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John Carpenter’s They Live to be remade

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The remakes are nearly in the 1990′s now: John Carpenter’s 1988 film They Live is to be remade by Universal and Strike Entertainment.

Marc Abraham and Eric Newman will produce, while Shep Gordon and Carpenter will serve as executive producers.

If you don’t remember the film, it’s memorable for a couple of things: an epic 5 1/2 minute long fight scene, and a line about Bubblegum: “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass … and I’m all out of bubblegum.” The plot is part sci-fi, part satire with the main character discovering aliens living among us.

Here’s a short taste of the original:

(via THR)

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  1. Neil Baker

    I think this film is great and very underated. A diffrent look on the Alien invasion genre involving consumerism of the human race to feed the Aliens wealth much like todays problems if you read the papers and watch the news. A remake would be great and if successful in the box officer could benifit the fantastic original. Michael Bay to direct but not sure about the lead, maybe someone unknown to make it fresh and a cameo from Roddy PIPER.