Thursday, September 24, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Fast Furious Director to Helm Highlander Reboot

HTTP:: Fast Furious Director to Helm Highlander Reboot
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They often say â€" movie critics in particular â€" that Hollywood turns to classic films whenever it lacks inspiration for a new project, and this happens quite often actually. This is why remakes, reboots and sequels are so popular, with many a major movie studio constantly looking for franchises to bring back to life and turn into successful businesses once more. Summit Entertainment has just dug up “Highlander,” which will be remade with the help of director Justin Li, SlashFilm says. Summit, the same movie studio behind the incredibly successful “Twilight” phenomenon, is looking for a new franchise to reboot and has set its sight on “Highlander.” According to a press statement that began to make the rounds recently, Summit has already tapped big names in the industry for the re-imagination of the classic film, which will start from the mythology of the original and hopefully adapt the story for new audiences â€" which is to say, reboot the original film. !
“Summit Entertainment announced today that it has tapped the filmmaking team behind this spring’s hit film ‘Fast & Furious â€" director Justin Lin and producer Neal H. Moritz â€" to direct and produce respectively the studio’s re-imagination of the cult film ‘Hi...
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