James Marsden Runs with Straw Dogs
Rod Lurie is writing and directing.
The film is a remake of the 1971 thriller that starred Dustin Hoffman. The original revolved around a young American and his English wife who move to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
In this new film Marsden plays an LA screenwriter who moves with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. Suddenly, tensions develop in their marriage and "old conflicts" start up again with the local residents.
Sam Peckinpah co-wrote and directed the original film. Both the old and new film are based on Gordon Williams' book, "The Siege at Trencher's Farm."
Straw Dogs was released September 16th, 2011 and stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush, Laz Alonso. The film is directed by Rod Lurie.
Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
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DEZZMOND
James Marsden is a great actor. He was great in X MEN of course, but he also had brilliant dramatic roles in THE 24TH DAY and 10TH AND WOLF. He is one of those actors which shine even in bad movies.
3 years agoby @dezzmondFlag
Cinefanatic
At first I hated that they were remaking the film, and hated the relocation of it to the states.
However, placing it in the deep South seems to make sense, maybe even more so than the original English setting. And casting James Marsden-an actor with a long history of playing the goody-two-shoes character (with Sex Drive as a notable exception), has me intrigued.
To put it bluntly, now I'm a bit interested...
3 years agoby @cinefanaticFlag
PB78
Agree with what RageThatDrives says. I dont know why Hollywood just doesnt put me out of my misery and remake The Great Escape starring Will Ferrell or the likes!! And while Hollywood are at it stop remaking, sorry ruining, movies from the Far East
3 years agoby @pb78Flag
Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes
I hate God damned HOLLYWOOD and their remakes of great f*cking MOVIES!!!!
F*CKING JAMES MARSDEN CAN'T ACT EITHER!!!!!!
3 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag