Modern day Body Heat cast.
BODY HEAT(2020)
Dir. David Fincher
Shia LaBeouf as Ned Recine
Nikki Reid as Matty Walker
Billy Zane as Edmund Walker
Andrew Garfield as Peter Lowenstein
Terrence Howard as Oscar Grace
Jake Cannavale as Teddy Lewis
Remakes as a rule suck big time, so I wouldn't bother.
shareBody Heat is kind of a remake itself. “Inspired by” Double Indemnity is more accurate though. It was 37 years between the two and it’s been 39 years since BH so it’s about time.
shareThen someone can make a movie inspired by Body Heat. Shouldn't be that hard (because I'm sure it's been tried) to come up with this scenario of a man falling for a gal so hard he would go to the edge for her. There's probably an MC thread or two devoted to it, maybe.
But if a movie company called their film Body Heat and tried to replicate the original, I can't see it succeeding.
There would be no surprise, low budget factor, that veritas you feel when you don't know the actors and aren't overwhelmed by CGI and creepy attempts at realistic physical mayhem.
Let sleeping dogs lie. They seem better that way.
That’s what I was saying- to make an inspired by version.
Willian Hurt wasn’t exactly unknown. Altered States was pretty big.
In general I don’t care care for remakes either, but sometimes they turn out great. But you have a point about movies nowadays.
I want to see BH again!
I taped it on VHS and watched it only a couple times or more, but I loved it. Nice cinematography, good pacing, creates a mood. It's really a noir classic, but it takes a groundswell of support to push it over that edge.
For now it's a cult classic from the time period, but it deserves more.
I love watching VHS. I wish I had it on tape.
shareI tend to agree with @snepts about remakes and prefer to leave Body Heat just as it is.
How about this though? A sequel. With the original cast. Ned is out of prison. He enlists Teddy to help find Matty. Peter Lowenstein is now state Attorney General and gets wrapped up in things somehow (and still dances). Oscar is retired as police chief but still does some private investigation work. Let’s write a treatment!! :)
I’d see it.
shareDir. Samuel Jackson
Michael Jordan as Ned Recine
Michelle Obama as Matty Walker
Don Lemon as Edmund Walker
Morgan Freeman as Peter Lowenstein
Terrence Howard as Oscar Grace
Danai Gurira as Teddy Lewis
Director - Luca Guadagnino
Ned Racine - Adam Driver
Matty Walker - Brie Larson
Edmund Walker - Sam Rockwell
Peter Lowenstein - Finn Wittrock
Oscar Grace - Daniel Kaluuya
Teddy Lewis - Jack Reynor