Original Director Of Quebec Hit 'Starbuck' To Write & Direct Remake For DreamWorks

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by Joe Cunningham
April 25, 2012 11:45 AM
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You know what's awesome? Hollywood remakes of foreign language films! Not only are they entirely necessary, but they are also always better than the original film -- so it’s with great delight that we are able to report on another one of said Hollywood remakes.

Okay, that’s the sarcastic bit out of the way. DreamWorks has acquired the rights to Ken Scott’s French-Canadian comedy “Starbuck,” which will be written and directed by Scott, again. When we think about the word Starbuck, we immediately think of either Moby Dick, “Battlestar Galactica,” or cups filled with steaming hot coffee…but in this film the cups are filled with something entirely different. The original film followed a middle-aged man whose life changes when he finds out that he has fathered 533 children through sperm donation, and that a few hundred of those children have expressed the wish to meet their biological father. As you can imagine, hilarity ensues.

Rather than saying: “We loved the film and thought we’d back it with a big marketing budget and push for a much wider distribution so audiences everywhere can see for themselves how good it is,” DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider said of Scott’s film: "We were completely charmed by the story in 'Starbuck' and saw the potential for a commercial remake with universal appeal.”

Translation: “Great film, but films with words at the bottom of the screen don’t appeal to the illiterat.e. But hey, the concept sounds great and it’s still in the safe hands of the original director, so maybe this won’t be a colossal waste of time. Expect a Hollywood-friendly cast to assemble in the coming months, while the original film continues to roll out across a selection of international territories.

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sam | April 25, 2012 10:22 PMReply

UGH. the original was such a fucking bore ! and i'm not shiting on a foreign film, here. i'm a Quebecer. but that was, on the whole, a piece of shitty commercial filmmaking buoyed by "some" popular summer success.
Len Ramirez | April 25, 2012 12:03 PMReply

I still pray for the day Hollywood will get the words remake and reboot out of their train of thought and start with fresh new material again. I know it exists because I have friends that write it.
jon | April 25, 2012 11:51 AMReply

"Buy hey"? I think you mean "But hey"....