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Carnivores Unite!

MGM/UA announces September shooting of Red Dawn remake, due to release Sep 24, 2010.

Set in Washington state this time, we will see Chris Hemsworth (Captain Kirk of the USS Kelvin) leading the Wolverines as Jed Eckert, a role portrayed by Patrick Swayze in the original.

Joining Hemsworth will be Josh Peck (Drake and Josh, The Wackness) and Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights) who make up key members of the team, strapping on the boots of Jed’s brother and the spirited, yet stoic, Toni Mason respectively.

John Milius won’t be returning for this remake, the relatively unchallenged Jeremy Passmore and Carl Ellsworth will share the screen-writing credits, with first-time director Dan Bradley leading the effort.

It will be fun to watch a stunt coordinator direct his first film, one thing for sure, this remake will have tons of action!

On the political front, it will be interesting to see how the new Sino-Russian Axis (SCO) will hold up to PC scrutiny where the Cuban-Russian invaders caused such a stir in 1984.

I’m reminded of a classic line from the Millius film delivered by Powers Boothe (the man with no first name) , “Two toughest kids on the block, I guess. Sooner or later, they’re gonna fight.”

I, for one, can’t wait!  Let’s just hope the CIA gets the memo this time and doesn’t mobilize assets to investigate the “invasion” like they did in the 80s because T72s were rolling down Nevada streets.

- Rick Swift

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