Wickers world Mainely wrong.....

A few of us in this here blogging circle like our movies and also like the odd rant about things. Sometimes we manage to combine the two in something very satisfying. Here comes another one though, in this case, it's more an air of disbelief and a "let sleeping films lie" attitude.

It's over this remake of "The Wicker Man", the quintessential island-in-a-realm-of-it's-own tale that has been sleeping it's way into cult status over many years.

For those living on the said island, the original starred Edward Woodward as a puritanical police officer sent to a remote island to investigate a young woman`s disappearance, and Christopher Lee as the mysterious pagan Lord Summerisle, in a role many believe to be among his best.

It's crazy enough that all the new promotional material, press releases and official web-sites have got Robin Hardy, the director, listed incorrectly as screenwriter for the 1973 original - Anthony Shaffer was the actual writer.

What's really bonkers enough to cause anybody with half a brain and a heart for movies many sleepless nights is that the new version moves the action to Maine and stars Nicholas Cage with Ellen Burstyn in the Christopher Lee part.

Read that last bit again. Nicholas Craig in Edward Woodwards part and Ellen Burstyn covering the Christopher Lee duties.

Hardy himself has been recently quoted as saying 'I don`t quite understand what they`re doing - it appears that not only is the lady involved, but there are also attacks by killer bees, which sounds like a really old-style horror film.'

Yep, killer bees added to the list. I'm starting to wonder if there will be a "Wicker Man" in it or whether it's be a bronze scorpian or jello Martian.

Sometimes, mainly on days ending in "y", I really despair of Hollywoods seemingly bottomless pockets. It not so much the fact they exist, but more what seems to be found in them......