Since it's 1974 release, The Longest Yard had a successful remake in 2005 directed by Peter Segal. The upcoming remake is from Gunpowder & Sky's current CEO Van Toffler, and former MTV Films boss David Gale, both of whom executive produced the 2005 remake with Adam Sandler in the lead role.
EXCLUSIVE: The Longest Yard is getting another set of downs. Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures.
The film has been remade three times: as the 2001 British film Mean Machine (a shortened version of the title used for the original's UK release), starring Vinnie Jones, the 2005 film remake, The Longest Yard featuring Adam Sandler and Reynolds as coach Nate Scarborough, and as the 2015 Egyptian film Captain Masr.
A remake of 1974's The Longest Yard, it stars Adam Sandler as a washed-up former professional quarterback who, in exchange for a reduced prison sentence, is forced to assemble a football team to play against the guards.
Technically, 1974's The Longest Yard, featuring Reynolds in the lead role, was a wholly original story (although it seemingly took inspiration from a real-life soccer game played against Nazis during World War II).
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What movie did The Longest Yard copy?
Mean Machine is a 2001 British sports comedy film directed by Barry Skolnick and starring former footballer Vinnie Jones. The film is an adaptation of the 1974 American film The Longest Yard, featuring association football rather than American football.
The Longest Yard may refer to: The Longest Yard (1974 film), starring Burt Reynolds. The Longest Yard (2005 film), remake of the 1974 film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. The Longest Yard (soundtrack), soundtrack for the 2005 remake.
“80 for Brady” is a film based off a true story of a group of four friends and longtime New England Patriots fans (played by Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Fields) in their 80s, who decide they're finally going to watch their favorite team and player, Tom Brady, play in the Super Bowl in person.
When 20th century violent criminal Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) breaks out of cryogenic prison in the year 2032 and wreaks havoc in a seemingly peaceful utopian society, wrongfully convicted cop John Spartan (AKA The Demolition Man) is thawed out to bring the maniac to justice.
Courteney Cox as Lena - Paul's girlfriend, Lena, is played by Courteney Cox in The Longest Yard. She is best known for her roles as Monica Geller in Friends, Lucy Spiller in Dirt, and Jules Cobb in Cougar Town.
ED GORDON, host: Nelly is the latest rapper to try his hand at acting. He plays a convict in the film "The Longest Yard." The movie is a remake of the 1974 prison football comedy of the same name. This "Longest Yard" also reunites "Saturday Night Live" alums Adam Sandler and Chris Rock.
Who were the pro football players in the original longest yard?
Several professional football players appeared in The Longest Yard including Ray Nitschke, Joe Kapp, Gene (Dino) Washington and Mike Henry. Star Burt Reynolds had been a promising college football half-back for Florida State University when his career was cut short by a serious knee injury.
No, it's not a super serious film, but if you like football and the good feeling of revenge you'll love this film. Lots of violent blows from the guards and a little racism, but nothing too "out of the ordinary" . . some great one-liners from Chris Rock's character.
It is a slightly updated, but fairly faithful remake of the 1974 film of the same name. This time, we have Adam Sandler who plays the incarcerated quarterback that Burt Reynolds played in the original. Reynolds is on hand to play a minor role which the original film also contained. The plot is still the same.
All the Right Moves is a 1983 American sports drama film directed by Michael Chapman, and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn and Gary Graham. It was filmed on location in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh.
Concussion is a biographical picture that takes place in the early 2000's. The movie starts out by showing these players who freak out and start getting dimentia. Will Smith is a pathologist who starts doing autopsies on these players and discovers that there is a common theme, being repeated head trauma to the brain.
There's a scene in the film “The Blind Side” that intends to be an uplifting moment of triumph. Michael Oher, a talented offensive lineman who is Black, is struggling in a high school football practice, and in steps Leigh Anne Tuohy, a white woman who pulls him aside for a pep talk.
Iowan Kurt Warner's astonishing rise from grocery store stock boy to Pro Football Hall of Famer is the inspiration behind an upcoming movie that's expected to hit theaters in December. Warner announced the film, tentatively titled "American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story," Wednesday morning on Twitter.
No, Stephen King's It is not based on a true story. King had the idea for It when looking at an old wooden walking bridge in 1978 near his home in Boulder, Colorado.
What footballer is the documentary on Netflix about?
Now, a new Netflix documentary series, Beckham, will tell his side of the story, bringing together interviews with the former footballer himself, his family and friends, alongside conversations with footballing figures such as Sir Alex Ferguson, Eric Cantona and Gary Neville.
Parents need to know that this film pushes the edges of the PG-13 rating. It features repeated crude language (including one "f--k" and several uses of the "N" word), frequent violence on and off the football field, including one character burning to death in an explosion, beatings and hard tackles…
Parents need to know that The Longest Yard is a 1974 sporting drama set in a prison with very strong language -- including racist and homophobic slurs -- violence, and smoking.
