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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:12 am
by Damien
It'll be some hack like Adam Shankman or Andy Tennant.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a wonderful children's book, and the remake can't be any worse than the atrocious original film, which is unspeakably bad.
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:47 am
by MovieWes
Personally, I'd prefer to see someone like the Coen Bros. directing it (and Terry Gilliam is also a good choice), but yeah, Tim Burton does seem like a likely choice, even though, yeah, I was joking.
P.S. If this post seems weird, sorry. I'm really drunk right now.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:44 pm
by Zahveed
MovieWes wrote:Maybe they'll get Tim Burton to direct it, lol.
I know you're joking, but I can see that happening. I'd prefer someone like Terry Gilliam directing it though. I doubt that'd happen though.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:35 pm
by MovieWes
Maybe they'll get Tim Burton to direct it, lol.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:10 pm
by cam
Please, not Johnny Depp again spoiling something!
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:34 pm
by FilmFan720
Is it based on the new musical?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:23 pm
by Zahveed
MovieWes wrote:Jesus, what's with all these remakes? And furthermore, why do they always feel the need to get Johnny Depp to star in them? Damn.
Proliferation enjoys company.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:09 pm
by MovieWes
Jesus, what's with all these remakes? And furthermore, why do they always feel the need to get Johnny Depp to star in them? Damn.
Michael G. Wilson Comments On 'Chitty' Remake Possibilities
Back in March of this year, news emerged that a remake of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the classic adventure featuring a magical flying car and created by James Bond author Ian Fleming, was being discussed.
Now, Michael G. Wilson, who produces the 007 films along with Barbara Broccoli and co-owns the rights to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, has commented on the news. ‘There may be a new film of Chitty, we will have to see,’ he told the Sunday Telegraph.
In the March ‘08 article, an unnamed Eon Productions executive stated that the remake, which would likely go into production in 2009, would feature ‘big-name stars, a multi-million pound budget and cutting-edge special effects’. Johnny Depp’s name was brought up as a possibility.
The original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang debuted in theatres in 1968, starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes and Lionel Jeffries.
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli, the production also featured several cast and crew members from the Bond films, including actors Gert Fröbe, Desmond Llewelyn, a screenwriters Richard Maibaum and Roald Dahl, associate producer Stanley Sopel, production designer Ken Adam, art director Harry Pottle, and many others.
Barbara Broccoli then launched a stage performance version that ran from 2002 to 2005 at the London Palladium and became a massive hit, earning more than £70 million.
‘I wasn’t surprised by the success of the show because so many people came up to me and said they had the original video,’ she stated.
‘In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fleming created some perennial characters. The car and the whole idea of flight is something that appeals to kids of all ages. The show was wonderful. The number of grown men who were reduced to tears at the sight of that flying car was amazing to me.’