Johnny Five is alive...again...maybe.
Deadline is reporting director Tim Hill ("Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Hop") has come on board to revive Dimension Films' planned remake of the 1986 comedy "Short Circuit."
In the original, a military robot is struck by lightning, making it sentient. Johnny Five runs away and befriends a woman (Ally Sheedy), who strives to keep him safe from the pursuing military. A sequel was made two years later.
According to Deadline, Dimension Films optioned the property in 2009 and had director Steve Carr ("Paul Blart: Mall Cop") and screenwriter Dan Milano ("Robot Chicken," "Greg the Bunny") attached.
With no progress, Hill has been brought in to oversee the project with a new script.
Original producer David Foster is on board the sequel to produce along with Ryan E. Heppe and John Hyde.
The first film is a campy classic of the 1980s, while I believe I'm one of about a dozen or so people who also liked the sequel. To this day I can't hear Bonnie Tyler's "Hold Out for a Hero" without thinking of Johnny Five decked out for battle.
Deadline is reporting director Tim Hill ("Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Hop") has come on board to revive Dimension Films' planned remake of the 1986 comedy "Short Circuit."
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| The original was released in 1986. |
According to Deadline, Dimension Films optioned the property in 2009 and had director Steve Carr ("Paul Blart: Mall Cop") and screenwriter Dan Milano ("Robot Chicken," "Greg the Bunny") attached.
With no progress, Hill has been brought in to oversee the project with a new script.
Original producer David Foster is on board the sequel to produce along with Ryan E. Heppe and John Hyde.
The first film is a campy classic of the 1980s, while I believe I'm one of about a dozen or so people who also liked the sequel. To this day I can't hear Bonnie Tyler's "Hold Out for a Hero" without thinking of Johnny Five decked out for battle.
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