Because it’s just not good enough to make films about the E*Trade Baby or Battleship, Columbia Pictures is now taking it back to the 1980s with a remake of the Val Kilmer sci-fi comedy Real Genius.
That’s right. Not many people remember it, but before he was Batman, Jim Morrison, Dieter Von Cunth, Iceman, and the voice of K.I.T.T., Kilmer got his start in a little teen sci-fi comedy from 1985. In it, Kilmer plays Chris Knight, an incredibly bright university student that has to use his intellect to get back at a nefarious professor who steals his newest project for military purposes.
The super producer team of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, who were the driving force behind such projects as The Davinci Code, 24, Angels & Demons, Arrested Development and many more, will be taking the lead on this one, so expect to see a few big names to drop by.
No word on a production schedule just yet, but since Columbia and the two producers are already on board, expect to see movement on this remake in the next few months.
The only thing now is to propose a remake of other great science fiction comedies of the 1980s such as Zapped! and Mac and Me.
Mickychas
July 24, 2010 at 11:51 pmThis is a crock. Whoever they cast as Laszlo Hollyfeld (sp) and the President's wife (Jonathan Gries and Sandy Martin, respectively) better get ready to be cast in the remake of “Napoleon Dynamite” come 2024. For those who don't know, Gries and Martin played Uncle Rico and Grandma in 2004's “Napoleon”.
will
June 27, 2010 at 8:25 am“When your smart, people need you”
sparkleecats
June 4, 2010 at 5:56 amAlways… no, no… never… forget to check your references.
Doug
April 8, 2010 at 11:21 am“Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?”