Genevieve II - Britmovie - British Film Forum

Britmovie - British Film Forum Britmovie - British Film Forum Britmovie - British Film Forum
Home Page Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

 »   Britmovie - British Film Forum » Living Room » Latest Cinema Releases

Notices

Latest Cinema Releases Discussion of new British films and forthcoming productions.


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-07-2005, 06:12 PM
  post #1
noglea has no status.
Senior Member
 
noglea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: London
Posts: 107
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default Genevieve II

Anyone heard anything about this. According to imdb it is to be made for 2006 starring Roger Moore as Lord Broadhurst and Susan Hampshire as his wife but I haven't seen anything else about it Bit of a belated sequel but there you go. At least its not a remake.

noglea is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2007, 06:50 PM
  post #2
Wee Sonny MacGregor is relentlessly chipper
Senior Member
 
Wee Sonny MacGregor's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: South East
Posts: 391
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default Genevieve

Oh my gawd, I've just read that a remake of Genevieve is being planned. Short listed to play the Kay Kendall part is Shilpa Shetty. I kid you not. Help.
Wee Sonny MacGregor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2007, 08:10 PM
  post #3
JohnB_Toronto has no status.
Senior Member
 
JohnB_Toronto's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 168
Country:
iTrader: (13)
Default

I can well understand filmmakers who'd want to pick up an old story that wasn't handled too well the first time around, but I really don't know where they find the sheer, utter arrogance to think they're capable of re-doing these wonderful films that have already become part of the whole fabric of the film art. I think this sort of thing defines the abysmal lack of creativity that we seem to be stuck with. Hopefully they'll have enough grace to at least change the car's name. Somebody please tell me this is actually some sort of joke thread designed to make me reach for my nitro pills!
JohnB_Toronto is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2007, 08:38 PM
  post #4
alan gowdy has no status.
Senior Member
 
alan gowdy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 345
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default

If this is a joke it's in EXTREMELY bad taste!
alan gowdy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-09-2007, 10:05 PM
  post #5
batman is in pussy heaven!
Chief Member OBME
 
batman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Norwich
Posts: 18,473
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (13)
Default

I read somewhere that this production had been cancelled for reasons of finance.

Bats.

I wish I had claws.
batman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-09-2007, 06:48 AM
  post #6
maturin is open to suggestions
Senior Member
 
maturin's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Bangkok
Posts: 377
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (12)
Default

What a crazy notion - we should sic Saint Genevieve - the patron saint of plagues (and France) - onto the idiots who thought up Genevieve 2. What's next? Kind Hearts and Coronets 2 - after the drop? Son of Zulu? maybe someone should start a thread of worst ideas for remakes/sequels so for these morons to check before they shoot themselves in the foot.
maturin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-09-2007, 07:43 AM
  post #7
batman is in pussy heaven!
Chief Member OBME
 
batman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Norwich
Posts: 18,473
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (13)
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by maturin View Post
What a crazy notion - we should sic Saint Genevieve - the patron saint of plagues (and France) - onto the idiots who thought up Genevieve 2. What's next? Kind Hearts and Coronets 2 - after the drop? Son of Zulu? maybe someone should start a thread of worst ideas for remakes/sequels so for these morons to check before they shoot themselves in the foot.
We've already had 'Son of Zulu' .... 'Zulu Dawn' .... not totally bad, but not very good either.

Bats.

I wish I had claws.
batman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-09-2007, 08:38 AM
  post #8
Joenoir is wondering why he has no status
Senior Member
 
Joenoir's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: North-West
Posts: 2,431
Country:
iTrader: (0)
Default

In fact there is nothing wrong in remaking films. John Huston's The Maltese Falcon is regarded as a classic, but was the third version of this tale, and I think Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear is an improvement on the 1962 version. However, these are the exception rather than the rule, and there is a long list of dire remakes from The Boys in Blue to The Ladykillers, that makes talk of another version of Genevieve unappealing.

Start every day with a smile and get it over with.
Joenoir is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-09-2007, 09:10 AM
  post #9
David Brent has no status.
Senior Member
 
David Brent's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Queensland, Australia.
Posts: 2,427
Country:
iTrader: (4)
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wee Sonny MacGregor View Post
Oh my gawd, I've just read that a remake of Genevieve is being planned. Short listed to play the Kay Kendall part is Shilpa Shetty. I kid you not. Help.
The UK 'Hello' magazine seems to be the main media outlet with this story.
It doesn't carry many details though.

The news was put on their website on Tuesday so it would seem that the film is still going ahead. Maybe they'll turn it into a Bollywood version.
I can hardly wait.

Dave.
David Brent is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-09-2007, 09:45 AM
batman is in pussy heaven!
Chief Member OBME
 
batman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Norwich
Posts: 18,473
My Mood:
Country:
iTrader: (13)
Default

IMDB have removed any trace of Genevieve 2 and a Bollywood version is not listed via Shilpa Shetty.

Bats.

I wish I had claws.
batman is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

All times are GMT. The time now is 11:57 AM.
SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.
Copyright © 1998-2008 BritMovie