‘Red Dawn’ Reboot

Independent distributor FilmDistrict has reportedly signed on to release the reboot of the 1980s classic “Red Dawn.” The film, which will star “Thor” actor Chris Hemsworth, will hit theatres sometime in 2012. The original film came out in 1984 and starred Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey as a band of high school kids who become a rogue fighting force after the U.S. is invaded by the Russian Army. The film was originally produced in association with MGM and, after their bankruptcy in 2009, no other studios chose to pick up “Red Dawn” for fear of alienating the growing Chinese film market. Producers have since made digital corrections, changing the invading force from Chinese to North Korean.