Roger Corman’s The Man With The X-Ray Eyes has been dusted off by MGM and handed to 28 Weeks Later helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo for a run through the remake factory.
Corman has long been a source of remakes, though many of his works have been turned into TV movies, instead of hitting the big screen.
So we figured we’d embrace the idea of retooling Corman’s movies, if only so we could try to steer studios in the right direction and hope for some decent films in the process.
Machine-Gun Kelly
Corman’s take: Charles Bronson stars in the tale of Kelly, a tale which plays fast and loose with the real man’s life.
Why this one? It’s a great, true-life story of a man who turned to crime during the prohibition era and battled the FBI along the way.
His kidnapping of wealthy Oklahoma man Charles F. Urschel made headlines because it was the first and only Federal trial to be filmed in the courtroom. And if Michael Mann’s Public Enemies is a hit, consider this a bandwagon-ready follow-up.
Who should make it: We’d have said Mann, but he’s already ticked this box with Depp as Dillinger. Joe Carnahan would be a great choice
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