The state of the Short Circuit remake

This site has been going for nearly five years now, and it feels like chatter about a potential Short Circuit remake stretches back that far, too. Thus far, the project hasn’t made it to the screen, and so we can, er, all bring up idyllic memories of Steve Guttenberg in his prime. However, get ready for those memories to be tainted: the remake is back on the cards.

See how we’ve avoided the ‘it’s alive’ gags out of respect? That, and we figured you wouldn’t find them funny.

Anyway: Matt Lieberman has now been hired by Dimension Films to pen the script for the new Short Circuit movie. And, what’s more, a director is attached to the project (and has been since last year, to be fair).

That director is Tim Hill. The director of Hop, of Alvin And The Chipmunks, and of Muppets From Space (the only Muppets film not worth watching, might we add).

The plan, too, seems to be for lots of Short Circuit films. According to Bob Weinstein, who’s basically stumping up the cash for it,  “Dimension has had great success with the Spy Kids family series which grossed over $500 million worldwide."

He continued: “We are looking for Short Circuit to be our next family franchise and are excited to be working with Matt Lieberman and Tim Hill, who has had great International success with Hop and Alvin and the Chipmunks”.

We have nothing to add to this story by way of reaction that you haven’t already thought of yourselves.