Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, who is best known for his Oscar-nominated film Call me by your name, says he’s interested in directing The Mummy. bones and alla thriller to be released later this month, is Guadagnino’s most recent creation.
Guadagnino mentions that he wants to develop a new version of the 1932 film The Mummy, which already has a top-tier remake starring Brendan Fraser who recently made a comeback with The whale. During one of his interviews for the film Bones and all, the director talked about the horror movie he would like to do again. To this he responded by saying he would just love to do it again The Mummy.
Will the remake do the classic film justice?
In 1999, The Mummy under the direction of Stephen Sommers and under the talents of Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser has undergone a noticeable makeover. The Mummy from 1999, however, adopted a more action-adventure style from Guadagnino’s original plan per his desire for a gruesome remake. It didn’t focus on the graphic details of the mummy’s decomposing body, but it retained the iconic figure of the monster that stood at the center of the original.
“This is an incredible question that I did not prepare myself [for]. Oh my god, what should I do? I think it would be amazing to do something about The Mummy. It’s a rotten body in rotten bandages, so what’s inside is [as] interesting like what’s out there. It should be very scary and very, very terminal. It should be a short movie but with a lot of depth and very scary.
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Rather, Guadagnino would expand on the roots of the original monster movie. Guadagnino would have the wherewithal to be able to exploit these traits and perhaps create a somewhat unsettling Mummy reboot with current period effects and abilities.
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This begs the question of whether a Mummy remake with a horror theme could succeed. The Mummy in a horror setting would undoubtedly be different from what audiences of the 1999 film are used to. However, Guadagnino is experienced in horror remakes. Therefore, chances are it can actually do the original film justice with its remake.
Chances of Guadagnino’s desire to actually succeed
The director’s concept for The Mummy is intriguing, but for the moment it is only a proposal. Guadagnino obviously has no serious intention of producing and directing The Mummy Again.
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Audiences will possibly have another opportunity to experience Guadagnino’s mark of terror with the upcoming release of his new film. bones and all. Whether bones and all is well received, Guadagnino could receive a call shortly with a proposal to direct a remake of The Mummy.
Source: Screen Rant
