It's hard to think of high school proms and not for at least a moment, recall Sissy Spacek covered in pig's blood in the film adaptation of Stephen King's "Carrie."
Well, MGM and Screen Gems will be attempting to recreate those memories with a remake of the classic horror film and have brought in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to write the script.
Deadline is reporting that Aguirre-Sacasa, who mostly recently rewrote the "Spider-Man" musical, will stay more faithful to King's book, comparing it to Joel and Ethan Coen's work on "True Grit."
Aguirre-Sacasa, a comic book writer, wrote the graphic novel adaptation of King's "The Stand."
Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly spoke with King on the proposed remake, and he didn't sound overly thrilled.
“The real question is why, when the original was so good?" EW quoted King. "I mean, not 'Casablanca,' or anything, but a really good horror-suspense film, much better than the book. Piper Laurie really got her teeth into the bad-mom thing."
He did add that he could "get behind it" if David Lynch ("Mullholland Dr.," "Twin Peaks," "Dune") or David Cronenberg ("The Dead Zone," "The Fly," "A History of Violence") was involved.
For fear of sounding like a broken record, I'll skip my usual speech about remakes and simply ask why? No, really, I want to know, because I have no idea. Besides, didn't they already try this will the ill-conceived "The Rage: Carrie 2" in 1999?
Well, MGM and Screen Gems will be attempting to recreate those memories with a remake of the classic horror film and have brought in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to write the script.
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| "Carrie" began scaring audiences in 1976 |
Aguirre-Sacasa, a comic book writer, wrote the graphic novel adaptation of King's "The Stand."
Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly spoke with King on the proposed remake, and he didn't sound overly thrilled.
“The real question is why, when the original was so good?" EW quoted King. "I mean, not 'Casablanca,' or anything, but a really good horror-suspense film, much better than the book. Piper Laurie really got her teeth into the bad-mom thing."
He did add that he could "get behind it" if David Lynch ("Mullholland Dr.," "Twin Peaks," "Dune") or David Cronenberg ("The Dead Zone," "The Fly," "A History of Violence") was involved.
For fear of sounding like a broken record, I'll skip my usual speech about remakes and simply ask why? No, really, I want to know, because I have no idea. Besides, didn't they already try this will the ill-conceived "The Rage: Carrie 2" in 1999?
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