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TracyKEANU REEVES - REMAKE OF THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
August 28th 2007 07:19
Twentieth Century Fox has chosen Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) to star in The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of the 1951 Robert Wise-directed sci-fi classic. The original starred Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, and Sam Jaffe. The film was adapted by Edmund H. North from the short story written by Harry Bates, Farewell to the Master. and directed by Robert Wise. The score was written by Bernard Herrmann and is notable for its use of two theremins (electronic instrument played by moving the hands near its two antennas, often used for high tremolo effects). I didn’t know the actual name of the instrument before this post, but indeed when I think of the film, I can hear the music in my mind, it is memorable.
It was over the weekend that Reeves accepted the role of Klaatu, a humanoid alien who arrives on Earth with an unyielding, heavily-armed robot and a warning to world leaders that their continued violent behaviour will lead to annihilation by a species watching them from afar.
Erwin Stoff is producing and Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) is directing a David Scarpa script. Production is expected to begin at the end of the year or early 2008.
Michael Rennie devised the The Klaatu role. The 1951 film's premise, a response to the rise of the Cold War after WWII, is being updated, and as expected, the film will use advanced visual effects.
I hope they can coach Keanu into using different voice tones for his role so that he might shake his wooden presence up a bit. The only film that I’ve really been impressed by Keanu was A Scanner Darkly.
I’m not sure about this one...I think it is one of those classic films that should be left untouched.
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