Or Five Came Back either.Damien wrote:OscarGuy wrote:RKO to remake horror titles
8 classic films will be remade by Roseblood Co.
By MICHAEL FLEMINGDays after signing an interim agreement with the Writers Guild, RKO has launched Roseblood Movie Co., a subsidiary that RKO topper Ted Hartley said will remake eight classic horror films churned out by Val Lewton when he headed RKO's low-budget horror unit in the 1940s.
The slate includes "Lady Scarface," which will be written by Tom Puryear; "While the City Sleeps," which will be scripted by Shin Shimosawa and Jim Morris; "The Monkey's Paw," which will be scripted by Todd Farmer; and "The Seventh Victim," which doesn't yet have a writer.
In a sad but -- these days -- unsurprising comment on the ignorance of today's Hollywood suits, While The City Sleeps was not a Val Lewton Picture. Directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Bert Friedlob, it was made 5 years after Lewton died.
Nor did Lewton have any connection to Lady Scarface or The Monkey's Paw.
I'm wondering if a) the suits are really that ignorant or b) the press announcement got garbled as it went through the publicists or c) they are treading on Lewton's name and hoping people won't catch on.
I can't imagine any remake improving on any of these titles. In the case of Five Came Back, it was already tried with Back From Eternity in 1955. The Monkey's Paw had been made several times through the years.