The Raid | Remake | Sony offered the lead role to Taylor Kitsch

[Klingo]

[baumer]

Do you guys think Statham looks good in his films?  I do, and he doesn't know martial arts at all.

 

What martial artist are you going to put in the American remake?  

[Klingo]

Do you guys think Statham looks good in his films?  I do, and he doesn't know martial arts at all.

 

What martial artist are you going to put in the American remake?  

Didn't he know martial arts long time ago?

[Heat Vision]

Sony rebooting a practically new franchise for a cash grab.

[baumer]

Didn't he know martial arts long time ago?

 

Nope.  lol.

 

Sorry...my bad.....he was...i'm thinking of someone else...sorry about that.

Edited August 4, 2014 by baumer

[baumer]

Sony rebooting a practically new franchise for a cash grab.

 

Wait, are you saying that a studio wants to make a movie to make some money?

 

That's never been done before.

[Deep Wang]

Nope.  lol.

 

Sorry...my bad.....he was...i'm thinking of someone else...sorry about that.

He has studied Wing Chun kung fu, karate, and kickboxing.^[21] 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Statham

[dashrendar44]

Do you guys think Statham looks good in his films?  I do, and he doesn't know martial arts at all.

 

What martial artist are you going to put in the American remake?  

 

Klingo already answered. Scott Adkins.

[baumer]

Klingo already answered. Scott Adkins.

 

No one knows who he is.  You need a name actor to headline a film like this.  

 

What would the marketing campaign be?  "Starring the guy who fought Jason Statham in Expendables 2"

Edited August 4, 2014 by baumer

[baumer]

He has studied Wing Chun kung fu, karate, and kickboxing.^[21] 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Statham

 

Yea, thanks, I corrected myself in the post you quoted.  

[dashrendar44]

No one knows who he is.  You need a name actor to headline a film like this.  

 

What would the marketing campaign be?  "Starring the guy who fought Jason Statham in Expendables 2"

 

Because people know Taylor Kitsch or want to remember him.

 

"Starring the guy from the flops John Carter, Battleship and Savages".

 

Yeah that's a helluva better than an actual capable martial artist who could finally catch his big break with this remake to get him out of DtD ghetto and 3rd tier roles in the shadows unlike Kitsch which was given a chance and blew it off 2 times in a row.

 

Like people knew who Kitsch was when he headlined John Carter and Battleship?

Edited August 5, 2014 by dashrendar44

[baumer]

Because people know Taylor Kitsch or want to remember him.

 

"Starring the guy from the flops John Carter, Battleship and Savages".

 

Yeah that's a helluva better than an actual capable martial artist who could finally catch his big break with this remake to get him out of DtD ghetto and 3rd tier roles in the shadows unlike Kitsch which was given a chance and blew it off 2 times in a row.

 

Like people knew who Kitsch was when he headlined John Carter and Battleship?

 

People know Kitsch.  He was also in Lone Survivor.  You're not going to put a straight to DVD actor in your remake of a film that you are hoping to make money off of.  Not unless you are planning on not releasing it theatrically.  Kitsch is a hell of a lot better than someone no one knows.  

[Klingo]

Show something like this in a trailer...people will know him.

[dashrendar44]

People know Kitsch.  He was also in Lone Survivor.  You're not going to put a straight to DVD actor in your remake of a film that you are hoping to make money off of.  Not unless you are planning on not releasing it theatrically.  Kitsch is a hell of a lot better than someone no one knows.  

 

I doubt people recognized Kitsch under that hobo beard and really cared about him since Lone Survivor was a Wahlberg vehicle and sold on Marky Mark's name not Kitsch.

Edited August 5, 2014 by dashrendar44

[FTF]

With Kitsch, now they ensure themselves some of that Oldboy remake cheddar...all $468 or whatever the hell that also unnecessary remake made.

[baumer]

Forget Kitsch, although he is much more marketable than someone who no one knows.  But you need a name in order to give the film a chance at Hollywood money, not the 2-4 mill the Raid has made here in NA.

[Ozymandias]

This trend of remaking inferior versions of really good foreign films is terrible.  Is that Headhunters remake still happening?

[dashrendar44]

Forget Kitsch, although he is much more marketable than someone who no one knows.  But you need a name in order to give the film a chance at Hollywood money, not the 2-4 mill the Raid has made here in NA.

 

Hey, I don't know why Adkins who is a martial artist known by a niche of action flicks fans is any different than Kitsch which was only known by a niche starring in an obscure TV show that 99% of people in NA didn't watch and got canceled at one point. The same Kitsch who get to headline a 250M Avatar wannabe produced by Disney afterwards.

 

The Raid remake which is martial arts based can't be headlined by a martial artist known by the same niche that like The Raid?

Edited August 5, 2014 by dashrendar44

[Klingo]

This trend of remaking inferior versions of really good foreign films is terrible.  Is that Headhunters remake still happening?

The Departed was good.

[4815162342]

I'm sure it's been said already in this thread, but wasn't Dredd our version of The Raid?