Big Brother is watching … and laughing:
https://twitter.com/JoshXCross/status/423507841342009344
Gird your loins, kids. This is an actual thing that’s actually happening:
I’ve had to check to make sure it isn’t 1 April. It isn’t. This is happening, people. “Equals is an adaptation of the 1956 film 1984, which itself was based on George Orwell’s classic novel about rebellion in a futuristic society,” runs the story. Stewart told the AP that the remake is “a love story of epic, epic, epic proportion”, where “things go wrong because you can’t deny the humanity in everyone”. “It’s the most devastating story,” she said. “I’m terrified of it. Though it’s a movie with a really basic concept, it’s overtly ambitious.”
Most tweeters think it’s an overtly terrible and stupid idea:
https://twitter.com/_LauraCook_/status/423504128635973632
They are making a romantic reinterpretation of 1984, http://t.co/7aMbA5py12 *ticks another sign of the apocalypse off the list"
— Simon Alvey (@salvey1) January 15, 2014
OH GOD THIS IS AN ORWELLIAN NIGHTMARE http://t.co/6zD0hU91D2
— Jessica Elgot is on maternity leave ?? (@jessicaelgot) January 15, 2014
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https://twitter.com/EllieClarke9/status/423501728508805120
They are remaking 1984 as a romantic film with Kristen Stewart. Not overly enthused by people mucking about with classic books
— Rachel Worthington (@RachelJWorth1) January 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/RachelButton/status/423501022208618496
Wtf! My fav book to be ruined by Bella!? Gah!! @guardian: 1984 as a romantic film starring Kristen Stewart http://t.co/FPSSZo1kS4
— Grace Hinde (@gracemh1980) January 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/radiofireworks/status/423500972405825536
Kristen Stewart is starring in the movie adaptation of 1984? This is desecration of prodigious literary classics, DO NOT FUCKING DO IT.
— sisyphe (@jigsawfalling__) January 15, 2014
"This is more chilling than ANYTHING actually in 1984," hear hear! RT @van_der_ende: wtf no http://t.co/7g1ypDa2Bi no
— Rob Driscoll (@DriskLDN) January 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/gogman/status/423506711735840770
That's it, we're done. Surely we've hit a new low? – "Kristen Stewart set to star in a romantic remake of 1984" http://t.co/1TLGE3pvY9
— Gavin Strange ?? (@JamFactory) January 15, 2014
Kristen Stewart to star in romantic remake of 1984. Missing the point much?
— ??? (@mikevapes_) January 15, 2014
Headlines from hell that are apparently true: Kristen Stewart to Star in Romantic Adaptation of "1984" #killme
— Megxit Wire (@Megan_Wire) January 15, 2014
Ha! Basically. RT @Timicus: So, they're actually remaking Terry Gilliam's Brazil? @Slublog A 'romantic adaptation' of 1984.
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) January 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/423507132596506624
Dear America, NO! Seriously, No!. No to the Nooooth Level of No-ness. Just No. http://t.co/u5ZgzMzPTb #1984
— ianVisits (@ianvisits) January 15, 2014
We’re inclined to agree.
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