Larry Cohen Reveals That James Gunn Wanted to Remake It’s Alive!
This weekend, the Quad Theater in New York City will be hosting a two-day event dedicated to the films of B-horror legend Larry Cohen! In anticipation of this event, the folks over at Indiewire sat down with Cohen to discuss his thoughts on horror, filmmakers he enjoys, and a lot more!
Perhaps one of the most interesting moments comes when Cohen explains that James Gunn, director of Guardians of the Galaxy, wanted to direct a remake of the 1974 killer baby film It’s Alive! “James Gunn is a fan and a friend. He wanted to make a remake of It’s Alive actually, but he couldn’t raise enough money to buy the rights. I’m sorry today I didn’t give them to him. But he’s beyond that now,” Cohen explains.
He was also asked about his thoughts on remakes, since Nicolas Winding Refn is planning on doing one of 1988’s Maniac Cop, which Cohen wrote. “ I don’t like remakes. It tires me out to see that they keep announcing this and that picture is being remade,” Cohen states. “I say, ‘Why? It was a good movie. Why can’t you come up with some original idea? Why can’t you come up with something clever and new and different? Why does everything have to be a sequel or a remake or a comic book?’”
For more information about the Quad’s screenings, head on over here. For more of the interview, simply click on the link above!
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