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"Revenge of the Nerds" Remake Cancelled

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the louis-and-gilbert dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "Fox Atomic has pulled the plug on the Revenge of the Nerds remake. The movie was into two weeks of shooting when Emory University, the place where it was shooting, decided it no longer wanted to be part of the film."

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  1. Good. by hadhad69 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe now Hollywod will come up with, dare I say it, an original movie idea.

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    1. Re:Good. by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I am a firm believer that we make better documentaries

            What, better than the British? I rather doubt that, mate.

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    2. Re:Good. by Tim+C · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Wallace and Grommit

      A British film, and based on existing characters; not a sequel as such, but not entirely original either.

      King Kong

      A remake.

      Sin City

      Based on a graphic novel.

      Pride and Prejudice

      Made at least once before, if not more, and based on a book.

      War of the Worlds

      Remake of a film based on a book.

      House of Flying Daggers

      Was that a Hollywood film? (Genuine question)

      Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

      A remake of a film based on a book.

      Layer Cake

      British.

      Match Point

      I thought this was British, but could be wrong.

      Chronicles of Narnia

      Remake.

      Now, I'm not saying that they're not good films, but I don't think that that list is really a good example of original Hollywood films of the last year...

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  2. Wouldn't have worked anyway... by BTWR · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I didn't see the script for this, but I dount the new RotN would have been good anyway.

    The original flick was a great film about "nerd persecution" in the 1980s. Back then, being a "nerd" was something that was truly dreaded. Not like today's "cool nerd" or "geek chic" like Weezer or Marc Cuban. Seriously, go watch the original movie, an substitute "nerd" for "black" or any other group. They were persecuted, driven out of their homes, had basically a direct-allusion to a burning cross outside their house (a burning "Nerds" sign), rocks thrown in their windows ("Nerds Get Out"), etc.

    The 2nd movie was "ok" and the 3rd and 4th were awful. But all three of those were simply comedies, not in the same manner as the first one, which was a funny comedy, but subtly wrapped in a deeper social message. No, I'm not saying RotN was some amazingly socially insightful movie. But that doesn't mean that it didn't have some surprising amount of depth to it either...