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This week Warner Bros. announced it’s moving ahead with a *Gilligan’s Island *movie, and a number of people responding to the news (including our own Elisabeth) obviously mentioned LOST. And why not? It’s impossible to imagine a story of castaways that ignores what’s being done on the hit ABC series. Merely st*****ng a varied ensemble on an island is just too plain now. Even with a bumbling sailor in the mix. So here’s my idea: combine *Gilligan’s Island *with a remake of The Most Dangerous Game](The Most Dangerous Game (1932) - Movie | Moviefone).
Based on Richard Connell’s short story, *The Most Dangerous Game *is about a famed game hunter who ends up shipwrecked on an island inhabited by an evil aristocrat who finds his thrills in hunting human prey. Like LOST there is the intentional luring of castaways and the idea of playing a figurative form of outdoor chess. The story has been redone even more times than *Brewster’s Millions *(a new version of which is also on the way), though not always under the original title or faithful to Connell’s basic plot.
RKO’s 1932 version starring Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks and Fay Wray would be the one to go by as far as true adaptations. But it too is a bit on the simple and plain side, at least compared to modern versions of the concept. Predator](Predator (1987) - Movie | Moviefone), *Hard Target *and *Battle Royale *are all somewhat inspired by Connell’s story and all up the stakes in terms of scope and violence. And *LOST *itself might also be viewed as rendering *The Most Dangerous Game *obsolete.
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