Werner Herzog to Direct Bad Lieutenant Remake Starring Nicolas Cage
Well this has got to be one of the strangest remake ideas I’ve heard to date, but I suppose with Werner Herzog involved, nothing should come as a surprise. Abel Ferrara’s edgy NC-17 film Bad Lieutenant, starring Harvey Keitel as a corrupt NYC cop with drug and gambling addictions, is about to get an update starring Nicolas Cage! Bad Lieutenant was known in particular for one controversial scene where Harvey Keitel stops two girls for driving underage and masturbates in front of them. I can’t wait to see Cage re-enact this classic moment!
You’ll have to forgive my lack of faith in Nicolas Cage’s ability to measure up to Keitel’s performance here, but with Werner Herzog behind it, I think we can assume he won’t pull any pud… I mean punches. Executive producer Avi Lerner is apparently quoted as saying the new version will “deliver as much filth as the original”. Nice. The remake’s script is being penned by Billy Finkelstein (Law & Order, NYPD Blue). What do you think… good or bad idea?
Comments (8)
@“deliver as much filth as the originalâ€Â.
let me go on record right now and say I don’t believe that for a second.
Posted by Rusty James on May 14th, 2008As long as Nic Cage wacks off during a traffic stop, we’ll all be happy. Am I right?
Oh, and he should do that in the movie, too.
Posted by Jon Rocks on May 14th, 2008The ‘remake’ is not going to feature the nun rape subplot, it’s going to be on the murder of Senegalese Immigrants and the drug trade. So says writer Ed Pressman.
Posted by Kurt on May 14th, 2008If it wasn’t a month late, I’d assume this was an April Fool’s joke. Remake Bad Lieutenant? How stupid is that? And with Nicholas Cage? Forget it!
Directed by Herzog? Um… now that’s just too bizarre!
Posted by Dylan on May 15th, 2008Everything I learned about police work I learned from this film…I don’t want to see Cage’s wang.
Posted by Lord Dungbeetle on May 15th, 2008I literally just watched Bad Lieutenant for the first time last night and I have to wonder why a remake is necessary? What is Herzog planning to do in his version that couldn’t be/wasn’t achieved in the 1992 original?
Posted by Rian on May 18th, 2008I just watched the original and while Harvey’s performance was REALLY natural, who wants to see another reenactment of the story of this bully’s life. The character’s action of eavesdropping on the nun’s confession and peeping into the exam room during the nun’s post rape exam show just how bankrupt the guy’s soul is.
How about a new movie with a new story about someone a little higher up on the psychic food chain!
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