Ok, now I'm pissed. The news from
Bloody Disgusting is that
NICOLAS CAGE wants to star in a remake of the 1986 classic horror flick
The Fly. After pissing on one of my favourite horror movies of all time with
The Wicker Man, he's decided he wants to do the same with another favourite of mine. This is what
David Cronenberg, who directed the 1986 version said to E!....
"From what I hear, Nic Cage wants the part." Ok, so it's little more than an acting wanting a part. Of course Cronenberg's The Fly was itself a remake of an earlier
1958 version that starred
Vincent Price. I can't think of any other film that has been a remake of a remake! This is such a dumb idea. Cronenberg's version of The Fly is A PERFECT HORROR FILM that will live forever because of it's themes about the human condition and the pain of disease and the fact that none of us can live forever. That theme will never grow old.
Jeff Goldblum's performance was incredible and was so good in fact, that he struggled to branch out of the persona of the bumbling scientist is whole career.
Geena Davis' chemistry with Goldblum also was off the charts and isn't likely to be matched in a remake. Not to mention Nicolas Cage is as limited an actor as
Keanu Reeves. Yes sometimes his persona works for him, like it does for Reeves in things like
Speed and
The Matrix but not for the emotionally charged character driven horror like The Fly source -
bloody disgusting