The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

[Brian in Mesa]

Variety is reporting that Nicolas Cage will star in an updated version of 1992's The Bad Lieutenant with Werner Herzog directing, Edward R. Pressman producing and Avi Lerner's Nu Image/Millenium Films financing.

The original film, also produced by Pressman, starred Harvey Keitel and was directed by Abel Ferrara from a screenplay by Ferrara and Zoe Lund. That film received an NC-17 rating with the depraved title character heavily involved in drugs, gambling, sex and stealing while a New York police officer.

The new script's written by Billy Finkelstein, a TV writer with credits on "Murder One," "Law & Order" and "NYPD Blue."

Production will start in late summer.

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Uh...WHY ?!

 

[Chaplin]

Remaking 90s movies...

I'm getting old.

 

[SuperSpck]

Remaking 90s movies...

I'm getting old.

Why remake?

I say digitally remaster the old edition and add a Scottish Jabba.

 

[Renz]

Jeez, I can't hink of one good reason to remake this film. Like SuperSpck said, just re-release the original. I don't think a lot of people even saw it the first time around.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Release Date: November 20, 2009 (NY, LA; expands: Dec. 4)
Studio: First Look Studios
Director: Werner Herzog
Screenwriter: William Finkelstein
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Website: BadLt.com

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker, Xzibit, Shea Wigham, Katie Chonacas, Brad Dourif

Plot Summary: In Werner Herzog's new film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.

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