Dimension Films has acquired the rights to
Short Circuit with the intent to remake the 1986 film.
According to
Variety, the original film introduced audiences to Number 5, a robot built by the military to be a highly sophisticated weapon. It developed a conscience and a personality after being hit by lightning, and then needed the help of humans after it was targeted for destruction by its makers, once it became a peacenik.
S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock, who created the characters and wrote both
Short Circuit films, have been hired to write the remake.
No word on when production will begin.
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Hollywood is really cashin' in on these remakes of 70/80's flics. I'm afraid they won't stop until every good movie I grew up with is remade into a modern day CGI soulless piece of crap!
and there is originality on saying that hollywood has no originality
Can't we come up with something original?! I'm sure they're going to overly trick this thing out so it's super kid friendly. The only good thing this effort will produce is a new special edition DVD of the original. End of story.