remake of movie LeMans, anything new,is it happening?

Oh, PLEASE no.

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+1 Cornerswell, indeed I can by no means imagine such an attempt to end well.

 

As long as they use real cars, and not CGI...

 

Of course it will be all CGI. And, even worse, Sylvester Stallone will probably play the character McQueen was.

Hollywood has officially run out of ideas...

 

- to be filmed in PORTUGAL???

 

Pls. don't remind me- I had erased the Stallone / Indy Car movie completely from my memory.

The amount of actual racing footage in the original LeMans will probably never be duplicated. Nor can Steve McQueen be duplicated!

 

This rumor has been going around since 2007 and I've never seen any kind of real comment or confirmation. I believe that this rumor is largely based around the fact that A.J. Baime's book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, And Their Battle For Speed And Glory At Le Mans has been picked up by 20th Century Fox and developed into at least the scriptwriting phase.

Producer Lucas Foster (Crimson Tide, Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Man On Fire) commented on Adam Carolla's podcast last year saying he was approaching Pitt, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon, Eric Bana and Daniel Day-Lewis for the film and claimed he was looking for a director at that point.

He also said that he wanted to make the film "from the driver's perspective" and that he wanted to bring the experience of going 200mph, risking life and limb, to the audience.

So, he never specifically mentioned Le Mans the film, but he certainly invoked the memory of it.

I just hope Robert Loggia is cast as Enzo Ferrari...

 

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They should do something new and different instead of a remake. I really like the audi film "Truth in 24."

 

They are doing something different. Read post #8.

 

Great racing footage, terrible movie. I hope they don't try to remake it. Maybe they'll remake Grand Prix instead

 

That would be even worse.

Although I could see a new F1 movie with Ralph Fiennes as Graham Hill.

 

Dreamworks is developing a film adaptation of the James Hunt biography, Shunt: The Story Of James Hunt by Tom Rubython.

The role of Hunt was cast last week. If you want to see who it is, hit up this thread in the F1 section.

 

At least that would be filmed in Europe and not in the USA...

 

I hope they use V-TEC Hondas,, like, The Fast and the Furious.
With lots a wings.......

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I agree!! ...no more Pitt in McQueen roles, thank you!!

 

Le Mans cant be duplicated. It is the one and only racing film (perhaps besides grand prix).
remember the original film sequences of the race which Linge in his porsche made. remember renting the original track for some months ! , renting original cars from Jo Siffert, original racing drivers (impossible today !!! ca. 20 of the best racing drivers of the era are engaged for a film!!! and stay for several weeks at the set...), they crashed real cars, a 512 M burnt and please remember that David Piper lost his leg in an accident in the film, destroying his 917, they really drove 380 km/h...
so how can you duplicate this best film ever?

 

Why not? Cheap place to film stuff. Lots of lovely roads and a great racetrack sitting unused.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp4Y43oetWs

sorry, it's all I think about when I see/hear of him now

 

Offtopic: That is one of the greatest tv gags of all time...

"... space..."

It takes guts to write a big broad gag, and then make the punchline subtle like that...


Back On Topic: Who would you cast in some of these roles? Enzo Ferrari, Henry Ford Jr., Carrol Shelby, Bruce McLaren, Chris Amon, Piers Courage, Dan Gurney, A.J. Foyt... going to be interesting to see who they get to play who...

 

My guess is the legalities, not having to pay bribes -er- fees to film there, or at least low 'fees'.

If it is a remake but with a current theme, you won't need anyone to play those roles, but if you did, there is one guy that comes halfway close to Enzo:

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It is not a remake of anything. The film that is actually being made is A.J. Baime's book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, And Their Battle For Speed And Glory At Le Mans.

Amazon's product description reads: Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world, something no American car had ever done.

This movie is actually in development to be made.

I think we may actually see a couple more 50's/60's/70's racing films. With this movie and the James Hunt biopic getting ready to shoot, there have to be some people paying attention in Hollywood.

How long before one of these guys Googles "Mille Miglia" or "Targa Florio"? These movies can now be made totally period, using digital backgrounds.

I don't want to start the whole CGI sucks thing going, but look at movies like 2005's King Kong, with its incredible 1933 vintage New York City, and you can see where say, Sicily of the 1950's, could be brought back to life on the screen.