Michael Bay to produce "The Birds" remake...

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Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

Starting with the 2003 Texas Chainsaw remake, Bay's company Platinum Dunes has already produced several horror remakes, including the ones of The Amityville Horror, A Nightmare on Elm St and Friday the 13th. None of them feature explosions or action scenes.

Producing is not the same as directing.

I don't think anyone is actually expecting a big action movie, those are just jokes that come up any time Bay is in the mix. It's more that Platinum Dunes has made a good handful of crappy horror remakes. Which like I said, no big deal. If this is good, cool. If it's bad, it will end up as forgotten as those Platinum Dunes movies you just mentioned. Hell, the Friday the 13th remake was just a few years ago and as I understand it they're tossing that one out too.

The Birds isn't an untouchable classic, and I actually think it's about time they did a remake. It will probably end up as "bad CGI birds attack people in overly gory ways," which would be disappointing. But if they actually try to make it good, it can be good. Using that same premise with modern filmmaking is welcome as long as it's not a crappy ass movie.