakeshore Entertainment, which holds the rights to "Heathers."

Rizzo is still kicking around ideas on how to update "Heathers" 20 years after the film became a favorite among the underground set. But the characters from the movie are all expected to be there -- Veronica Sawyer (played in the movie by Ryder), J.D. (Slater) and the "Heathers."

Whatever. Would you ask the sun not to shine on the set of the Goonies remake? Would you ask the rain not to fall upon The Neverending Story: Kindle Warz's craft services table? Hollywood is just doing what Hollywood does at this point. But they could at least show us all the respect of face-raping the past without the empty justifications:

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Posted by Gabe at 9:45 AM in Remakes And Spinoffs
Tags: Heathers

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What Is The French Word For LOL? • In general, Hollywood remakes of foreign films are stupid things that shouldn't exist, but this one actually sounds promising: a remake of Le Diner De Cons with Zach Galifianakis, Paul Rudd, and Steve Carrell? Ooh-la-la! (Sorry.)

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Who Should Play Baby And Johnny Castle In The Dirty Dancing Remake?

(Speaking of dance movies.) That's right, you heard me, the Dirty Dancing remake. Right now, the news of this really good idea is only coming from Production Weekly, whatever that is, and through its Twitter account no less (via ComingSoon.net). Sure. Twitter has all the best scoops on the real Hollywood news. From this probably super-reliable and official Twitter:

Lionsgate is developing a remake of the 1987 classic "Dirty Dancing," from a new script by Julia Dahl.

There you go. There's absolutely no way that you could possibly want any more confirmation than that. Anyhow, naturally one assumes that there will be some updates to the story. Like, instead of meeting at a Catskills resort, Baby and Johnny Castle will meet at a training camp for Elite United Global Forces as they prepare to join the fight against the Space Worms. And instead of a climactic scene in which they dance in front of the disapproving audience, melting their apprehensions and celebrating the wonders of movement, it will be Baby and Johnny Castle, escaping from the nuclear annihilation of the Space Worms Central Hive aboard their space hovercraft, performing a fascist victory dance.

Probably.

But before we can even get to any of that, we need to determine who will play these iconic roles in the new movie:

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Posted by Gabe at 11:30 AM in Bad Idea Jeans, Remakes And Spinoffs
Tags: Boo! | Dirty Dancing | Jennifer Gray | Nostalgia | Patrick Swayze

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Fuck It, Let's Remake Everything

Obviously, there is some resistance to Hollywood's constant remaking of movies. I think this stems from the fact that the original movies are good, or at least hold a warm, golden place in our heavy, nostalgic hearts. And also that Hollywood's tendency is never to improve on the past, but simply to exploit it for profit. Well shut up, you guys! Stop complaining! Hollywood is obviously remaking movies at an exponential rate, so we might as well get on board and get really excited about it. Over-excited if you ask me. Check out these two items from this morning's Variety:

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment are joining forces to turn the Dr. Seuss book "The Lorax" into a 3-D CG animated feature.

AWESOME! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I HAVE EVER HEARD!

Though published in 1971, "The Lorax" has a timely "green" theme.

YEAH IT DOES! I LIKE CARING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE IT'S TIMELY!

Also this news (via Variety):

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Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Remakes And Spinoffs
Tags: Blood Simple | C.R.E.A.M. | Coen Brothers | Dr. Seuss | Hollywood | The Lorax | Zhang Yimou

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Videogum's Teen Korner: This Isn't Your Dad's Secret Of NIMH

Surf's up, dudes and empowered grrrrls! Jonas Brothers! As you may have read in the Hollywood Reporter this morning (every teen's go-to resource for da fresh entertainment gozzip), they are going to be making a new The Secret of NIMH movie, tentatively titled Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. "What's The Secret of NIMH?" you're probably asking, as you ride your Razor Scooter over to Jamba Juice for an awesome, healthy snack. "Sounds gay."

NO WAY DUDES, IT'S SUPER NOT GAY, AND WE DON'T CALL THINGS GAY ANYMORE, THAT'S NOT FRESH! MANDY MOORE!

The Secret of NIMH is an ancient movie (1982, pre-Pogs) that recounts the epic tale of a beleaguered family of field mice led by the widow, Mrs. Frisby (aka Brisby) beset on all sides by evil rats and murderous humans. X-BOX 360! But all of that is in the past, with skeletons and ghosts and your old rollerblades.

Check out the dizzope plot for the rizzemake:

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Posted by Gabe at 1:45 PM in Cartoons, Remakes And Spinoffs, Teen Korner
Tags: Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH | The Secret Of NIMH

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Hollywood Is Developing A Voltron Movie, Which Will Appeal To Blacks

So, they are developing a Voltron movie. If it makes even half as much sense as Transformers 2: Revhuh of the Fawhatnow? this thing is going to be huge. From Hollywood Reporter:

The producers behind "Get Smart" and "The International" (and Roven of course also produced "The Dark Knight) have acquired the rights to make a live-action feature based on the robot-lion property, pushing the project forward after several years in development with the Mark Gordon Company.

"Voltron," a television hit in the 1980's that has retained a loyal fan following, features a "Transformers"-like conceit, in which a band of five robot-lions combine to form one super lion. A group of five pilots control the lions, which are charged with defending the planet Arus from villain King Zarkon, who dispatches evil creatures called Robobeats to fight the Voltron robots.

Based on Japanese anime properties Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV, "Voltron" aired only for two years on U.S. television, in 1984 and 1985, when Japanese pop-culture had not yet penetrated the American mainstream.

But the title caught the same wave of interest that carried "Transformers," "Gobots" and other mythic stories about shape-shifting robots, and also prompted a popular line of toys.

In the nearly 25 years since it went off the air, the property has remained a favorite in diverse communities, from the fanboy to the hip-hop worlds. "It's undeniably impressive that Voltron has sustained itself globally for a quarter of a century," Roven said.

Haha, yes. From the fanboy to the hip hop worlds. Voltron was the United Colors of Benetton of the mythic stories about shape-shifting robot-lions. Unlike Gobots, which was just a straight up shape-shifting robot minstrel show. Eroboracism.

Posted by Gabe at 10:15 AM in Remakes And Spinoffs, What America Wants
Tags: Robots | Voltron

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