Johnny 5? Alive?
from Moviehole.net:
No.5 is Alive!
Posted : December 4, 2006 Writer : Clint MorrisMoviehole has got word (fairly solid word) that yet another 80s classic is about to get the remake treatment – and I think I just spewed in my mouth a little.
“Shirt Circuit”, John Badham’s 1986 sci-fi comedy/adventure, about a wacky experimental government robot named Johnny 5 who flees the government and ultimately ends up hiding out with a suburban sweetie (Ally Sheedy), is about to get a contemporary do-over.
There have been rumours about some kind of continuation of the franchise for a while now, but this is the first that someone up the food chain has actually acknowledged the buzz. It’s believed some of the original gang – sans Badham – are involved in the remake.
The original film, which starred Guttenberg, Sheedy, Fisher Stevens, G.W Bailey and Tim Blanley as the voice of ‘No.5′, made over $40 million on its release in 1986.
Thanks to ‘Rick Rossovich’s arm-hair’
This one is kind of like the Adventures in Babysitting, they just shouldn’t do anything with it and leave it alone…that’s just my thing.
–Socram
Seriously! Aren’t there any original ideas anymore?
I know!! Come on!!
Remakes and sequels…bah. Both good ways for people to do something in film without an original idea in their head.
not necessarily…there are some sequels that are better than the original movies…but the key word is SOME not all!