Jacob's Ladder Remake?

[keith_v]

"Targeted for Remake: Jacob's Ladder

Source: Ryan Rotten, Variety
June 28, 2007

Buried in a Variety piece about the script acquisition of a crime spec called Transit we found a bombshell of an announcement: Producer Alison Rosenzweig is at work on developing a remake to Adrien Lyne's 1990 mindf**k of a movie Jacob's Ladder.

No further details were revealed.

Inspired by Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge," Jacob's Ladder finds a Vietnam vet/postal employee (Tim Robbins) suffering nightmarish visions. Suspecting he was exposed to a nerve agent while in the war and that demons are following him, he begins to lose his grip on reality. Amazing film and amazing script by Bruce Joel Rubin.

One can only imagine what an update could do with America's current occupation in Iraq. Rosenzweig is also producing the hibernating Darksiders at New Line and Sanctuary at Lionsgate.

We'll keep our ear to the ground for more information on "Ladder." "

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I like remakes (though most are pretty bad), and I like the idea of remakes, but there seems to be no reason to remake this movie. A remake may actually wind up too close to Silent Hill. (I know, Silent Hill copied Jacob's Ladder, but SH is more popular now.)

What do you guys think?

 

[Rob Lobo]

No!

 

[Jackasscoley15]

I don't know, I just don't see any point in remaking it, other than making money.

 

[keith_v]

I don't know, I just don't see any point in remaking it, other than making money.

I can see remaking a bad film because it had a good premise and had the potential to be a great film, but this really seems like they just want to make money.

 

[Jackasscoley15]

I think it would be a lot more interesting if the original short story was adapted, instead. Civil War and all.

 

[keith_v]

I think it would be a lot more interesting if the original short story was adapted, instead. Civil War and all.

Good idea, but it was already adapted for the Twilight Zone. The episode actually won a bunch of awards it was so good. You can check it out on DVD. The episode has the same title as the story.

 

[blind_fury]

Bad Hollywood! Bad!!!

 

[Galactus]

I don't know, I just don't see any point in remaking it, other than making money.

Is there any money to make here? I can't remember that the original one was that successful.