Rowdy Roddy Piper Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/rowdy-roddy-piper/ Sun, 15 Nov 2020 03:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Rowdy Roddy Piper Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/rowdy-roddy-piper/ 32 32 Kicking Ass And Chewing Bubblegum SANS Sunglasses? Writer Hired For Remake Of John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/kicking-ass-and-chewing-bubblegum-sans-20101012/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/kicking-ass-and-chewing-bubblegum-sans-20101012/#respond Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:19:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=582 At New York Comic Con, remake happy Strike Entertainment producer Eric Newman took time out from promoting “The Thing” to discuss the company’s plans for John Carpenter’s “They Live.” In the original, Roddy Piper plays a homeless wanderer who finds a batch of sunglasses that help him uncover a global conspiracy led by aliens trying to seduce humans into complacency through Reagan-era capitalism. He then shoots them all in the face.

Apparently, the glasses might not be an integral part of the remake.

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]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/kicking-ass-and-chewing-bubblegum-sans-20101012/feed/ 0 Remake City: Russell Brand To Play Bumbling, Drunken Rich Lout For ‘Arthur’ Redo? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-city-russell-brand-to-play-20081204/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/remake-city-russell-brand-to-play-20081204/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:59:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9309 Another day, another remake. The most recent boring announcement is the news via The Hollywood Reporter that Russell Brand might step into the role played by Dudley Moore in the comedic and buffoonish “Arthur” series that chronicled a spoiled rich manchild who believed his wealth allowed him the privilege of behaving like a infant at all times (our mom was big on these movies and made us watch them a lot). Warner Bros. is steering this one.

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