XPost: rec.arts.movies.current-films   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-09-09 18:22:45 +0000, WolfFan said:   
   > On Nov 13, 2020, Your Name wrote   
   > (in article ):   
   >>   
   >> Yet more pointless "Politically Correct" idiocy ... not only are they   
   >> boasting about it being Latin American casting, but also the ridiculous   
   >> 'gender neautral' "Latinx". Plus it's a moronic reboot. Well worth   
   >> avoiding this car crash. :-\   
   >>   
   >> From Variety.com ...   
   >>   
   >> 'Short Circuit' Latinx Remake in Development at Spyglass Media   
   >> --------------------------------------------------------------   
   >> Spyglass Media Group is developing a Latinx remake of the 1986   
   >> sci-fi comedy "Short Circuit."   
   >>   
   >> The original "Short Circuit," starring Ally Sheedy, Steve   
   >> Guttenberg and Fisher Stevens, sees the military develop   
   >> prototype robots called S.A.I.N.T. (Strategic Artificially   
   >> Intelligent Nuclear Transport) and one of the units is struck   
   >> by lightning, which makes it sentient. The robot escapes and   
   >> is found by Sheedy's Stephanie Speck, an animal care-giver,   
   >> who mistakes him for an alien.   
   >>   
   >> The company has hired the writing team of Eduardo Cisneros and   
   >> Jason Shuman to bring Latinx elements into the project.   
   >> Cisneros co-wrote the 2013 Mexican comedy "Instructions Not   
   >> Included," which was directed by and starred Eugenio Derbez.   
   >> Cisneros and Shuman wrote the screenplay for the upcoming   
   >> comedy "Half Brothers," in which a Mexican aviation exec is   
   >> shocked to learn he has an American half-brother he never knew   
   >> about.   
   >>   
   >> The original "Short Circuit" was directed by John Badham with   
   >> David Foster and Lawrence Turman producing. It was distributed   
   >> by TriStar and generated $40 million at the box office on a   
   >> $15 million budget. A 1988 sequel starred Stevens earned   
   >> $21 million.   
   >>   
   >> Project X Entertainment's James Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and   
   >> William Sherak will produce the untitled remake. Rehab   
   >> Entertainment's John W. Hyde, who executive produced the   
   >> original film, will also exec produce the remake alongside   
   >> Terissa Kelton. Peter Oillataguerre and Chris Stone will   
   >> oversee for Spyglass.   
   >>   
   >> Spyglass and Project X are currently in production on a reboot   
   >> of "Scream" with Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David   
   >> Arquette returning for a 2022 release. Cisneros and Shuman are   
   >> both repped by attorney Allen Vainshtein of McKuin Frankel,   
   >> and Cisneros is managed by Carlos Bobadilla of Valor   
   >> Entertainment Group. Shuman is repped by CAA and managed by   
   >> Jon Huddle of Fourth Wall Management. The news was first   
   >> reported by Deadline Hollywood.   
   >>   
   >> > 31398/>   
   >   
   > It'€™s been five years. It seems that this idea died a well-deserved death,   
   > 'cause I ain't seen anything further. Anyone out there see anything more   
   > on this atrocity?   
      
   The story about a Short Ciruit reboot has been around since at least   
   2008 with various people, so hasn't been going fast at all.   
      
   There was a news story in May 2024, but it seems to just be a rehash of   
   the older story above:   
      
       Is Johnny 5 Really Alive Again? The Short Circuit Reboot Explained   
      
      
      
      
   We can only hope it, and all the other plans for silly reboots /   
   reimaginings / resurrections are dead. Disney is reportedly looking for   
   *new* material, rather than retreads of old stuff.   
      
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