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WHY AN AMERICAN REMAKE WITHOUT STELLAN SKARSGARD???

posted 8 years ago by judy-12380
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I have just seen that In Order of Disappearance is to be remade for the American market and, although Hans Petter Moland is down to direct again, Liam Neeson will be taking the part originally played by the magnificent Stellan Skarsgard (though I'm sure he'll no longer be called Nils Dikman!).

Although I have loved every Hans Petter Moland film I have seen, I am really disappointed that this film is being remade, particularly as Stellan Skarsgard would be more than capable of playing his original part in an English language remake.

I hope it does not turn out to be an action film in the mould of Liam Neeson's recent output. In any case, I think I shall have to give this film the swerve as, in my opinion, the original was perfect, and I am fed up of inferior American remakes. Either get over reading subtitles or get some original ideas of your own. Does anyone agree with me?

[–] The_Celluloid_Sage 8 years ago

I agree completely. Rarely watch anything from Hollycrap these days.

[–] sweiland75 8 years ago

Hollywood is nothing but a void for creativity and originality.

[–] vexata 8 years ago

How do you know Skarsgard is interested in playing the same role again? Or available to do so? Having said that, they probably decided Neeson was more marketable or something and yes, sadly, it's almost guaranteed to be inferior.

[–] lastyear11 8 years ago

Most movies from foreign countries suck just as much as Hollywood films. We just don't see them here. We just get the better films.

[–] The_Celluloid_Sage 8 years ago

Can't cope with the subtitles huh? ;)

[–] mikerush76-871-136079 7 years ago

Just so you know this is on netflix with english audio.

[–] meemee_7 7 years ago

Ugh, I hate dubs, so I turned it off and watched with subtitles instead - far preferable

"...if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes!" Roy Batty

[–] chilone (17310) 7 years ago

Yeah, that's just plain ignorance. Hollywood creates the most films and the most diverse and original films in the world. Are some of them shit? Yes but SOOOOO many are fantastic.

[–] Seth_Rogue_One 8 years ago

I'm guessing he didn't want to make the same movie twice

Something he's already done before for the record with Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) and Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

And usually the remake isn't as good as the original either so why would he? Also I wouldn't have much of an interest in watching a remake starring him yet again it would be exactly the same but probably a bit worse

I actually watched this and thought it was like a Norwegian TAKEN or JOHN WICK so it makes sense that Liam would play the remake

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[–] thomas998 7 years ago

I sometimes wonder why directors of small audience films don't shot each scene twice, once in their little known language and once in English so they can increase the movie's box office take. Norway would have seemed a very very small audience.

[–] johnny_amok 7 years ago

two words: money and accents

[–] mikerush76-871-136079 7 years ago

Simple audio dub will do, this movie is on netflix with english audio now btw.

[–] oscar_ray2_jimenez 7 years ago

It's like Insomnia, again. Funny how Gus Van Sant was almost universally crucified because of his nearly shot-by-shot remake of Psycho, yet Christopher Nolan was widely acclaimed for doing more or less the same with Skjoldbjærg's film. Double standards galore.

I generally like Pacino -it's a love/hatred thing more exactly to be honest- but I hated his sorry ass to death while reluctantly watching him on that, back in the day. The only saving grace in that hack job was Robin William's efforts, but even that couldn't help me from hating that movie immensely.

[–] chicago85 7 years ago

I saw David Tennant star in Broadchurch which was a mini series set in England. A young boy is murdered in a small coastal town and by the end almost everyone he ever met is treated as a suspect. Talk about inept policing.

I didn't care for it and then they made an American version called Grace Point with David Tennant playing the same character. I didn't bother watching it. Grace Point is set in California but filmed in British Colombia in Canada because it is so cheap.

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