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-Dave
CHRISTINE TO MOW DOWN THE PEACOCK?
9.9.03 By
Johnny Butane Contributing Sources: Fangoria
According to Fangoria there is news over in the
Entertainment Weekly camp that Richard Korbitz, producer of John Carpenter's
1983 adaptation of Christine, is suing Sony Pictures and NBC television for
keeping him out of the loop in regards to a mini-series remake of the Stephen
King story about a boy and his demonically possessed car. Wait...could that mean
a remake is planned?
Sure seems that way since a lawsuit is being drawn
up because of it. No "official" news has sprung forth from NBC or Sony as of
this writing, but I'm sure with this bit out there some digging will be done
soon enough. My initial reaction was outrage and disgust over the idea of
remaking Carpenter's (admittedly flawed) picture but you know what? I'm beyond
the point of caring anymore.
NBC did their remake of Carrie and it did
no harm or foul to DePalma's version, and in fact helped a lot of fans discover
it for the first time. King and Garris did their small screen remake of The
Shining, and look where that is now in the minds of horror fans when compared
with Kubrick's.
Essentially, if Christine is getting remade for today's
audience on NBC in two hour chunks spread out over sweeps week, good for
Christine. I'll just snuggle up with my copy of Carpenter's film and rest well
in the knowledge that it's already been done pretty durned good once, and that's
enough for me.
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