We recently talked with Charles Kaufman, the co-writer and director of the original Mother’s Day (1980):

Why a remake now?

I left the film biz in the ‘90’s and now own Bread & Cie. Bakery /Café in San Diego, California. Over the years brother Lloyd ( AKA “Troma Entertainment’s Lloyd Kaufman”) and I have received numerous offers for a remake. I coquettishly resisted them all until Richard Sapperstein, Brett Ratner and Darren Lynn Bousman bought me a drink and Darren’s dog gave me one heck of a lap dance ( I came to like Darren and Brett a lot and was briefly married to Richard ). It was clear from the start that they were the team to remake the film as they possess the delicate sensibilities and a delightful sense of humor. In other words, they laughed at my jokes. And Lloyd thought their checks would clear.

How does Mother’s Day 2010 compare with the original?

In a burst of inspired casting, Lloyd and I appear in cameo roles in “Mother’s Day 2010”. While on the set last month I was impressed with the level of secrecy surrounding this new production. I have, however received permission from the producers to reveal that minor creative liberties have been taken with my original film. Darren’s Mother’s Day will, in fact, be a shot-by-shot remake of Ingmar Bergman’s “The Virgin Spring”.

I have high hope that the Mother’s Day, the remake/sequel will even be better than the original! It’s happened many times before in the history of film…Like “2012” being better than the original, “ An Inconvenient Truth”. Or Jean Luc Goddard’s “Earth and All Things Existential” not being as good as the remake: “Dude, Where’s My Car?” ……or even “Saw IV” blowing the original, “Saw III” totally out of the water!

In any case from what I saw on the set, this Mother’s Day will be a breakthrough film. I have never seen such levels of intensity, violence and gratuitous sex….and that was just in Lloyd and my trailer before they shot our scene.