Here we have the first shot of the full cast of the Red Dawn remake (thanks to DailyBlam). Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth and The Wackness‘s Josh Peck play the Eckert-brother roles Charlie Sheen and Patrick Swayze played in the original.  Rounding out the cast are Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Edwin Hodge, Alyssa Diaz, and– What! No Asian chick!?  That does it, I’m calling my congressman. …Congressperson.

Now that MGM seems to have their financial troubles worked out, the plan is to get this one released this year.  Making his directing debut is veteran stunt man Dan Bradley, second unit director on Green Zone, Quantum of Solace, the Bourne movies, Indiana Jones 4, etc.  This time around, the Chinese have invaded Spokane, and the script I saw was prettay, prettay cheeseball.  Er, I mean “faithful to the original.”

The original, released in 1984, written and directed by infamous hippie-hater John Milius (who inspired the Walter Sobchek character in Big Lebowski), was considered the most violent movie of its time with 134 acts of violence per hour, and was named the 15th best conservative movie of all time by the National Review.  As contemporized for modern conservatives, I’m surprised the remake doesn’t feature an invasion by Mexico.  Sure, Mexico might not have as many tanks, but have you seen how many soldiers they can pack into them?

A reader over at CHUD snapped this spy pic from the set of the Red Dawn remake in downtown Detroit.  Which is impressive, as I would’ve assumed one would have to attempt to dress and act like a homeless person in downtown Detroit in order to blend in, and that doing something like pull out a camera is like begging to be robbed and murdered.  Anyway, the picture apparently shows the new American flag after a surprise invasion by the Chinese.  It gives me hope that this movie will be xenophobic as all hell and let us relive the glory days of cold war action movies.  Remember when Rambo went back in time and won the Vietnam war?  That was awesome.  Maybe this bit of revisionist history will stop the Chinese from being so uppity.

[full pic at CHUD]

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The Red Dawn remake (the Russians invade high school!) picked up two new castmembers today: Josh Peck from The Wackness, and Adrianne Palicki, who looks like a really good actress.  Peck will play the role of hotheaded high school quarterback Matt, originally played by Charlie Sheen. Palicki will play tough girl Toni, originally played by Jennifer Grey, who once gave birth to a baby in a corner.

Dan Bradley, a stunt coordinator and second-unit director on “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Quantum of Solace,” will direct the revamp based on the 1984 Cold War-era film co-written and directed by John Milius. Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore penned the updated screenplay. [THR]

So yeah, probably gonna suck.  I actually didn’t know there was a stunt coordinator on Quantum of Solace.  I thought they just had the actors stand still and then shook the camera around, Polish-lightbulb style.  But casting Palicki was a good choice. After all, she’s a veteran of operation Spread Eagle.