MGM Signs A Writer And Director For Red Dawn Remake

The problem with the “Red Dawn� remake is now that the Cold War is over and Russia is our friend, who might invade the United States that will invoke the same reaction as “Red Dawn� did.
In coming up with the original premise, Milius consulted government and military officials to develop a plausible scenario that required only a little public suspension of disbelief. If Ellsworth and Bradley consult the same sources, they’ll discover there is no one on the pointy end of the sword ready to parachute in and change American values.
So who will invade the United States?
Ellsworth statement seems to point to an Arab connection.
Hopefully he’s not suggesting Mid-East countries or worse, terrorists? Even set in a distant future, both would require a suspension of disbelief so large that elementary students would have problems believing.
It would also be irresponsible.
American’s have enough Arab prejudices and fears without adding another, especially an implausible one. Arabs are too fractured to be of any real threat. If Ellsworth does any kind of research he will discover they don’t even have the means to get here. Besides, if they really wanted to mess with us, all they would have to do is cut off our oil supply.
China?
China would have problems taking and holding Taiwan, let alone part of the United States, but at least it’s more plausible and in the future doable.
However, there is one scenario that if written properly, Ellsworth could strike fear into the hearts of men and elementary students alike and would be in keeping with his statement – a war in which America invades itself.
With the Patriot Act and the United States security forces now falling under one entity – The Department of Homeland Security – it would not have to be a stretch for a series of terrorist related attacks to lead to martial law.
Getting a taste of ultimate power - and we know that ultimate power corrupts absolutely - it might lead to a small group of individuals banding together to fight the powers of corruption.
Hopefully, Ellsworth, the man who wrote Disturbia and is in the process of adapting “Y: The Last Man� for the big screen and Dan Bradley, who has worked on “Spiderman 2,� “Spiderman 3,� “The Bourne Ultimatum� and the upcoming “James Bond� film “Quantum of Solace� can take a movie that was once reviled as being the most violent film ever and not trash it’s memory, but instead, leave us with a more potent and timely one.

What a great movie this is, the thing about it it was realistic in a brutal way. I hope they dont go too over the top. They need to ask themselves, "If this really happened, what would it be like?". The original answered that question perfectly.

Lets bring back Jenny Grey and C Thomas for cameos.