day 276

another horrible idea

why is hollywood able to come up with any new ideas? it seems like every time i come across a movie i want to see recently it's a remake. the folks at lionsgate are set to recreate one of the most iconic 80s movies ever: dirty dancing. yep, the movie that launched a genre is being rewritten for a more modern take by uptown girlsscreenwriter julia dahl. the original film made over $200 million at the box office in its original 1987 release so i can only assume the production company is attempting to recreate that success. too bad they failed the last time they tried to do that; dirty dancing: havana nights, a 2004 "sequel" set in 1950s cuba, made just $27 million worldwide, even with the name recognition and hype surrounding it. the only reason i could see for this remake is to turn it into a musical. the '87 flick was recently adapted into a stage musical that's been doing workshop performances out in california. if the music for that show is somehow incorporated and improved upon (from what i've read, the musical is a bit of a chore to sit through) then maybe this could work. movie-to-stage-to-movie adaptations have recently been popular at the box office (ie hairspray) and with other studios (ie the current reproduction of footloose) and the movie musical is bigger than ever (mamma mia! became the highest grossing movie in british history, far exceeding prior record holdertitanic). the movie is in its early development stages currently, but i hope they don't eff it up - like every other remake that's been made since...forever.