Scorsese and Lars von Trier Might Remake Taxi Driver??
In the wacky world of Hollywood remakes and mash-up news comes word that Scorsese and Antichrist director Lars von Trier may be joining forces to remake 1976′s Taxi Driver. To further the head fuck, it’s rumored that Deniro is supposed to star in it a second time 34 years later. I honestly couldn’t have guessed a more unlikely combination than Scorsese and Trier but I can’t hide the fact that I’m seriously intrigued.
Lars might just be crazy enough to pull this off providing he leaves the black and white slow motion of Deniro’s grey balls out of the final cut. Fingers crossed this gets made for a thousand reasons.
*edit: Oh Mars just filled me in that this got squashed this morning. Bummer.
Via Slash Film
- Dr. No
February 16th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Seriously… why can’t they leave the classics alone.
February 16th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
This rumor got squashed this morning.
But yeah, it would have been awesome.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Blast.
That’s what I get for not rechecking before the afternoon post.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:46 am
If anyone could remake this it’s Trier, it would be incredible.