Clooney Doesn’t Want to be Buried…
Daniel Swensen
From Dark Horizons:
George Clooney is apparently in talks to play a role in Paramount Pictures’ remake of Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” reports Bloody Disgusting.
It’s unsure which role he has in the remake which was written by Dave Kajganich, Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. One suspects though that it will be the role of either the leading man Louis or the neighbour Jud. The film is based on Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same name that was previously adapted onto film in 1989.
The plot follows a doctor and his family moving to an idyllic home next to a highway running through a small Maine town. When their pet cat dies, a neighbour shows them not only the nearby pet cemetery, but an Indian burial ground beyond it which has the ability to bring things back from the dead with horrific results.
Boy, this’ll be great. I can’t wait for the Skeet Ulrich remake of Christine, the re-imagining of Carrie with Molly Shannon as Mary Catherine Gallagher, and it’s really time we saw another adaptation of Trucks. Emilio Estevez brought too much class and prestige to Maximum Overdrive — I say we go for Matthew Dillard this time around. And then… honk honk! The car honked its own horn!
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:06 pm
I thought the remake of Carrie was going to star Milla Jovovich, and the ending was going to be changed so she and a fellow TK-powered girl duke it out in ranged and close quarters combat for the right to be crowned Prom Queen.
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:09 pm
That was the sequel, Carrie 2: The Rage.
Just in case you missed it, and no, I’m not making that up.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:33 pm
There are still a handful of King stories that haven’t been made into movies - shouldn’t they delve into those first, make sure that they get them all, and *then* go back and do remakes. Geez. I know I’m desperately awaiting Gerald’s Game.
August 4th, 2006 at 1:05 am
Gerald’s Game remains the only King book that I have read from cover to cover in one sitting. Twice. It’s utterly gripping.
August 4th, 2006 at 7:07 am
I’ve read it, but it wasn’t an easy read, despite it being short. It’s better than The Tommyknockers, but then again, everything he writes is. And they made a movie out of that one. (TV)