Death at a Funeral: There's an episode of 30 Rock where Tracy Morgan's character describes his involvement in an African-American remake of An Affair to Remember titled A Blaffair to Rememblack. In 2010, life will imitate art when he stars in the ensemble comedy Death at a Funeral, a remake of the 2007 British comedy of the same name. Was the original too British for American audiences or was it too white? Only history will tell us the answer.
It gets better, though: the director is Neil LaBute. Yes, acclaimed playwright and pilloried filmmaker Neil LaBute, he who bestowed upon the world Nicolas Cage punching out a woman while dressed in a bear costume. If anyone knows what an urban audience wants, it's him.
As for the trailer itself, it's actually not bad. The comedy is pretty broad but the original doesn't look like it was restrained either, and the cast is loaded with talent. Peter Dinklage even plays the same part he played in the British version. I'm not sure why the preternaturally bland James Marsden was chosen for such a zany role, though. Death at a Funeral might not be a bad film in the end, but it could certainly win an award for "least necessary."
Then again, maybe people just can't help but remake this movie: there's a Bollywood version of it too.
Spanish Movie: I fondly remember reading all those reviews of [REC] and The Sea Inside and seeing critics say, "I wish somebody spoofed this in the vein of Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans." Boy, was I in luck when I stumbled upon this trailer. Finally, that damn Almodovar gets what he deserves! I haven't remembered a lick of Spanish since my first year of college, so I can't translate any of the jokes, but who needs to when you have Leslie Neilsen mugging en Espanol? I still can't figure out what's more baffling: that this movie actually exists, or that Spaniards are calling their own spoof movie Spanish Movie?
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