What’s a Few More ’80s Remake Announcements to Get Your Humpday Going?

Good ol’ Lionsgate.  They know how to push a dollar to the limit.  According to Production Weekly, the studio is developing a remake to ‘Dirty Dancing.’  Screenwriter Julia Dahl (‘Uptown Girls’) is set to pen the script about a young girl who, while spending her Summer with her family at a holiday camp, falls in love with the dance instructor.

The original film is generally regarded as a modern classic.  It raked in nearly $64 million dollars against a $6-million budget on its August release in 1987.

Meanwhile, Variety is reporting that director Michael Davis (‘Shoot ’em Up’) has signed on to helm the remake of the 1981, Sean Connery sci-fier, ‘Outland.’  Warner Brothers will distribute with the screenplay being written by first-time, feature writer, Chad St. John.  Hollywood Gang Productions is also behind funding.

We loved the original sci-fi film with Sean Connery.  At its core, ‘Outland’ is a version of ‘High Noon’ in outer space, as two courageous people take a stand against a gang of ruthless conspirators at the highest level.

This statement comes from Gianni Nunnari of Hollywood Gang.

Says director Davis about the project:

We’re staying true to the thematic heart of ‘Outland’ while expanding the space frontier concept.

The original film about a police martial stationed at a mining colony on one of Jupiter’s moons was directed by Peter Hyams.  It made little profit at the box office, earning $17 million against a $16-million budget.