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| Johnny 5 alive! |
This just in: nothing in Hollywood is sacred anymore. A
Short Circuit remake is on the way...
EXCLUSIVE: Dimension Films is making a deal with Tim Hill to direct its reboot of Short Circuit,
the 1986 film about an experimental robot manufactured to be a weapon
until a lightning strike fills it with intelligence. It runs away and
befriends a fractured family, the military in hot pursuit. Hill directed
the Illumination pic Hop and Fox's Alvin and the Chipmunks. Dimension optioned the remake rights in 2009, originally signing Paul Blart: Mall Cop helmer
Steve Carr and screenwriter Dan Milano. The project has languished and
Hill is being brought in to supervise a new script and get the iconic
robot Johnny 5 moving. David Foster, who produced the original, is
producing with Ryan E. Heppe and John Hyde. Hill is repped by Gersh and
Principato-Young.
Thanks to
Deadline for the scoop.
