Yep, They're Remaking 'Angel Heart'

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01Oct2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 4:03AM

The Mickey Rourke Renaissance continues, sort of. Rourke, who many people believe will get an Oscar nomination for his work in The Wrestler, had certainly hit bottom in his career, and he's clearly on the rebound, albeit a slow one.

I guess his last stab at glory the first time around was Angel Heart, a strange movie that I'll always remember for allowing me to see Lisa Bonet naked. I was a teenager. She was a Cosby kid. It was a big deal. The movie also starred Robert De Niro as the devil.

Now Variety reports that Angel Heart will head back to theaters, thanks to producers Michael De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig, and Michael Gaeta. OK, I realize that some people think the novel is better than the movie (even not having read the novel, I'll agree with those who hold that view), but do we honestly need this remake? I mean, a new 9 1/2 Weeks at least makes a little sense if you're scouring Rourke's filmography, but I can't think of any valid reason to jump back into Angel Heart country.

That's not to say a remake would be awful, just unnecessary. With the right cast it could still be interesting, I suppose, and if they play up the film noir aspects it'll have more life, although there are so many great books dying for a movie adaptation, I'd hate to waste resources on something that frankly doesn't have a very high ceiling the second time around.

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