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Tarantino will remake in 2009! OFFICIAL!!

posted 17 years ago by midgetorgy
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That's right. Less Than Zero remake is planned for 2009 by director Quentin Tarantino. May possibly end up being called somthing else. But will blow the socks off the original, I BET!! Heard that Brad Renfro (The Client, Bully, 10th & Wolf, etc.) was rumored to be casted. Sad that he just passed away due to his heroin issues. And obviously will no longer get the chance to be involved (R.I.P.)..........Copy and paste the link below for the official info leak!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_Than_Zero

[–] almightynicco 15 years ago

"...On April 14, 2009, MTV News announced that Ellis had nearly finished Imperial Bedrooms, his seventh novel and the sequel to Less Than Zero. Ellis has revealed that the film's main characters are all still alive in the present day, and has already begun looking ahead to the possibility of a film adaptation. Ellis feels that interpreting it as a sequel to the 1987 Less Than Zero adaptation "would be a great idea" and hopes to able to reunite Downey Jr., McCarthy and Gertz should FOX option the sequel...."

[–] matt_mobley07 15 years ago

That's a seperate part of the page. It says Tarantino is interested in making a remake of Less Than Zero. It also says Ellis is interested in making a sequel to the Less Than Zero movie with the same actors for Imperial Bedrooms. But Tarantino is not interested in doing Imperial Bedrooms, as far as that page is concerned.

[–] Mss009 15 years ago

I seriously hope this rings true.

-Mike

[–] AfroGeek 15 years ago

What you just wrote makes absolutely NO sense. LTZ was an 80s movie based on 80s culture. That would be like remaking Saturday Night Fever with Michael Bay throwing in stupid CGI explosions.

[–] matt_mobley07 15 years ago

I don't see how it makes NO sense. It can be remade to be more faithful to the novel. It's not like the crew can't build a set and make costumes that would match the 80's era.

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[–] Jobeykobra 15 years ago

I think you're thinking if Michael Bay remade this. QT has much better style than that lousy filmmaker. I have faith he'll do the book better justice.

[–] groove76 15 years ago

This has to be a rumor started by you or someone else as I haven't heard anything of the like involving QT. I'm not sure how I'd feel about him making it as it doesn't sound like something he'd be interested in doing, although maybe he would. It's just too dramatic for his style, no crime, no room for exaggeration.

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[–] Jobeykobra 15 years ago

It was stated on wikipedia, which we know isn't exactly reliable, but it's where it seems to have started. Since I haven't heard Quentin actually ever expressing interest in it or read about it elsewhere, I can't say one way or the other whether it's legit, but it's most likely not.

[–] zephyr-123 15 years ago

Well, 2009 has come and gone so it must have been a rumor. Also, when a movie is in production, there's usually a record started for it here and I don't see one. I also don't see it in the filmography listing for QT.

"Thanks for the Dada-ist peptalk. I feel much more abstract now."-Buffy

[–] gsxrrules 15 years ago

Wow, thanks for nothing OP!

[–] greybabydaddy-1 15 years ago

i hope Brad Renfro STILL isn't gonna be in this.

"7 and 3 is 9" - Annie Hall

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[–] MortalKombatFan1 12 years ago

bump

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[–] therefdotcom 12 years ago

obviously he did not.

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[–] terrytsilvester 10 years ago

I hope he'll return to this idea and keep it real to the book. Tarantino keeps making the same films over and over again...Less Than Zero would have been a good change for him.

[–] krypton_son 9 years ago

Well I guess that didn't happen did it.