>>>> Richard Zanuck, who was 20th Century-Fox's production chief when the studio made the original PLANET OF THE APES in 1968, has been chosen to produce a remake of the film, trade reports said today (Tuesday). Stan Winston who created the ape masks and special effects for the original, will be able to display the advances in makeup techniques when he reprises for the new film. Shooting is expected to begin in the fall. Tim Burton has been set to direct. <<<<

One egregious error in this: Stan Winston certainly did not "create" anything on the original APES -- he would have been all of twenty-one at the time, and he didn't get started in the industry until GARGOYLES in 1972. The ape work was principally done by John Chambers and Dan Striepeke, with uncredited assist by Fuminori Ohashi (who also helped design and build the original Godzilla suit and -- even before that -- worked on some of the original rides at Disneyland. Not to mention a nearly unknown 1934 Japanese picture called KING KONG APPEARS IN EDO. I kid you not. His specialty was latex.)

So it'll be Tim Burton after all ...

Gird your loins for an obligatory cameo appearance by Chuck Heston in a monkey-suit.

It seems to me there are so many good stories that haven't been told that could be told, if people didn't waste so much money telling the same story again.

(Sarcastically) Whoopee.

BUT -- we don't even know if this IS a straight remake. I tend to doubt it. A lot of the scripts that have already come and gone on this project were NOTHING like the original -- which I think is probably the way to go. And does anybody really believe Burton has any interest at all in making a straight remake? More likely it'll be a nervous, confused Johnny Depp among the monkeys.

Music: You can bet it'll be Elfman, but as I also suggested before, if I were Burton -- depending on how close to the original picture the remake will be -- I'd use Goldsmith's ORIGINAL score and redeploy it accordingly. Elfman already did such a job on PSYCHO, so ...

(and I somehow doubt Goldsmith would be interested in scoring a remake of something he already did)

NP: THE BAD SLEEP WELL (Masaru Sato)

True!
And one of those good stories is a little number by Pierre Boulle, called "Monkey Planet". That's a story that hasn't been told yet! There were so many alterations and revisions in Fox's "Planet Of The Apes" that it just barely resembles the book.
I don't understand what everyone's so anxious about...it's not like they're going to take the original away from us!

"The question is WHY?"

You have to ask?
Fox has made gadzillions of dollars on this franchise since 1968, and continues to this day. The new film will start another entire series, providing it's good enough to earn a profit.
I'm all for a brand new Goldsmith "Apes" score, and I want Heston as Zaius!

The Tim Burton version will probably be a fine movie, with an excellent score from Elfman....probably.

I expect the two films will share some similarities, but also have many differences…..that is my hope.

I don't know, I stopped watching them after the third sequel.

NP: James Horner KRULL
Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Horner (STCE)

Christopher, have you peeked at any of the on-line remake-scripts? I've only seen a snippet or two myself -- and who knows what Burton's final version will look like -- but ten to one he's going to go in the direction of Boulle. Rod Serling's original script was a mirror of Boulle's novel; that's why Michael G. Wilson was brought in, to bring the ideas down to a budgetable level. With the money that Burton can command, we WILL see the Ape City that Boulle pictured -- if Burton wants us to, and I think he will.

(you won't believe this, but...)
NP: "Star Trek TMP" expanded, by Mr. Goldfarb

How about some really crazy remakes? We could do
a new 90’s painting of the Mona Lisa complete with
chicklet gleaming teeth and 90’s cleavage.

Let’s remake Gone With The Wind with a score by
Christopher Young. He mentioned that Steiner wrote
scores for 300 films but is only remembered by the general
public for the 16 tuneful measures from GWTW. And Young
wants to write another memorable 16 measures. Now who
could play Scarlett and Rhett?

I apologize to any bypassing or lurking apes and monkeys I may have unwillingly offended with my admittedly somewhat speciesist remarks.

Joan, howzabout we remake "Cool Hand Luke" starring Keanu Reeves?

Whilst I concede the main theme is bombastic (necessarily and appropriately), and interest does pall after repeated listenings, the rest of the score, to me, represents Goldsmith’s finest achievement.

Indeed, I would place this score within my favourite 100 film scores of all time…..despite the disappointing nature of the movie itself, and my general disinterest in the STAR TREK universe.

To me, there is so much GOOD music in this score…..

As for Mr. Laszo comments about "Star Trek - TMP"...

No theme has quite the same "ooomph" to it (just seven notes for the full effect--go find that somewhere else). I won't blatently resort to comparing/contrasting to make it look better.

It is not necessary.

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Originally posted by joan hue:
Let’s remake Gone With The Wind with a score by
Christopher Young. He mentioned that Steiner wrote
scores for 300 films but is only remembered by the general
public for the 16 tuneful measures from GWTW. And Young
wants to write another memorable 16 measures. Now who
could play Scarlett and Rhett?

Best yet, why not go for a 2001 Wizard of Oz, with score and
lyrics by Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman.

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Or how about a remake of BEDAZZLED starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley?

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