The Fly...

That's right we all new that it had been earmarked for the re-tooloing, re-imagining and re-making, only what we didn't know was who would be directing the Cronenberg body shock classic The Fly. Well it turns out that Cronenberg will be directing the Cronenberg body shock classic The Fly. Big sigh and relax. Well not quite I say, let's not forget that Carpenter "oversaw" the writing and directing during the remaking of his classic The Fog... and that was cack....

All hail the new flesh...!

Opera the new 'remake'? I hope so. Hollywood loves a sure deal and to audiences annoyance keeps revisiting old successful scripts. I think they should take David Cronenberg's lead. It's been posted before but I found a good review with a music sample. Hope it travels to the UK - If not I hope they fix the Chunnel!

Be afraid. Be very afraid...

Caught an article about this in the Metro last week - David Cronenberg has put his nasty vision of The Fly on the stage - an opera stage at that.

The Fly The Opera premiered in Paris at the begging of this month and will move to LA in September - returning to the story's original roots, at least in part, Cronenberg and his team have set the brilliant scientist's mishap back in th 50's. Cronenberg has said he always thought there was something operatic about the story, describing it as "a profound parable on love and loss."
Sounds super interesting, and knowing Cronenberg he won't disappoint. Makes a change I suppose from film remakes and musicals based on films. Stage adaptations might be the new remake aparantly Charles Wuorinen is adapting Brokeback Mountain for New York City Opera - due out in 2013 - we'll see.