Digital Trends talked to Kurt Wimmer about his new version of ChildrenoftheCorn, why remakes are so appealing, and the enduring appeal of StephenKing.
If remakes are what’s hot right now in Hollywood, then remakes of Stephen King adaptations are infernos. Everyone seems to be digging into the back catalog of the famous horror writer, with new versions of It, Pet Sematary, Carrie, and Firestarter all hitting big and small screens in the last decade. [Remakes of Salem’s Lot and Cujo are on the way.]
Digital Trends: In researching your past work, I discovered you’ve been involved with a lot of remakes. You’ve written screenplays for the remakes of The Thomas Crown Affair, Total Recall, and Point Break. And now we have Children of the Corn, which is another remake. What’s so appealing to you about reinterpreting something that already exists?
So there’s absolutely nothing that attracts me to them. With Point Break and Total Recall,I really loved those original movies so when I got the offer to write the remakes, I said to myself, “Well, listen, if somebody’s going to fuck it up, it might as well be me.” You don’t always have complete control over the movies you get to make.Sure. The Thomas Crown Affair was at the very beginning of my career. With that one, I couldn’t say no to doing it.
I haven’t seen any of the sequels, to be honest. I just went back to the original material [the short story by Stephen King]. There’s a reason why so many sequels were made because the original material that King created has such resonance.
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