"Revenge of the Nerds" Remake Cancelled

An anonymous reader writes, "Fox Atomic has pulled the plug on the Revenge of the Nerds remake. The movie was into two weeks of shooting when Emory University, the place where it was shooting, decided it no longer wanted to be part of the film."

Re:Thank gods

[Anonymous Coward]

Buddha is not revered as a god or deity. in fact, the buddha himself found the idea of gods and deities quite rather silly. The Buddha is revered for simply being a man, just like you and i.

Re:Good.

[Enderandrew]

I don't know exactly where your tastes in movies lie, but last year alone we had:

Munich
Capote
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Murderball
Wallace and Grommit
Constant Gardener
Squid and the Whale
History of Violence
Good Night, and Good Luck
Hustle and Flow
The New World
Walk the Line
Jarhead
King Kong
Sin City
The Devil's Rejects
Pride and Prejudice
Hotel Rwanda
March of the Penguins
War of the Worlds
Episode III (before you bitch, it was easily the best of the prequels)
Mirrormask
Batman Begins
Broken Flowers
House of Flying Daggers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Syriana
Layer Cake
Match Point
Goblet of Fire
Cache
Cinderella Man
40 Year Old Virgin
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Serenity
The Upside of Anger
Shopgirl
Chronicles of Narnia
Wedding Crashers
Corpse Bride
Memoirs of a Geisha
Proof
Millions

As far as I'm concerned, Citizen Kane is horribly overrated. You spotted me three good movies in the entire history of mankind, and I gave you over 40 that came out last year alone.

Truly no one makes good movies anymore.

Familiar with the English language?

[Mengoxon]

The article says that production was ceased, not cancelled

Re:Good.

[Dabido]

'"Chronicles of Narnia
Remake."
Adaptation, but there wasn't a previous Narnia movie that I'm aware of.'

There is a series of films, but they're British, filmed a while ago as well. I saw 'The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe' and 'Prince Caspian' back in 1990, so that says something about how old the films were. I can't be bothered googling for a link.

The problem with the list you gave [I feel], is that a lot of them weren't that well received by critics, even if they were box office successes. I read only bad things about King Kong and War of the Worlds. I haven't seen either to make up my own mind. Almost everyone I know who saw both of those films told me not to bother going to see them. I figure I'll see them one day on DVD or on TV anyway. Anyway, no movies have really caught my attention for years. Last movie I saw was Return of the King.

I own House of Flying Daggers on DVD. Glad it made it onto the list. I plan on seeing Capote eventually, but only as I'm a Capote fan. I figured it wasn't a movie that needed a huge screen.

But, a lot of the films on your list, people I knew told me not to bother seeing them. As you've said yourself, you've only seen 1/3 to 1/2 of them. So, like me, you are just relying on other peoples opinion (for the ones you didn't see) as to whether they were good or not. Many critics often disagree as to what makes a good movie, and even box office successes are often 'bad films' that just got a lot of hype.