I wish the original version got made.
I mean, seriously? Wes was very fortunate to have a such a good cast with him: Skeet Ulrich, James Brolin, Illeana Douglas, Heather Langenkamp, Omar Epps, Corey Feldman, Scott Foley, Mandy Moore and Robert Forester, along with the original leads, Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg.
How did this even turn out to have all of those cast members drop out? I've heard it had to do with something between Miramax/Dimension, and I've heard it was about disagreements over Kevin Williamson's script.