Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
DO. NOT. WANT.
The best way to stop any Scientologist actor vanity project in its tracks is to remind the studios what happened last time. This plan must be stopped!
Not really a remake but Robert Anthony Rodriguez (Sin City) announced that a live-action movie version of "The Jetsons" is in the makes.
Which I'm sure will be every bit as good as the two live action Flintstones movies we've been subjected to...er, I mean, gifted with.
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A list of remakes coming out this year
"Hellraiser" directed by Pascal Laugier
"Barbarella" directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Rose McGowan. It's reported these teo are on the outs and the film may be delayed.
"Piranha"
"Fame"
"A Christmas Carol" directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.
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The following are either in production or slated for 2010.
"The Shadow" produced by Sam Raimi. Expected release 2010.
"Battle Royale"
"Starfighter" directed by Nick Castle.
"The Evil Dead" produced by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.
"Knight Rider"
"Conan The Barbarian" still in script.
"Logan’s Run" directed by Joseph Kosinski attached.
"Death Wish" written, produced and starring Sylvester Stallone.
"Fahrenheit 451" directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tom Hanks*.
*This has not been confirmed
"Clash of the Titans" directed Stephen Norrington
"Akira" directed by Ruairi Robinson, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio's movie company is producing the film. Also it's slated to be broken into two films.
"The Birds"
"Frankenweenie" directed by Tim Burton.
"A Nightmare On Elm Street" produced by Michael Bay. Maybe Freddie takes on 30' tall scrapmetal robots
"Westworld"
"The Warriors" directed by Tony Scott.
"Escape From New York"
"Meatballs" directed by John Whitesell.
"Howard Stern’s Porkys"
"The Lives Of Others"
"Short Circuit" Number Five is still alive. The original screenwriters are coming back to do this reboot.
"Straw Dogs"
"1984"
"Red Sonja" screen play by Roy Thomas .
"The Dirty Dozen"
"Footloose" but we knew this already.
"Dune"
"The Thing" Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D Moore is attached to it.
"Near Dark"
"The Swarm"
"The Witches"
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Here come more!
Alone
Angel Heart
Armored
Arthur
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Captain Blood
Candyman
Carousel
Child's Play
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Death Note
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Don't Look in the Basement
Forbidden Planet
The Host
Ikiru
The Incredible Shrinking Man, starring Eddie Murphy
In the Playground (Who Can Kill a Child?)
Jesus Christ Superstar
Karate Kid
Labyrinth, remake of an asian horror film
Lake Mungo
Last Dragon
Leprechaun
Mother's Day
My Fair Lady
Poltergeist
Possession
The Ring Three
Rock N Roll High School
RoboCop
Romancing the Stone
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Suspiria
The 39 Steps
The Wolf Man
They Live
Terror Train
Twilight Zone
Maybe they could remake Hawk the Slayer ;-)
Unfortunately no Jack Palance but there is someone who looks exactly like the dwarf in that movie admittedly last seen in Dark Knight but that still requires them to be actually better than the original...
Can't quite see them pull that off for me it was actually rather good and probably what Jeremy Irons used to pull off his role in the D&D movie (Jack Palance is after all a good role model for villainy in swords and sorcery movies!)
...starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge...
Dear god, no!
"Logan’s Run" directed by Joseph Kosinski attached.The sexiest movie ever made!
Really? I mean, because Beastmaster pops to mind and I bet I could come up with something sexier still.
RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
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The following are either in production or slated for 2010.
"The Shadow" produced by Sam Raimi. Expected release 2010.
"Starfighter" directed by Nick Castle.
"The Evil Dead" produced by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.
"Knight Rider"
"Conan The Barbarian" still in script.
"Logan’s Run" directed by Joseph Kosinski attached.
"Clash of the Titans" directed Stephen Norrington
"Akira" directed by Ruairi Robinson, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio's movie company is producing the film. Also it's slated to be broken into two films.
"The Birds"
"A Nightmare On Elm Street" produced by Michael Bay. Maybe Freddie takes on 30' tall scrapmetal robots
"Westworld"
"Escape From New York"
"Porkys"
"Short Circuit" Number Five is still alive. The original screenwriters are coming back to do this reboot.
"Red Sonja" screen play by Roy Thomas .
"The Dirty Dozen"
"Footloose" but we knew this already.
"Dune"
"The Thing" Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D Moore is attached to it.
Some of my favourite movies and also some nostalgic ones...
Why God Why?!?The only one I can maybe get into is Evil Dead, but only 'cause Sam & Bruce are doing it (although if Bruce doesn't play Ash it'll put a dampener on it).
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RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
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Really? I mean, because Beastmaster pops to mind and I bet I could come up with something sexier still."Logan’s Run" directed by Joseph Kosinski attached.The sexiest movie ever made!
My wife is a masssive Friends fan and has the boxed set on constant repeat in the DVD player...
Ross says that in one episode (it actually played the other day, so it was fresh in mind)...
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Seriously? The whole point of this movie is that it is bad. It's campy, low-budget fun. How in the world can they possibly justify a remake? Oh, that's right, money.
Speaking of the Wizard of Oz, did anyone see Tin Man? That was an excellent fresh take on the story, with some nice twists and turns along the way.
Mmmm...Zoey Deschanel.....
*blink*
What are we talking about again?
RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8
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Here come more!
Forbidden Planet
This will suck. I still love the original, dated effects and all.
The Incredible Shrinking Man, starring Eddie Murphy
An autobiography of his career?
My Fair Lady
Why not just do Pigmalion, CGI should make it easy. Hmm, need someone stiff to play a statue to life. Hallie Berry?
RoboCop
Will suck.
They Live
Will suck w/o Roddy Piper.
Aside from the execs' reluctance to bank on new concepts, the problem is that a lot of people have no experience with the original versions, and thus no basis for comparison/nostalgia/distaste. Part of the reason is age, but a bigger part, as far as money goes, is the recent shift of Hollywood revenue from U.S.-domestic to everybody-else.
Two cases:
A younger school-friend (mid-20s) balked at taking her younger sister (age 13) to see the "new and improved" Friday the 13th movie, b/c she had experienced the "horror classic" in all its televised/VHS glory for the past 20-odd yrs. Myself (early 30s), I remember the absurdly drawn-out 80s horror franchises from when they were in the movies, and couldn't fathom the appeal of an umpteenth version much less *more gore-less suspense* modern horror versions. Suffice to say the little one loved it, with no concern for the previous 10(?!) movies and recommended it to all her tweeny-friends.
Another school-friend (mid-20s), who grew up in the Caribbean, but spent his teens in the States, drew a complete blank when the rest of us made jokes about a particular "Tron-like" video effect (neon-highlights). This guy had no idea what the hell we were talking about, having *never heard of Tron*. He's kind of a big sf-movie geek, so this was fairly shocking (to me, at least).
So basically, if movies from as "late" as the 80s have already faded beyond the veil of pop/geek culture history, the studios have carte blanche to do with them as they will - most of the audience won't even know they're getting recycled goods.
So basically, if movies from as "late" as the 80s have already faded beyond the veil of pop/geek culture history, the studios have carte blanche to do with them as they will - most of the audience won't even know they're getting recycled goods.
So that means Hawk the Slayer is well and truly a possibility!
Is any of Mel Brooks movies safe from this?!
And I wasn't taking the mickey!
Is any of Mel Brooks movies safe from this?!
And I wasn't taking the mickey!History of the World Part II?
Balls! I can just see them remaking Blazing Saddles (frickin' awesome movie btw) and making it more PC...
That was the whole point in Mel Brooks' films making fun of everything. If his works get remade without his hand in them I am going to cry and try to keep finding studio hated, but great movies, like Repo the Genetic Opera, if you haven't seen or heard of it find it and watch it.
'The Thing' isn't a remake, it's a companion piece to the 1982 movie. Still probably won't be very good though.
'Battle Royale' is an exceptionally awesome but also very Japanese movie. I can't see an American version working at all.
That was the whole point in Mel Brooks' films making fun of everything. If his works get remade without his hand in them I am going to cry and try to keep finding studio hated, but great movies, like Repo the Genetic Opera, if you haven't seen or heard of it find it and watch it.Is any of Mel Brooks movies safe from this?!
And I wasn't taking the mickey!History of the World Part II?
Balls! I can just see them remaking Blazing Saddles (frickin' awesome movie btw) and making it more PC...
Repo, now that was a left field awesome movie.
Repo, now that was a left field awesome movie.
Not bad for an $8,000,000.00 IIRC movie. To bad it didn't do well at the box office they wanted to make it a trilogy of sorts.
Is any of Mel Brooks movies safe from this?!History of the World Part II?
Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money.
Spaceballs IV: Found Part II But Where Did I Leave My Keys?
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Starfighter" directed by Nick Castle.
"Conan The Barbarian" still in script.
"Logan’s Run" directed by Joseph Kosinski attached.
"Dune"
I'm looking forward to these films. Though, I thought the Conan film was supposed to be a sequal. As for "Clash of the Titans" directed Stephen Norrington and "The Warriors" directed by Tony Scott.
Little pieces of me just died. :(
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RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
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No. No. No. No. NO. NO. NO.Not quite a movie, but Mel Brooks was one of the writers for the original Get Smart series which was just remade into a movie not too long ago. Young Frankenstein can't be too far behind.Is any of Mel Brooks movies safe from this?!
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No. No. No. No. NO. NO. NO.Not quite a movie, but Mel Brooks was one of the writers for the original Get Smart series which was just remade into a movie not too long ago. Young Frankenstein can't be too far behind.Is any of Mel Brooks movies safe from this?!
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Maybe they could remake Hawk the Slayer ;-)Unfortunately no Jack Palance but there is someone who looks exactly like the dwarf in that movie admittedly last seen in Dark Knight but that still requires them to be actually better than the original...
Can't quite see them pull that off for me it was actually rather good and probably what Jeremy Irons used to pull off his role in the D&D movie (Jack Palance is after all a good role model for villainy in swords and sorcery movies!)
For some arcane and obscure reason I want to see a direct sequel to that
What happened to the south with the wizards amassing?(Not that I particularly liked the original..but maybe it has some potential)
Starfighter" directed by Nick Castle.
"Conan The Barbarian" still in script.
"Logan’s Run" directed by Joseph Kosinski attached.
"Dune"I'm looking forward to these films. Though, I thought the Conan film was supposed to be a sequal. As for "Clash of the Titans" directed Stephen Norrington and "The Warriors" directed by Tony Scott.
Little pieces of me just died. :(
Ya think? What about my hope of ever seeing one(just one people) myth done properly?
You'd be amazed of how much more imagination(not to mention potential for cgi and money-making)all those ancient stories had than their movie counterparts(God of war rip-off I am talking to you)
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Luckily, no-one. Ridley Scott calmed everyone down by saying that no, it's just going to be a prequel and 'origin story' instead. You know, because the xenomorphs badly need an origin story.
Alien fans have wanted more info on the Space Jockey for a couple of decades now.
I don't really get the hate. If you hate the concept of a particular remake, don't go see it. Most people don't go back and alter or destroy the original versions (unless they are Lucas).
And sometimes remakes can be superior. The Thing is perhaps the best example of this.