Party like it’s ‘1984’?
Empire Magazine is reporting that Tim Robbins wants to adapt a novel that is a favorite of the George W. Bush administration — George Orwell’s prophetic “1984.”
Robbins is currently directing a stage version of the novel for his LA theatre troupe, The Actors’ Gang. That runs until April 8, but when we spoke to him yesterday, he told us that he doesn’t want the 1984 experience to end there.
“I’ve got a screenplay of it,” he told us (presumably written by Michael Gene Sullivan, who adapted the novel for The Actors’ Gang). “And now I’m starting the process of trying to put it together.”
Adapting “1984” for the big screen now seems too late. It’s obvious that Robbins wants to use it as a shot at Bush and the current political climate of fear and control, which I would applaud if it had come out before the 2004 election. But the damage has already been done. We’re totally fucked whether or not this movie comes to fruition.
Now, there are plenty of old mediocre TV shows that haven’t been made into movies yet, like “Hunter,” “A Different World” and “Cop Rock.” Let’s work on those first.
January 16th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I watched the new Bad News Bears yesterday and it was torture.
Can someone write an original screenplay, please? Gilligan’s Island, Serpico, Webster, CHIPS, Sidekicks, Breaking Away, Vision Quest, and Alice need to be left alone. Yes, I know they are actually making CHIPS. Bonus points if you remember Sidekicks. That little Asian kid was one hell of a crime fighter.
Actually, remake Sidekicks please.
January 16th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
don’t touch American Flyers either. Jeff, you know what’s up.