Scrooged remake with Kevin Hart - Blu-ray Forum

IndyMLVC · 06-07-2019, 11:01 PM

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A Christmas Carol is the gift that keeps on giving to Hollywood.

Paramount and Kevin Hart have teamed up to develop a remake of Scrooged, the 1988 Christmas comedy that starred Bill Murray and was directed by Richard Donner.

The update is being eyed as a potential acting vehicle for Hart, who will produce via his Hartbeat Productions. A search for a writer to pen the script is underway.

Scrooged was a modern retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, centering on a selfish television executive, played by Murray, who is visited by various ghosts who help him regain his Christmas spirit. Also in the cast were Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait and Robert Mitchum.

The movie was a moderate box office hit when it was released but has become a cult hit and Christmas fixture. One reason for the long-lasting appeal is the movie's irreverent but still heartfelt take on the Dickens material, which has been adapted for screens big and small numerous times, with performers ranging from Marcel Marceau to Jim Carrey to even Mickey Mouse taking on the characters.

Hart is currently gearing up to shoot Fatherhood, Sony’s adaptation of the weepy best-seller Two Kisses for Maddie, which Paul Weitz is directing this summer. Hart is also among the project’s producers.

He is one of the voice stars of The Secret Life of Pets 2, which Universal and Illumination open Friday, and next appears on the big screen in the sequel to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which opens December.

Hart is repped by UTA, 3 Arts Entertainment and Schreck Rose.

Go away, Kevin Hart.

HAL237 · 06-07-2019, 11:03 PM

No more remakes, Hollywood! Please.

kylor · 06-07-2019, 11:04 PM

Rodney-2187 · 06-07-2019, 11:06 PM

Rodney-2187 · 06-07-2019, 11:16 PM

I'm not opposed to remakes or reboots. Scrooged itself is just another version of A Christmas Carol. So why not just have a Kevin Hart version of A Christmas Carol? Calling it Scrooged just makes me think they have nothing really to bring to a new version and just want to cash in on the name recognition of the Bill Murray movie.

mwynn · 06-07-2019, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Rodney-2187

Calling it Scrooged just makes me think they have nothing really to bring to a new version and just want to cash in on the name recognition of the Bill Murray movie.

Wouldn't A Christmas Carol have more name recognition?

Michael24 · 06-07-2019, 11:20 PM

Rodney-2187 · 06-07-2019, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mwynn

Wouldn't A Christmas Carol have more name recognition?

Scrooged sounds more modern.

Mad Dad · 06-07-2019, 11:29 PM

Urbanize it - call it “Zcrooged”.

DR Herbert West · 06-07-2019, 11:33 PM

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Scrooged remake

DVD Josh · 06-07-2019, 11:34 PM

Hell no.

Mad Dad · 06-07-2019, 11:39 PM

A subject everyone can agree on???

Is such a thing possible???

Hoke Moseley · 06-07-2019, 11:40 PM

Pretty depressing news.

Himmel · 06-07-2019, 11:49 PM

Captain obvious over there.

DaredevilMM · 06-08-2019, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Go away, Kevin Hart.

Go away indeed.

This is as bad of an idea as it gets.

Cremildo · 06-08-2019, 12:05 AM

I wasn't interested in Bennett Miller's version, let alone this one...

danny24 · 06-08-2019, 12:07 AM

Eddie Murphy would be perfect for this. I like Kevin Hart but Eddie Murphy is just perfect for this remake. It's going to be hard to top the Murray one though.

Rodney-2187 · 06-08-2019, 12:13 AM

This sounds almost as bad as that sequel to Big Trouble in Little China with The Rock.

(What ever happened to that?)

Jennifer Lawrence Fan · 06-08-2019, 12:16 AM

Why?

IndyMLVC · 06-08-2019, 12:33 AM

I ONLY thing I like about this....and I can't stress "ONLY" enough....is that hopefully we'll get a 4k disc and, even better, the special edition that was shelved a decade ago.

06-07-2019, 11:03 PM	#2
HAL237 Active Member Member since:Apr 2019 Location:U.S.	No more remakes, Hollywood! Please. Last edited by HAL237; 06-07-2019 at 11:18 PM.

06-07-2019, 11:04 PM	#3
kylor Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2015 Location:The past.. or the future. 4K collection:696 Blu-ray collection:7101 DVD collection:620 MA collection:1030 Digital collection:2058 Trading Score:3

06-07-2019, 11:06 PM	#4
Rodney-2187 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jan 2014 4K collection:31 Blu-ray collection:416 DVD collection:149 MA collection:717 Digital collection:367 iTunes collection:764 Prime collection:730 Trading Score:82

06-07-2019, 11:16 PM	#5
Rodney-2187 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jan 2014 4K collection:31 Blu-ray collection:416 DVD collection:149 MA collection:717 Digital collection:367 iTunes collection:764 Prime collection:730 Trading Score:82	I'm not opposed to remakes or reboots. Scrooged itself is just another version of A Christmas Carol. So why not just have a Kevin Hart version of A Christmas Carol? Calling it Scrooged just makes me think they have nothing really to bring to a new version and just want to cash in on the name recognition of the Bill Murray movie.

06-07-2019, 11:20 PM	#7
Michael24 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:California 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:559 DVD collection:164 Trading Score:2

06-07-2019, 11:29 PM	#9
Mad Dad Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jan 2011 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:2333 DVD collection:110 Digital collection:86 iTunes collection:2 Blu-ray reviews: 92 Trading Score:209	Urbanize it - call it “Zcrooged”.

06-07-2019, 11:34 PM	#11
DVD Josh Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2019 4K collection:222 Blu-ray collection:933 DVD collection:229 MA collection:16 Digital collection:373 Trading Score:90	Hell no.

06-07-2019, 11:39 PM	#12
Mad Dad Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jan 2011 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:2333 DVD collection:110 Digital collection:86 iTunes collection:2 Blu-ray reviews: 92 Trading Score:209	A subject everyone can agree on??? Is such a thing possible???

06-07-2019, 11:40 PM	#13
Hoke Moseley Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2014 4K collection:305 Blu-ray collection:1353 DVD collection:62 Digital collection:15 iTunes collection:7 Trading Score:156	Pretty depressing news.

06-07-2019, 11:49 PM	#14
Himmel Banned Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Northeast Corridor 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:301	Captain obvious over there.

06-08-2019, 12:05 AM	#16
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:167 Blu-ray collection:1053 Trading Score:51	I wasn't interested in Bennett Miller's version, let alone this one...

06-08-2019, 12:07 AM	#17
danny24 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 4K collection:32 Blu-ray collection:43 Trading Score:58	Eddie Murphy would be perfect for this. I like Kevin Hart but Eddie Murphy is just perfect for this remake. It's going to be hard to top the Murray one though.

06-08-2019, 12:13 AM	#18
Rodney-2187 Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jan 2014 4K collection:31 Blu-ray collection:416 DVD collection:149 MA collection:717 Digital collection:367 iTunes collection:764 Prime collection:730 Trading Score:82	This sounds almost as bad as that sequel to Big Trouble in Little China with The Rock. (What ever happened to that?)

06-08-2019, 12:16 AM	#19
Jennifer Lawrence Fan Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:415 Blu-ray collection:2752 DVD collection:1312 MA collection:305 Digital collection:495 iTunes collection:284 Trading Score:721	Why?

06-08-2019, 12:33 AM	#20
IndyMLVC Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:New York City, NY 4K collection:296 Blu-ray collection:738 DVD collection:58 Digital collection:754 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:62	I ONLY thing I like about this....and I can't stress "ONLY" enough....is that hopefully we'll get a 4k disc and, even better, the special edition that was shelved a decade ago.

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