It would appear that Hollywood have been playing close attention to our 1984 Retrospective series as the news breaks of a 1984 remake. Our series focussed on films released in the year 1984 with one of the elements of each article being whether or not more films were needed. Sadly the studios didn’t get to the end of the one that dealt with the John Hurt classic. If they had they would know that it would be a little silly to remake it now as the era has passed. Other reasons put forward by us include the fact that there are countless copycat films that deal with dystopia, the market starting to become saturated.
Our thoughts aside the project is picking up momentum, Paul Greengrass has been linked to direct. Based on the classic novel by George Orwell, the story follows Winston Smith, a resident of totalitarian state Oceania who finds himself victim to the Thought Police when he starts to question how things are run. Greengrass has a solid back catalogue which includes CAPTAIN PHILLIPS as well as the BOURNE films so 1984 will no doubt be very well made. The only question is does it need a remake?
In case you missed our article on the film click here.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
