Last week we brought you the depressing news that the most holy of holy science fiction classics, The Day the Earth Stood Still, was on its way to being remade by 20th Century Fox. Now there’s more on the movie’s impending (at certain to suck) modernization. This isn’t going to be a half-hearted, low-budget cast, rush job. IESB claims they’ve offered a part in the film to the biggest female star on the planet: Angelina Jolie.
Also considering his options is may be Scott Derrickson, who is supposed to be up to direct it. Derrickson lifted himself out of the realm of direct-to-dvd garbage back in 2005 when he helmed Excorcism of Emily Rose, and basically blew everyone away. Apparently his work on that has now earned him a gig directing a big-time Angelina Jolie movie. He’s also got several other high-profile movies on his schedule, including a movie version of John Milton’s Paradise Lost which may end up starring Casino Royale star and new James Bond Daniel Craig as Lucifer.
Now keep in mind here that no one is saying that either Derrickson or Jolie are a lock for Day the Earth Stood Still. IESB swears they have the inside track, even though Fox’s PR people have apparently come out and denied the whole thing. Even if IESB does have their story right, neither Jolie or Derrickson has actually signed on the dotted line yet. They’ve just been offered a job.
If Angelina Jolie ends up in the movie, and if they don’t completely bastardize the film’s basic plot to appeal to teenage boys who like wearing girls too-tight pants, then Jolie will most likely end up in the part of a widow named Helen Benson. It’s the biggest female part in the original 1951 movie. The story goes something like this… an alien named Klaatu lands on Earth with his robot and demands to see his leaders and deliver an important, world-saving message. He gets frustrated with the bickering between our planet’s governments and goes out to meet the people. He then encounters Helen and her family. The movie is really about heavy political subtext more than aliens or spaceships as Klaatu’s mission of goodwill is rejected and stymied at every turn. The trick in remaking it will be not just holding that, but translating it into modern day relevance.
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Last week we brought you the depressing news that the most holy of holy science fiction classics, The Day the Earth Stood Still, was on its way to being remade by 20th Century Fox. Now there’s more on the movie’s impending (at certain to suck) modernization. This isn’t going to be a half-hearted, low-budget cast, rush job. IESB claims they’ve offered a part in the film to the biggest female star on the planet: Angelina Jolie.
