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The Trim Bin #69
Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Bemis) at Cinevistaramascope
... - Werner Herzog is directing a remake of Bad Lieutenant starring Nicolas Cage. Does. Not. Compute. - Speaking of Herzog: in what would be the oddest film news any week that didn't also bring the announcement of a Herzog-directed Bad Lieutenant remake, David Lynch will be exec-producing (through his production company, Absurda) My Son, My Son, a "horror-tinged drama" to be directed, on DV and guerilla style, by Herzog. Absurda will also be behind Alejandro Jodorowsky's long-awaited return to directing, King Shot, starring Nick ...

Bad Lieutenant Remake: Abel Ferrara Says, ‘Don’t Count On It.’
Published 5/23/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
... First, Farrara tagged a comment about the remake on to his answer to a question about working outside the Hollywood system. “As far as remakes go, Harvey [Weinstein? Not mentioned in this Variety story in connection to the project. Keitel, who starred in the original? Hmmmm....] begged me not to say anything mean, or stupid. [pause] But I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they’re all in the same streetcar, and it blows up.” ...