Cujo remake is C.U.J.O. : Canine Unit Joint Operations

[Ari_Racing]

http://www.sunnclassicpicturesinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cujo-logo1.png

SUNN CLASSIC ANNOUNCES CUJO FOR 2013


Lang Elliott, President & CEO of Sunn Classic Pictures, Inc., announced that Sunn plans to produce the remake of “CUJO” this year representing the 30th Anniversary since Sunn produced and distributed the original “CUJO” motion picture in l983, based upon Stephen King’s novel. The l983 version was highly successful at the worldwide box-office and, compared with today’s inflation and higher ticket prices, the box-office would be well over $225 million even without ancillary sales (i.e., DVD, cable, free television, pay-per-view, etc.).

“CUJO” is the story of a large, playful St. Bernard dog that is transformed into a hideous killing machine after being infected by rabies. Donna Trenton’s car is on the fritz, and she and her son take her ailing automobile to their mechanic. Upon their arrival, the car stalls and refuses to restart. The mechanic fails to appear so Donna searches for him. The transformed, maniacal “CUJO” reveals himself; he is highly agitated and very aggressive. Donna hardly recognizes this filthy, monstrous creature foaming at the mouth. Suddenly “CUJO” charges Donna, who barely makes it back into the car for protection. Trapped with her son and the windows rolled up, the sweltering heat begins to take its toll. “CUJO’s” powerful state of insanity and violence await.

The news was published in Jan. 2, 2013, at the official website of Sunn Classic Pictures.

Teaser:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/57499908

Source: http://www.sunnclassicpicturesinc.org/press-release/sunn-classic-announces-cujo-for-2013/

[Coulrophobia]

Cujo? Still no "IT"? This will be a full blown gore fest, and nothing more.

[becca69]

I hope they don't use a CGI dog!

[Coulrophobia]

I am guessing a real dog cgi crud added to the body.

[stkmw02]

I am so over remakes. I saw Evil Dead last weekend... it was good, sure, but I could rewatch the original a million times... the remake is a once a done novelty. I would rather see a new, innovative film inspired by the original than a remake of the same name.

I refuse to look at anything with the word Carrie in the title. I get it. She goes to the prom. She controls things with her mind. She gets blood dumped on her. I loved that in the book. I even liked it in the original movie. Unless you are introducing some unbelievably new concept, please refrain from trying to tell the same story again.

The ONLY reason to remake Cujo would be to change the ending. The Shining original and remake are two completely different movies, each worthy of the time and energy used to create them and the funds spent to enjoy them. Though they are based on the same book, they take two very different approaches.

I definitely second the hope that the dog is real.

[pathoftheturtle]

This movie was alright, but seriously truncated the book. There's room for a very different approach. Good or bad will very much depend on who directs.

[Shannon]

Cujo guitars round two, here we go!

I don't think the original movie is that outdated, why remake it?

Re: Evil Dead, I liked the new one a lot. I don't get all the love for the original. It was ok at best.

[pathoftheturtle]

+1 love for the original Evil Dead. Not even ok, in fact: So bad that it's funny.

[stkmw02]

Evil Dead original was a true film. it was a group of indie actors and crew who pooled their resources and funds (very little funds, all the girls walked off of production because they weren't paid) to show what they could do. The movie was never meant to be anything incredible... it was sort of a "We did THIS with $5. Think of what we could do with $50!" As a result, you end up with a film that has a great concept and a laughable presentation.

The remake, I'll admit, was created for a similar purpose. New crew with the same idea - create a film to show what they could do (without CGI!). The only difference was, they started with a budget more in the $5,000,000 range. lol I just think the remake was a good scary movie, but didn't do anything "new" or impressive... I also didn't feel it was entertaining enough for me to want to see it again. I think a lot of the appeal of the original was Bruce Campbell's chin too.

[barlow]

I think the New Evil Dead plays as a sequel to the original film hence the car being there because ash gets caught in the final frame of the original. Evil Dead 2 was also a remake of the original with Army of Darkness being it's sequel. I like the fact that there are two parallel story lines, especially with it sounding like they are actually going to do Army of Darkness 2. On the Cujo and Carrie fronts Carrie was so different from the book that there is room to make another good film, like they did with The Shining. Cujo on the other hand you can change the ending. I would like to see them actually get on the ball with the two film IT remake, again there was so much in the book that was left out of the TV version it deserves a multipicture theatrical treatment or a single season series on HBO or Showtime. Sorry if I am dragging on but I don't mind king Remakes if they are more faithful adaptations than the originals, this may not mean that they would be better movies but I appreciate the attempt at bringing a beloved book faithfully to the screen.

Ken

[Merlin1958]

Cujo guitars round two, here we go!

I don't think the original movie is that outdated, why remake it?

Re: Evil Dead, I liked the new one a lot. I don't get all the love for the original. It was ok at best.

I gotta agree. II and III were much better films than the original, IMHO!!!

[mae]

Looks like low-budget trash. The original movie was good. The novel was great. Why do this if you're not going to improve on it?

[Bryant Burnette]

Yeah, this smells like probable garbage to me.

I'll still watch it, though. Sigh...

[Coulrophobia]

They are remaking everything even Point Break.

[ChristineB]

OK a remake of Point Break? OMG, can't think of any new actors that could rival the two in the original. For shame.

I just saw the new Total Recall... all I can say is I had to watch the original afterwards to get that movie out of my head.

As for this remake, we shall see, the original was good IMO.

[Bev Vincent]

Is a remake of Stephen King's Cujo really coming this year? (http://io9.com/is-a-remake-of-stephen-kings-cujo-really-coming-this-y-472710692)

It's the 30th anniversary of Stephen King's mad-dog horror novel Cujo. And to celebrate, Sunn Classic Pictures (which produced the original Cujo movie) wants to do a remake. They've even made this spooky pitch video.

The video above was found by Dread Central, which says Sunn aims to have the movie out this year — although filming hasn't started yet, and they don't seem to have enough money to produce a film yet. Bleeding Cool speculates they're going to go to Cannes and try to scare up the money they need, using that video and the interest on their Facebook page.

[Bryant Burnette]

Is a remake of Stephen King's Cujo really coming this year? (http://io9.com/is-a-remake-of-stephen-kings-cujo-really-coming-this-y-472710692)

It's the 30th anniversary of Stephen King's mad-dog horror novel Cujo. And to celebrate, Sunn Classic Pictures (which produced the original Cujo movie) wants to do a remake. They've even made this spooky pitch video.

The video above was found by Dread Central, which says Sunn aims to have the movie out this year — although filming hasn't started yet, and they don't seem to have enough money to produce a film yet. Bleeding Cool speculates they're going to go to Cannes and try to scare up the money they need, using that video and the interest on their Facebook page.

I don't want to discount the possibility that a good low-budget, down-and-dirty flick based on Cujo could be made and released in that short a span of time, but ... boy, it sure does seem unlikely.

It smells to me like something that has to be made this year, else Sunn loses their rights to the film. Just a guess.

[Shannon]

Well that video sure hasn't made me excited for this project, lol.

[Coulrophobia]

Teaser:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/57499908


http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q715/RuleofSixes/will-smith-men-in-black-3-470x268_zps6dba71e5.jpg

[CyberGhostface]

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Cujo-Remake-Title-Isn-t-Going-Sit-With-Some-Fans-72427.html

:doh:

[Shannon]

Thees b redardod.

[skyofcrack]

I seriously wish AIDS upon these fucking morons.

[dnemec]

And another shitty "reboot." Where will it end???

[Girlystevedave]

What the fuck? :lol:

[NoAttitudeThisTime]

It should have been an April Fool's Day joke. Alas, it's not...

[becca69]

:Ball Kick:

[dnemec]

:Ball Kick:

Well put, Becca!

[Jimimck]

That sounds beyond horrible

[Jon]

We can hope for a horrible accident with the lighting or some rigging during filming. Perhaps the delivery truck will have a terrible crash after filming is done.

[mattgreenbean]

Perhaps they are simply just doing a remake, I wouldn't take this article as the gospel.

[mae]

https://1428elm.com/2017/10/24/cujo-star-dee-wallace-not-excited-bizarre-upcoming-remake/

I don’t know if anyone out there is truly excited for the upcoming Cujo remake, but I can tell you who’s not… Dee Wallace!

Back in 1983, Wallace starred in Cujo as Donna Trenton, a young mother who takes along her son Tad to the local mechanic for car repairs. Unfortunately, the mechanic’s pet St. Bernard, Cujo, is bitten by a rabid bat, developing a sick case of rabies. The now-vicious dog goes on a rampage, trapping Donna in the car with Tad. Many horror fans consider Cujo to be one of the best Stephen King adaptations and it maintains a cult following to this day.

Fast forward to the present day, and writer/director/producer Lang Elliot is in the process of rebooting the film. But this isn’t going to be a simple retelling of the original story. Called Cujo: Canine Unit Joint Operations, we can tell right away from the title that Elliot is doing something very different with the story, though as of yet there aren’t many other details online about the project.

Recently, Cujo‘s Dee Wallace spoke to my colleague Susan here at 1428 Elm. In the phenomenal interview, the subject of the upcoming remake comes up — and Dee doesn’t seem too thrilled. Noting that she doesn’t know why “Stephen King would ever let them get away with that,” Wallace offers this blunt opinion on the remake:

“Look, I’ll just leave it at this. If they think they can do half the job that we did with Cujo and the dogs, real dogs and the kid who was amazing…. yeah, go ahead. Make an asshole out of yourself, go ahead! Give it a shot.”

Wallace adds that it feels akin to trying to remake The Wizard of Oz or E.T. If a movie is already good, it shouldn’t be remade. And to that I couldn’t agree with Wallace any more.

1983’s Cujo is indeed a classic horror film, and not one I personally want to see remade either. But that Hollywood trend certainly didn’t start with Cujo and won’t end there either. Perhaps if nothing else it will just bring some more attention back to the original.

[needfulthings]

[QUOTE=pablo;1084961]https://1428elm.com/2017/10/24/cujo-star-dee-wallace-not-excited-bizarre-upcoming-remake/
[QUOTE]I don’t know if anyone out there is truly excited for the upcoming Cujo remake, but I can tell you who’s not… Dee Wallace!

Back in 1983, Wallace starred in Cujo as Donna Trenton, a young mother who takes along her son Tad to the local mechanic for car repairs. Unfortunately, the mechanic’s pet St. Bernard, Cujo, is bitten by a rabid bat, developing a sick case of rabies. The now-vicious dog goes on a rampage, trapping Donna in the car with Tad. Many horror fans consider Cujo to be one of the best Stephen King adaptations and it maintains a cult following to this day.

Fast forward to the present day, and writer/director/producer Lang Elliot is in the process of rebooting the film. But this isn’t going to be a simple retelling of the original story. Called Cujo: Canine Unit Joint Operations, we can tell right away from the title that Elliot is doing something very different with the story, though as of yet there aren’t many other details online about the project.

Recently, Cujo‘s Dee Wallace spoke to my colleague Susan here at 1428 Elm. In the phenomenal interview, the subject of the upcoming remake comes up — and Dee doesn’t seem too thrilled. Noting that she doesn’t know why “Stephen King would ever let them get away with that,” Wallace offers this blunt opinion on the remake:

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4804/201Nyt.jpg

[herbertwest]

May as well create a CUJO vs the children of the corn

[Shannon]

May as well create a CUJO vs the children of the corn

I'd watch that. Not like in a movie theater or anything, but definitely an illegal version on my laptop. Oh yeah. In a heartbeat.

[Brian861]

May as well create a CUJO vs the children of the corn

I'd watch that. Not like in a movie theater or anything, but definitely an illegal version on my laptop. Oh yeah. In a heartbeat.

:rofl: