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posted 15 years ago by Sburt4-1
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Deadly Friend Making a Comeback
Source: Moviehole May 3, 2010

We'll do a bit more digging on this and reach out to Wes Craven's camp, but for now, Clint at Moviehole is reporting that Warner Bros. is mulling over another Deadly Friend.

Here's what Clint says: "Deadly Friend 2.0 is in the works - writers are toying with the concept now, producers are racking their brains trying to think who'd be an ideal proxy for Kristy Swanson (Hmmm... pretty robot girl... Kristen Stewart!?) and Warner Bros are likely hoping their Re-Animator-esque horror redo lends itself to a *beep* 3D overlay."

This smells like pure "Warner Premiere" fodder. That's the label that gave us Lost Boys: The Tribe and the upcoming Lost Boys 3. Warner Premiere also released Trick 'r Treat and The Hills Run Red. But that's just speculation on my part. I can't see WB pumping money into this story again...

[–] RobsBottin 14 years ago

It won't be a sequel, it wil be a re-adaptation and the source material is utterly fantastic, it just needs to be handled by someone who understands that the story is one from the heart and not a cheesy gore-fest which is exactly what WB turned it in to.

Craven filmed two versions, the first contains virtualy no gore and focuses much more on the romance between Sam and Paul.

I would love to see a remake but now that you mention WB are behind it I don't think I'll bother.

[–] bloodwind88 14 years ago

Eh...no thanks. I prefer gore over love any time.

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[–] RobsBottin 14 years ago

It's possible to have both in a movie.

[–] stayhooper67 13 years ago

Believe it or not I could see Rory Culkin playing the lead. He did a really awesome job in Scream 4.

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[–] Jessica_Alba_Lover 13 years ago

Almost 7 months later and nothing. It's not gonna happen.

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[–] Roddenhyzer 13 years ago

Can't say I'm sad. Would be kinda nice to have at least one 80's horror movie remain unremade.

[–] Woodyanders 12 years ago

Here we go again. This film doesn't need a remake; it's fine the way it is.

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