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mgm to remake ‘red dawn’ for a post-9/11 world

mgm to remake 'red dawn' for a post-9/11 worldfrom hollywood reporter: “Red Dawn” will be redone. Screenwriter Carl Ellsworth has been hired to recraft the ultimate homeland invasion story about a new generation of besieged high schoolers… “The tone is going to be very intense, very much keeping in mind the post-9/11 world that we’re in,” says Ellsworth, who was 11 when the original was released. “As ‘Red Dawn‘ scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?” …

The original “Dawn” was the Cold War brainchild of writer-director John Milius, who devised a World War III invasion of America by the Soviets and Cubans. The film followed the scrappy insurgency of a group of Midwestern teenagers who take on their high school mascot name — “Wolverines!” — as a rallying cry of resistance. The 1984 action drama was the first film released in theaters with the newly devised PG-13 rating because of its intense subject matter and violent content.

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  1. ‘red dawn’ remake starts shooting in michigan on sep8 | Media Monarchy

    […] mgm to remake ‘red dawn’ for a post-9/11 world from wxyz: It’s going to be huge! Michigan has lured some impressive projects since passing the film incentives initiative last year, like Gran Torino, Whip It, and Betty Anne Waters. But it appears the state’s biggest catch to date is the re-make of Red Dawn. The memorable battle cry will soon be echoing across Michigan’s landscape. Producers are also looking for some home grown talent to fill out some roles. You can find out more by emailing reddawnextras@gmail.com. Red Dawn tells the gripping story of how some midwestern teenagers fight to save their hometown from a foreign invasion. MGM’s 1984 hit starred Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Gray. The cast for the re-make includes Chris Hemsworth, who played George Kirk in the latest Star Trek movie. He’ll take on Swayze’s role of Jed Eckert, the group’s unofficial leader. Eckert’s hotheaded younger brother Matt, originally played by Sheen, will be brought back by Josh Peck, best know for the voice of Eddie in the Ice Age movies. And Adrianne Palicki from the Friday Night Lights TV series, will portray Toni, the scrappy character Jennifer Gray first played. Dan Bradley will direct. He was the second unit director on the Bourne Ultimatum and the Bourne Supremacy films. Ken Droz from the Michigan Film Office says the state’s film incentives lured MGM here, and so did the setting. Area production companies and filmmakers are already feeling the ripple effect of Red Dawn’s pre-production here. MGM will start filming the action film’s re-make September 8th. […]

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