Death Race Indoors? Corman’s car-carnage gets a modern tweak
Paul Anderson’s “re-imagining” of Roger Corman’s cult favourite Death Race 2000 has started filming in Montreal. The original gore-classic had the likes of Sylvester Stallone and David Carradine as whacky racers in a brutal cross-USA competition where points are scored for running over pedestrians. For the remake, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and produced by Tom Cruise, things have been sizably altered with a Rollerball/Running Man makeover.
“This is even more violent,” delights British star Ian McShane. “This is set in the future, it’s like NASCAR to the death inside prison. On TV. And I play the guy who runs the race, coaches the racers, from inside prison. It’s a lot of fun.”
McShane’s “super-mechanic” features alongside Jason Statham as the crowd hero Frankenstein, and model Nathalie Martinez as Statham’s navigator Case who helps him plot an escape.
The former Deadwood star also mentions there is talk of putting together a Sexy Beast sequel: “I had lunch with Johnny Hurt and Ray Winstone the other day in LA,” he says. “We want to do a follow up…”
sounds sort of ok. Dunno why everyone's leaping to the defence of the Paul Bartel original - it was let's face it a tad pretentious, the Roger Corman stable notwithstanding, not to mention slightly shit. ... Read More
It sound like they are trying to add to it and make it different from the original which is always a good thing.
Trivia - Paul Andersons been trying to get this made for 10 years now, its his pet project! ... Read More
What a fucking joke. I have never seen the original, but understand that points are awarded for smashing pedestrians into mulch. Where the smeg are they gonna get pedesdrians inside?!?! Maybe the fact that it is run by the prison system, they might have prisoners scrambling, but I don't think it works. It will be more like a destruction derby than a 'death race'! ... Read More
...if you're driving inside?
Utter rubbish. Anderson should have had the balls to stick much closer to the original. I see this being next years Rollerball (2002). ... Read More
Here's hoping that two things happen in the near future: 1. that Deadwood finally gets it's much-needed & frustratingly elusive 'wrapping things up' tv movie ACTUALLY MADE (or movies, or hell- another series) and 2. that Tarantino puts Ian McShane in one of his movies. In a really sweary part- Al Swearengen style, cocksuckers! ... Read More
