'Back to the Future' remake set to shoot in India?
Posted December 30th, 2008 at 01:29 PM by TimeTraveller
According to India's only Film News Service Agency (Realbollywood News), Back to the Future is set to be remade as the fantasy film Action Replay starring two very popular actors in that country.
India actor Akshay Kumar is said to be cast in the Michael J. Fox role and Aishwarya Rai in the Lea Thompson role. Obviously, the director (Vipul Shah) isn't aiming for Kumar to portray McFly as a teenager, since the actor is 41 years old. Likewise, actress Rai is 35.stop
After stumbling upon the article, I dropped Bob Gale a quick email to see what he might know about the project. "It was news to me," he admitted.
The movie is set to begin filming in February 2009, and while other sites state that the film is "loosely" based on Back to the Future rather than a remake, I suspect that production using any of Back to the Future's source material without proper permission won't be getting very far.
India actor Akshay Kumar is said to be cast in the Michael J. Fox role and Aishwarya Rai in the Lea Thompson role. Obviously, the director (Vipul Shah) isn't aiming for Kumar to portray McFly as a teenager, since the actor is 41 years old. Likewise, actress Rai is 35.stop
After stumbling upon the article, I dropped Bob Gale a quick email to see what he might know about the project. "It was news to me," he admitted.
The movie is set to begin filming in February 2009, and while other sites state that the film is "loosely" based on Back to the Future rather than a remake, I suspect that production using any of Back to the Future's source material without proper permission won't be getting very far.
Posted in Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Bob Gale, BTTF Cast/Crew, Sequel News/Rumors, Back to the Future
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holy **** i just crapped my pants!
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This sounds awful, I hope it will be stopped
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Sounds like they're about to butchr a brilliant classic. Hopefully something will sto pthis thing from being made.
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Remake.........no,no,no!!![b][/B:
 is it just me or does that sound like a really bad idea....it'll **** |
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