News Article: Pittsburgh Film 'Sudden Death' Getting A Remake

[Dipsy Doodle]

Pittsburgh Film 'Sudden Death' Getting A Remake

Starring Michael Jai White
Filming in Winnipeg
To be released on Netflix

Here's hoping the main villain is a CGI Powers Boothe.

"Would you like it if I filled your little mouth with spiders?"

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[HandshakeLine]

 

[HandshakeLine]

TBH, was hoping Jai-White was going to do a sequel to Black Dynamite, but...

 

[Gurglesons]

Lol. Can’t wait for the kitchen scene shot for shot recreation.

 

[EightyOne]

I adamantly do not support this insult to cinema.

 

[Deport Ogie]

The change in venue doesn't bother me. A new lead in place of JCVD doesn't bother me.

The lack of Powers Boothe?

 

[Allie Kitsune]

Why...

 

[Jaded-Fan]

My fiance for the last 28 years plus and I were actually in the original. They filmed it at the old Civic Arena, gave free hotdogs and Cokes to whoever came. I am guessing that a young Kessel was there too. Played WBS wearing I forget whose jerseys. Maybe Chicago. Huge number of cut out audience members too.

Was fun actually.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

My fiance for the last 28 years plus and I were actually in the original. They filmed it at the old Civic Arena, gave free hotdogs and Cokes to whoever came. I am guessing that a young Kessel was there too. Played WBS wearing I forget whose jerseys. Maybe Chicago. Huge number of cut out audience members too.

Was fun actually.

Wasn't it actually the Cleveland Lumberjacks dressed in Chicago sweaters?


ETA: Yup. Oral History: The making of hockey action movie 'Sudden Death' - TheHockeyNews

KAREN ELISE BALDWIN: We thought it would be easy – we’d just use our own crowd during a game. Because of the lockout, we had to scramble and figure out how we were going to achieve two teams on the ice and a building full of people.
HOWARD BALDWIN: The lockout didn’t make our lives easier. We had to jump through a lot of hoops in order to get through it, but we did. To get some hockey and crowd footage, the Pittsburgh Penguins played an exhibition match against their minor league team, the Cleveland Lumberjacks in October of 1994. The Lumberjacks were outfitted in Blackhawks uniforms.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Wasn't it actually the Cleveland Lumberjacks dressed in Chicago sweaters?


ETA: Yup. Oral History: The making of hockey action movie 'Sudden Death' - TheHockeyNews

I remembered it was a minor league team. That is pretty good for one who has trouble remembering what he had for breakfast this morning.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

I remembered it was a minor league team. That is pretty good for one who has trouble remembering what he had for breakfast this morning.

I hear ya. I remember weird things like that and forget the normal stuff.

I just found out from that article that there was a second scrimmage between Johnstown and Wheeling to get more footage. I don't remember that at all.

 

[EightyOne]

I remembered it was a minor league team. That is pretty good for one who has trouble remembering what he had for breakfast this morning.

I mean, you forgot to get married for almost three decades now...we don't expect much from you.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I mean, you forgot to get married for almost three decades now...we don't expect much from you.

Oh that I did intentionally, that is the one thing that I was sure not to forget.

 

[UnrealMachine]

Who will be playing Luc Robitaille?

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Olli Maatta is gone. Who's next slowest?

 

[Jacob]

I didn’t like Sudden Death and that’s saying something, because as a kid I liked all the Missing in Action films, Neverending Story 2 and North.

It was dingy. Civic Arena was not a good choice. I remember thinking it had worse lighting/color than Slap Shot and that came out 20 years earlier and was filmed in much shittier locations.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Oh joy, another pointless remake. Just what the world of filmmaking needed.

 

[madinsomniac]

There is so much wrong with all of this I don’t even know if I can start... lol

Hollywood is really broken if they reached this point

 

[Ugene Magic]

I hope they are changing the team and everything, like there's no good to come from this.

Might as well have Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker play in this one.

"Sudden Death to Rush Hour" two cops trying to keep Gary Bettman from kidnapping Sidney Crosby before fans start trying to get out of the arena to beat the traffic.

 

[Ogrezilla]

the new villain

Michael Jai White is gonna do the Scarn.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

They tried to make this film in Philly but Gritty kept winning the mascot fight scene and they had to pull out.

 

[PensPlz]

Why...

 

[billybudd]

Meh. This just postpones the role MJW was born for--Simon Phoenix in a remake of Demolition Man.

 

[Night Shift]

Who will be playing Luc Robitaille?

Sylvester Stallone as Luke Robitaille.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Look on the bright side. This is one remake that would be hard pressed to not be better than the original.