Sounds like it's gonna be pretty good.  I've never seen the original, but maybe I should check it out now.

People aren't used to change, and they especially don't like to see a cult classic get tampered with... and these are probably the same people that don't like Nic anyway.

I've read about it... I'm seriously considering going to rent it right now, because I'm so damn curious.

The original is about this detective (who is very religious and a VIRGIN, btw) who is investigating the disappearance of a girl that discovered a pagan cult on an island.  This island is inhabited by nothing but women, a very matriarchial culture.

I dunno... sounds kinda freaky to me.  Maybe they'll strip him naked, tie him to a tree and torture him mercilessly.  Good times!

I stopped at one movie rental place... they didn't have it.  I do know the premise of the original sounds kind of kinky... but someone like me can imagine kinkiness in just about anything.

Director to sue over Hollywood's new 'Wicker Man'
Geewhiz

I found a new release DVD collector's edition of "The Wicker Man", the original version. Danny & I watched it this past weekend. I thought it was a weird movie, with alot of very strange songs/music in it. Danny kept saying through it that he could see why Nic decided to do it. I'm not sure about that....lol

It's done in like Scotland on an island of like some "folksie" people. There are men & women on the island. It showed them at night on the beaches having sex, and phallic symbols everywhere and lots of references to sex, which really bothers Nic's character.(who is pure, which is vitale in the ending) 

Never in the film does Nic's character have sex with anyone. I hope the newer version has much better music. And being that it takes place in the states (New England,I think) then they won't have that heavy accent. But it's a strange flick and I do want to see if they keep the ending the same. That should be very interesting!

lmao....oh, it's HOT alright!! Burning hot for that matter......lol

Director to sue over Hollywood's new 'Wicker Man'
A Hollywood remake of the British cinema classic The Wicker Man is causing a furore among the team that created the original movie. One of its stars has branded it "a crime", while the first film's director, Robin Hardy, has called in lawyers in an attempt to distance himself from the new production. The original film, recently voted the greatest cult movie of all time, is the latest in a growing list of US revamps for well-loved British movies. Alfie, The Italian Job and Get Carter have also been given an overhaul.

The £20m remake will be released later this year with action hero Nicolas Cage in its leading role and set not on a remote Hebridean community, like the original, but on an island off the US mainland. Mr Hardy called in legal help when he found his name was being trailed as one of the screenwriters for the new production, fearing it would jeopardise his own future production. He is preparing a new film, Cowboys for Christ, which will reunite some of the team from his film.

Ingrid Pitt, one of the original stars, said: "I think it is terrible. I can't stand the idea of a new version it. I won't be seeing it. I think it's a crime." Originally released in 1973, The Wicker Man was hated by the studio that backed it and was lucky to get a release. It eventually emerged as a B-movie supporting Nicolas Roeg's thriller Don't Look Now, but word-of-mouth interest made it a sleeper hit.

Vast swaths of footage were cast on the cutting room floor to bring it in at a manageable length, giving the film even greater cult status among devotees who became intrigued by the lost scenes. Neil LaBute, director and writer of the new version, has defended his decision to rejig the story, saying: "I always loved the movie and I loved the script in particular, but I never thought that it was completed so well that it couldn't be touched again." But Mr Hardy said: "This is a very strange one to remake. I wouldn't have wanted to do it. The script is so difficult to adapt."

Jake Wright, Mr Hardy's assistant director, said: "I feel rather sorry they are doing it. The original was just so, well, original... I just don't think it will be very good. I can't imagine what they could do with it really. Edward Woodward was just so right in the lead role." In the remake, Christopher Lee's character, Lord Summerisle, is replaced by the head of a matriarchal society, played by Ellen Burstyn, and the action is set off the coast of Maine. Steve Phillips, who runs a website devoted to The Wicker Man, said: "It will be intriguing to see how they have tackled this, because so much of it is rooted in British folklore."

CAGE 'DISTURBED' BY WICKER MAN
NICOLAS CAGE was thrilled to be offered a part in the upcoming remake of the 1973 horror classic THE WICKER MAN, because the original movie haunted him for weeks. Cage, 41, was introduced to ROBERT HARDY's chilling film by late punk star JOHNNY RAMONE, and he was never the same again.

He says, "My late friend Johnny Ramone invited me to come over and see this movie The Wicker Man. "I was extremely disturbed by it and it stayed with me for a couple of weeks."

I found the ending disturbing too. I try not to dwell on it. In the original some animals are used as well, there is a piglet that squeals like all hell and it bothered me a great deal to hear that animal screaming like that. I don't want to watch the ending again.

I haven't seen the original.  I guess I'm gonna have to order it online because I can't find it for sale anywhere in the city, not even at the big DVD stores.  Some of these people have never even heard of it!!  But I heard the ending involves... well, I don't want to give it away, but I don't know if I can watch it.  People trapped by fire or heat scares me.

-- Edited by Damaris at 16:11, 2006-06-06

Cheri , I can't stand either animal screaming ...or to see anyone torture or beat animals ( I think I could kill the ass who would do it !!!!!)