NBC Also Rebooting "Say Anything"

It's not bad enough that NBC is working on a Real Genius TV workplace comedy show. Now they're working on a serialized Say Anything sequel.

Deadline reports:

Fire up the boomboxes. Say Anything…, one of the definitive Generation X movies, is being revisited as a series for Generation Ys. The single-camera comedy, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, whose film studio sibling produced the 1989 Cameron Crowe movie, has received a script commitment plus penalty from NBC. Justin Adler (Better Off Ted) is writing the project, which is set a decade after the events in the movie, and will executive produce with Kaplan. Crowe has no involvement.

The 1989 comedy drama Say Anything marked Crowe’s directorial debut and solidified heartthrob John Cusack’s status as a leading man. The film chronicled the romance between average student Lloyd Dobler (Cusack) and valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) during the summer after their high-school graduation. (Watch a trailer below).  Set in present day, the Say Anything series picks up ten years later.  Lloyd has long since been dumped by Diane and life hasn’t exactly turned out like he thought.  But when Diane surprisingly returns home, Lloyd is inspired to “dare to be great” once again, get Diane back and reboot his life.

NO. Noooooooooo. This is seriously bumming me out. NBC, former home of must see TV, is just grasping at straws now isn't it? What's next? The Breakfast Club: 20th High School Reunion? 40 Candles? 

Just watch the trailer and fall in love with John Cusack and/or Peter Gabriel all over again. 

Val Kilmer's "Real Genius" Getting Rebooted

Today's news hurts my soul - NBC has optioned the '80s film Real Genius as a single camera TV comedy. Deadline reports

The project, which has received a script commitment plus penalty, hails from Sony TV, whose sibling label TriStar Pictures produced the movie; Adam Sandler’s Sony-based company Happy Madison; and 3 Arts Entertainment. 

Written by Workaholics co-executive producer Craig DiGregorio and David King (Parks And Recreation), Real Genius is a present-day reboot of the cult film, set as a workplace comedy. The show centers on the relationship between a rock star-like genius — the character Kilmer played in the movie — and a sheltered, naive co-worker. 

Real Genius is an 80s film that I love, and it's one that I've found a lot of folks missed. I've always felt that the popularity of War Games made this film possible. Val Kilmer is just about the only guy you'd know from it - he plays Chris Knight, a science rock star at a gifted student at a university. He mentors his young freshman roommate. Hijinks ensue. The CIA is involved. It's just a silly lovely piece of film that celebrates smarty pants kids. A workplace comedy? I guess NBC wants their own version of The Big Bang Theory because geeks are so hot right now. But you know what? A girl's got to have her standards.

Incidentally, I'd never seen the trailer before and it's hilariously bad. Enjoy!

Jem And The Holograms Coming To A Theater Near You

I was always more of a She-Ra girl back in the day but I had my fair share of girl pals who were really into Jem And The Holograms. Since everything '80s is hot right now, there is of course a live action Jem film is in production. Here's the kind of weird announcement from the director. Incidentally, Scooter Braun, music mogul, is Justin Bieber's manager. (I'm ashamed I know that but the name Scooter kind of pops out.)





This week they've announced that Molly Ringwald and Juliette Lewis are involved in super secret ways. Yay? At least they're ladies that sing.

Any fans of the original cartoon really jazzed up about this?

Janelle Monae Covers David Bowie

Two of my favorites - Janelle Monae did a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" for a Pepsi thing and I'm loving it. Enjoy!

London Grammar Covers INXS

A few weeks ago there was a trailer released to promote the current new season of Game Of Thrones and it had an amazing cover of INXS's song "Devil Inside" in the background. The band that made the cover, London Grammar, has released the song in its entirety. It's killer.

I'd not heard the band before so I picked up their just released debut album. If you like Florence + the Machine, check them out - they have a free download on their website and iTunes has the full album.

First Look: Fargo (TV Series)

Admittedly, I'm a little hesitant on this. But while Fargo is one of my favorite movies of all time, I can't argue that the cast they've assembled for this is pretty damn awesome: Billy Bob Thornton, Kate Walsh, Oliver Platt, Bob Odenkirk, Martin Freeman, to name a few. Unfortunately, the four teasers released so far don't really show or tell us much:









What do you think? Will you give Fargo a shot? It debuts April 15th on FX.

The Point Break Remake Is Really Happening

The Point Break remake that's been rumored for a couple of years now is officially happening. Gerard Butler, he of the amazing abs in the film 300, has been cast as Bodhi and some dude named Luke Bracey has been cast in the role of Johnny Utah. This whole thing has me making this Keanu face:

I have an unreasonable affection for the movie Point Break, I know. But honestly, does it get any better than Keanu, Patrick Swayze, and Gary Busey, with a random appearance by a Red Hot Chili Pepper? No, it does not. Also, it's been remade. With cars. It's called The Fast And The Furious. But I digress.

Any guesses as to who will replace Lori Petty and Gary Busey in the remake? $10 says Miley Cyrus and Jake Busey.

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First Look: 22 Jump Street (Red Band Trailer)

They moved across the street. I'm glad we have all that straightened out.

First Look: Man Of Steel (3rd Trailer)

What do you think?

Point Break Is Getting The Remake Treatment

I just read on Cinema Blend that the epic action film Point Break is being remade and that the studio just hired a director. Ericson Core is going to helm the remake. The remake that takes place in the world of extreme sports instead of surfing. Not cool, brah.

Here's the thing, I'd argue that Point Break has already been remade - and that remake is called The Fast & The Furious. Seriously. Watch them close together sometime, it's basically the same movie. Ironically, Ericson Core was the cinematographer on, wait for it, The Fast & The Furious. He was also the cinematographer on the Daredevil movie, which isn't something he should remind people of.

Point Break is one of those films that I'm ridiculously fond of - there is hilariously quotable dialogue, crazy stunt sequences, Gary Busey being actually watchable, and Keanu being adorable Keanu. And Patrick Swayze? He's just a delight.

Leave it alone folks or you might provoke the wrath of Warchild.

Anyone else as fond of Point Break as I am?  Does anyone else kind of love that the director, Kathryn Bigelow, is now a big fancy Oscar winning director?

The Furby Rises Again

It took years to stamp out the unspeakable evil of the holiday must-haves from the past: Teddy Ruxpin, Chatty Cathy, and of course, Furby 1.0. But this season we have seen the reemergence of the last of these three horrors, the one-time champion of toy store marathon hunting season: the new and improved Furby.

The tag line alone (A Mind Of Its Own!) is enough to make any Terminator fan run for the mountains and start stockpiling weapons, but the eyes... my GOD THE EYES. Watching you intently. Waiting for you to make a mistake. Recording your every move for rogue government agencies operating off the grid! No, wait, not that last one.

The point here is that this abomination ended up on one of the three lists I had to send to the North Pole this weekend, and I doubt that delightful, white-bearded rogue will be willing to cart this robotic minion of Satan around in his toy sack. Therefore, it falls to me to find this hellish thing and bring it into my home.

My wish for your families this season is for health, happiness, and lots of rare and delightful pop culture finds, but the significance of the much maligned Furby makes me frightened for us all. Children want it. We remember it fondly for some reason (I suspect our memories have been tampered with ) and soon we will all have one.

Someone call John Connor.

First Look: The Host 2

I wasn't even aware they were making a sequel to The Host (which we named our fifth favorite sea monster movie of all time). Judging by the footage below, it looks like it's ready to go (and it also looks awesome and intense).

First Look: Silent Night

I didn't know they were doing a semi-remake of "Silent Night Deadly Night."

After watching this trailer, I wish I still didn't know.

The Exorcist Sitcom

Two of my favorite things mashed up together into one amazing video - a "trailer" for The Exorcist done as an '80s sitcom!



I actually saw this retweeted by the director, William Friedkin. I love it when artists have a sense of humor about their works.

Happy Halloween!

First Look: Evil Dead (NSFW)

So the red band teaser trailer for Evil Dead came out yesterday. It's got plenty of blood, guts, and gore. And then some.

First Look: Carrie

So they released the teaser to the Carrie remake.

I know it's commonplace here at Culture Brats to turn our noses up at remakes, but I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. First, it's got Hit-Girl as Carrie and Julianne Moore as her mother. Plus, it's directed by Kimberly Peirce, who also did Boys Don't Cry.



What do you think?

First Look: Mockingbird Lane

Way back in 2010 we told you that NBC was working with Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) to reboot the old TV classic The Munsters. And after eons of development, they're ready to air the one-hour pilot on October 26th to see if this show has any legs. They've released the first look at the show so here we go:



The cast is filled with people that I love: Eddie Izzard, Portia de Rossi, and Cheyenne Jackson! Jerry O'Connell, yeah he's ok. Butch Patrick, the original Eddie Munster, is listed on IMDB as having a credit so that's kind of fun. The kid playing little Eddie looks like a little Eddie Munster so that's cool.

Here's my problem with what I know of this reboot right now: it's kind of being billed as a dramedy. The whole point of the original was that it was silly because the Munsters thought THEY were normal, and the "normal" people in the world were weird. It was light-hearted and sweet and it was about a kind, loving family who were treated poorly because they were different. And this preview looked... I dunno, like Eddie Izzard's gonna eat the neighbors or something. And his makeup is terrible. And did Grandpa Sam make Herman Munster for his daughter Lily? That's the spin on the reboot and that doesn't sound right.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on this? Will you check out Mockingbird Lane?

Manimal To Return?

I'm not gonna lie, I'm mostly writing this article so I can share this epic photo:

Ok, here's the actual story: do any of you remember a simply terrible '80s television show called Manimal? The basic premise of the show is that there's a shapeshifting guy who uses his animal skills to help the police solve crimes. Seriously. It didn't even last a season it was so bad. And this from a decade the produced Airwolf.

Even the intro is epic. Check it out:

Awesome right? So you can totally see why Sony pictures just optioned the rights to make a live action/CGI movie. I mean, they've already done a Smurfs film, they're working on an ALF film, so why not hit the triple crown with (wildcat noise) Manimal?

(Kill me now.)

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First Look: Texas Chainsaw 3D

No longer a massacre?

A Heathers TV Show Would Be (Corn) Nuts

Were you a fan of Heathers? Like me, do you think Heathers is one of the greatest high school movies of all time?

Prepare to be horrified.

Bravo, the station responsible for unleashing a horde of housewives upon an unsuspecting public, is working on a modernized Heathers television show in which Veronica Sawyer's daughter finds herself in the crosshairs of a teenage mean girl circle known as The Ashleys.

No, really!

Bravo execs, if you're reading this, please don't go through with this. Leave it alone. Remake Jawbreaker instead. It's similar. Plus, I don't think anyone actually liked that movie.

But if you must go through with the Heathers remake, PLEASE cast Shannen Doherty as the mom of the head Ashley. I can't be the only one wishing to see her in something other than those damn Education Connection commercials.

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