Almost 25 years after it was originally released, it’s been announced that Red Dawn is now up for the inevitable remake. Wolverines!

In 1984, the Cold War era movie - the first movie to be rated PG-13 - saw a group of high schoolers head for the woods after the Soviets and Cubans invaded America. With the weapons they had stockpiled, the teens did their best to wreak havoc on the foreign troops. (You can read my review of the Red Dawn Collector’s Edition here.)

Believing there’s no better time to revisit a story about an invasion on U.S. soil, MGM has greenlighted an update of its cult classic.

According to screenwriter Carl Ellsworth the “tone is going to be very intense, very much keeping in mind the post-9/11 world that we’re in.” Ellsworth also said something that has me surprisingly quite bothered:

“As ‘Red Dawn’ scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?”

Great. A film that feeds upon our country’s worst fears. Exactly what we need.

No target date has yet been announced for the inspired rehash.