09.24.09 DAVID CRONENBERG REMAKING HIS OWN MOVIE
(Jeff Goldblum: not very popular with craft service)
In 1986, David Cronenberg directed The Fly, the heartwarming true story of how Geena Davis got impregnated by an insect-man. 23 years later, Cronenberg is in talks with Fox to possibly write and direct the reboot of his own movie.
The move marks an about-face for the Canadian director, who in the past has said he did not want to be involved on a remake of the film. Cronenberg did work on an opera version of “The Fly” that was staged first in Paris and then in Los Angeles.
The 1986 title, itself a remake of Kurt Neumann’s 1958 sci-fi classic, starred Jeff Goldblum and became a huge hit for Fox, earning $40 million and turning into a phenomenon. It centered on Seth Brundle (Goldblum), an eccentric scientist who, after an experiment with teleportation goes awry, is transformed into a fly. Geena Davis starred as Goldblum’s love interest and partner, Veronica. [THR]
My favorite part of the original was when Jeff Goldblum first starts turning into a fly, and they illustrate this by him going to a bar, breaking some dude’s arm in an arm wrestling match, and picking up a slut. See, that’s why David Cronenberg is a visionary. Most people would think, “Okay, he’s turning into a fly… so that means he starts growing wings, maybe he hangs around the garbage dump, suddenly he wants to smell everyone’s sh’t?” Not Cronenberg. Cronenberg said “Duh, he’s a fly. Obviously he’s gonna get drunk and arm wrestle and pick up sluts.”
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DAVID CRONENBERG REMAKING HIS OWN MOVIE
I’m gonna go see this with my best pal Baxter Stockman.
HOW DOES BRUNDLEFLY EAT?!
Obviously he’s gonna get drunk and arm wrestle and pick up sluts.
Does he throw the sluts through the plate glass window after he picks them up? Huh? HUH???
*crawling out of pitch meeting on belly*
Help me. Please . . . help me.
The “original” was made in 1958 with Vincent Price, so it’s a remake of a remake we’re talking about here, you damn dick peelers.
I hope somebody shows up at the premiere driving a convertible roadster.
That’s right, I said a spyder to ‘The Fly’.
The Fly opens here…
*pulls down pant zipper*
GUYCHA! Fek, you have some Quaid business that needs tending to over on thesuperficial. What? It’s not cheating. My, uh, coworker sent me a link.
I just hope Geena Davis is available.
They should have him be gay in this one. Then he could be a fruit fly.
wocka, wocka, wocka
You know that in the remake, the studio wants him to go to a Disturbed concert, drink some Red Bull, and execute a backflip on a Honda dirtbike.
I smell a crossover! Law & Order: Criminal Insect.
I remember Gina Davis looking much better in this than she does in the banner pic. The years, they have not been kind.
No word on whether any of the dancers from ‘In Living Color’ will be in the film.
The Long Kiss Goodnight was a very physically demanding role, Erswi. Well, that and Samuel L. got her addicted to crack.
Ironically, Cronenberg hates to fly.
Also, if you don’t remember the original perfectly, re-read the synopsis on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_%281986_film%29
Some pretty fucked up shit right there…
They should cast Missy Elliott and call it Supa Dupa Fly.
The Japanese are pissed because they wanted to remake a Hollywood movie, they were going to call it The Fry.
The could cast Javier Bardem in it and make it Spanish Fly.
Could this script be referred to as fly paper?
Jeff Goldblum was pretty fly for a white guy.
*Groanenberg*
Banner Pic: Looks like Jeff had all he could eat at the bottomless penis buffet.
The Fly: coming soon to a Honey Bucket near you!
[Banner Pic]
That’s definitely a spitter.
That arm-break haunted my childhood.
(Don’t ask why I saw the movie at seven or eight-years-old.)
In the remake, he becomes an asshole chef who goes on Japanese television in a competition and offends the entire nation. Bobby Fly.
In China, they think this movie is about cooking with oil.
After he banged that whore he wound up with a fly full of crabs.
Goldblum has known about this for a while now. He was on the wall during all the meetings.
This movie is creating quite the buzz.
People will be seeing this movie in swarms.
I heard Piven dropped out of the opera version after eating too much stir fly.
When flies dress up and get together for a night of socializing and dancing, it’s a fly ball.
The design of the fly in this film will be made to fly spec.
I hope they have the S.W.A.T. team present for the release of this movie.
This movie has been circling around my jokes all day.
Ronnie Quaife sounds a lot like “Runny Queef” and I fucking like it.
hehe *splooge*
The sequel will be called Flew.
They should cast Hugh Laurie and call it House Fly.
I think I just hand a minor stroke trying to find a good “compound eye” joke. So I’m leaving.
The old conception that you’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar is going to be challenged by this movie. I fully expect more douches to see it than good-looking girls.
Judging by that pic, I’d call Goldblum a penis fly trap.
*Plays Taps on the kazoo. Swats a fly.*
This movie isn’t so afraid of bad reviews as it is of the folded-over newspaper containing them.
They should cast Sarah Jessica Parker and call it Horsefly.
They should cast The Guy Who Says New Up and call it New Up.
If Nic Cage was in this, it would be called The Flying.
Am I alone in the idea that I’d rather see a movie where a fly turns into Jeff Goldblum? You could call it Jeffly in the asian markets just to keep that joke going…
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