Is 2005 to soon to Remake a Film? I Guess Not, Mr & Mrs Smith to be Redone - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 02-10-2010, 12:20 AM

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment...mrs_smith.html

The lag time between a hit movie and its subsequent reboot continues to shrink: Vulture has learned that Regency Enterprises, the mini-studio-within-a-studio at Fox, is moving ahead with developing a quasi-prequel to the 2005 Brad Pitt–Angelina Jolie hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which will be called Mr. and Mrs. Jones. And, much like the Spider-Man and Planet of the Apes reboots we've been telling you about, this one won't feature its original stars.

In the 2005 movie that created the Brangelina phenomenon, the actors played an outwardly milquetoast married couple who had no idea they were both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. Jones will serve as an origin story about a similar but differently named couple, showing how a pair of twentysomething spies are set up as a fake married couple when they graduate agency training. Oscar-winning writer/producer Akiva Goldsman (Hancock, I Am Legend) is attached to produce.

Our sources joked that one reason for the new cast might be that, at least if the tabloids are to be believed, the actual Mr. and Mrs. Jolie-Pitt might not be together long enough to complete a sequel. But the real reason is economic. One of the root rationales behind Hollywood's reboot fever is that by ditching pricey talent but extending popular name-brand franchises, they get the best of both worlds: a title people know and like, with stars they can afford (i.e., Star Trek). Although a move like this has just as much chance of ending up Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.

Read more: Now There’s a Mr. and Mrs. Smith Reboot in the Works? -- Vulture http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment...#ixzz0f6iCwSEe

Marvo301 · 02-10-2010, 12:28 AM

catlover79 · 02-10-2010, 12:30 AM

Good grief.

comedyfreak · 02-10-2010, 06:29 AM

TJL · 02-10-2010, 08:03 AM

Am I the only person who thought that movie sucked?

JamesG · 02-10-2010, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Am I the only person who thought that movie sucked?

Nope, I LOVE Angelina Jolie and I thought the film was pretty bad.

In my opinion the movie seemed like a poor-man's version of Prizzi's Honor; it was the same concept as that with two hitman lovers who are assigned on each other.

catlover79 · 02-10-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Am I the only person who thought that movie sucked?

Never saw it - thank goodness.

MrCleveland · 02-10-2010, 05:29 PM

FREE HAT!
FREE HAT!

That's what I'm going to say every time there's a remake of a movie!

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