So What Remake is Next?

[Frankenhooker]

That Twin Peaks stuff is a bit out of date mate. Firstly there's now supposed to be 18 episodes instead of 9 and secondly it now isn't hitting the screen until 2017, although we are getting a book by Mark Frost which is supposed to fill in the gaps, that's supposed to hit the shelves late 2016.

[gag]

Originally Posted by Frankenhooker

That Twin Peaks stuff is a bit out of date mate. Firstly there's now supposed to be 18 episodes instead of 9 and secondly it now isn't hitting the screen until 2017, although we are getting a book by Mark Frost which is supposed to fill in the gaps, that's supposed to hit the shelves late 2016.

Ah well never mind.

Tbh ive never really seen twins peaks.
Thinks i go run and hide from any backlash i might get

[Frankenhooker]

Originally Posted by gag

Ah well never mind.

Tbh ive never really seen twins peaks.
Thinks i go run and hide from any backlash i might get

It's a love-hate sort of thing. I adore everything about it, but some people I know detest the show and I can understand why, it is an acquired taste. The general consensus is it goes downhill before a late return to form.

If you're interested, the Gold Box (seasons 1,2 and both pilots) is only around the £12/13 mark. I paid around £40 for a Dutch import a couple of years back.

[gag]

Its been years since ive seen original and only seen once

But you know there is some films that should never be remade and this is one of those films
The Rocky Horror remake has its Brad and Janet - Horror Movie News | Arrow in the Head

Really im just sat here think why oh why oh why while shaking my head.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by gag

Its been years since ive seen original and only seen once

But you know there is some films that should never be remade and this is one of those films
The Rocky Horror remake has its Brad and Janet - Horror Movie News | Arrow in the Head

Really im just sat here think why oh why oh why while shaking my head.

They should have gone ahead with making Richard O'Brien's "The Revenge Of The Old Queen" instead

Revenge Of The Old Queen (Film) - TV Tropes

RockyMusic - Revenge of the Old Queen (Draft Script)

[gag]

Here just some of the remakes

full listing from page I took these from are at bottom

looks like tey still harping on about the warriors remake
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Ben-Hur

Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is directing the new take on Ben-Hur, whose cast includes Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Pedro Pascal, Morgan Freeman, and Nazanin Boniadi. The film is already in post-production, and will be released in cinemas in march 2016.

Big Trouble In Little China

One of the few John Carpenter movies to thus far escape the remake treatment? Well, that would have been Big Trouble In Little China, but over the summer, news broke that a remake was indeed in the works.
Dwayne Johnson is set to headline the film, which is being penned by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz. Johnson has already said that he wants John Carpenter involved in the project in some capacity too. It's still in the writing stages thus far, and Johnson's jam-packed slate means that even if everything goes to plan, this one is unlikely to shoot until the back end of 2016 at the earliest.

Cube

The ingenious horror thriller Cube took a single location and really, really made it count. More than its sequel or prequel managed to, certainly. A new version is now on the way though, and it's going by the name of Cubed. Saman Kesh is directing, whilst Philip Gawthorne has penned the new script.


Escape From New York

Funding now seems to be in place for the remake of Escape From New York, which is set to kick-off a new series of films. Joel Silver is directing, and John Carpenter will serve as executive producer. At one stage, one of Charlie Hunnam, Jon Bernthal or Dan Steves was in line for the role of Snake Plissken, but all has gone a little quiet on the casting front. There does seem to be a determination to get this made though.

Flash Gordon

20th Century Fox seems to have the rights together to make a new Flash Gordon feature, and earlier in the year, it was trying to lure Kingsman and X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn in the direction of the film. It's unclear as of yet whether he's accepted the job, but given that the last we heard he was writing Kingsman 2, he may be a long shot.
John Davis is producing along with George Nolfi. Nolfi came up with a treatment for the film, and the script is being penned by Patrick McKay and J D Payne (who worked on an earlier draft of Star Trek Beyond). Samuel J. Jones has already expressed interest in reappearing.

Gremlins

Long talked about, but still active. Chris Columbus, who wrote the first film and most recently directed Pixels, is involved in the new film. He's taking influence from the way JJ Abrams rebooted the big screen Star Trek movies, and it'll mix in old and new characters.
Seth Grahame-Smith had previously worked on script, and back in April, Red Eye's Carl Ellsworth was hired to pen a new draft. Progress doesn't seem to be too swift, though.

Flatliners

This one's been rumored for some time, but things took a substantive step forward earlier in the year when Niels Arden Oplev - the director of the original movie version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - was hired to helm a new take on Flatliners. Ben Ripley, who wrote Source Code, was working on the script for the film. Flatliners does seem stuck in development at the moment, though, as there hasn't been fresh word on it for two years now.

The Grudge

Sam Raimi is to produce a new take on The Grudge, with another English language version on the way. Midnight Meat Train's Jeff Buhler has worked on the script, and this'll be the first English The Grudge movie since 2009's Oscar-losing The Grudge III.

Hellraiser

Clive Barker himself has admitted that the new Hellraiser film is to a "reboot."
Talking to EW towards the end of last year, he said that "the movie actually begins on Devil’s Island. I wanted to fold into the Hellraiser narrative something about the guy - the Frenchman Lemarchand - who made the mysterious box, which raises Pinhead. I figured ‘well, what would have happened to him?’ He might well have been taken to Devil’s Island [a penal colony] and I thought that would be a pretty cool place to start the movie."
Barker is writing the new movie, but won't direct. It just needs someone to give it the official greenlight...

It

So this one's had a bumpy year. The plan is to make two films of Stephen King's enormous book, It. Will Poulter had been cast in the pivotal role of Pennywise (Tim Curry still terrifies us, mind), and Cary Fukunaga had been developing the project to direct for many years.
Yet as production approached, in came "creative differences," our old chum. Fukunaga has since left the film, and in his place is Mama director Andy Muschietti, who at one stage was set to direct the remake of The Mummy. It is now pressing ahead again.

jacob's Ladder

No fresh news on this since the end of 2013, so it may just have died a death. Adrian Lyne's 1991 psychological thriller, starring Tim Robbins, was to be brought back to the screen by director James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross). Jake Wall and Jeff Buhler have put together a screenplay. No progress for a while though, so we wait and see on this one.

Logan's Run

Here are just a few of the people who have been involved in the elongated attempt to remake Logan's Run. Director Carl Rinsch, James McTeigue, Nicolas Winding Refn, Bioshock creator Ken Levine and Bryan Singer have all at some point been associated with the project. Meanwhile, at one stage, Ryan Gosling was all set to star as well.
Now? We hear that Simon Kinberg, who has been writing some of Fox's Marvel movies as was as the upcoming Star Wars film Rogue One, is to write and produce this one. Joel Silver is also producing, but at this stage, there's no news on a director.

The Magnificent Seven

Accepting that The Magnificent Seven is a remake of sorts of The Seven Samurai (the inspiration for Pixar's A Bug's Life, too), this one is therefore a remake of a remake. Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua reunite for the third time, after Training Day and The Equalizer, and the cast also includes Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, and Matt Bomer. The movie is set for release in September 2016.

Manhunt

John Woo is remaking the 1976 Japanese thriller Manhunt, which in turn is based on Juko Nishimura's novel Kimi Yo Funnu No Kawa O Watare. It'll go back to the source material, to tell the story of a prosecutor framed for robbery and rape, who sets out to clear his name.
Woo has promised that the film goes back to his old style of filmmaking - hopefully something in the vein of Hard Target or The Killer - and Media Asia is backing the movie.

Masters Of The Universe

He-Man has been coming back to the big screen return for a while now. Thus far, the likes of Terry Rossio (Pirates Of The Caribbean) and Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) have lined up to take a pass at the script. The latest is that Christopher Yost, best known for Thor: The Dark World - and currently co-writing Thor: Ragnarok - has been hired for the project. No new director has been confirmed yet, though.

Mortal Kombat

New Line continues with its plan to reboot the Mortal Kombat movies, and it's recruited James Wan - director of The Conjuring and Fast & Furious 7 - to produce the new movie.
Oren Uziel and Dave Callaham are working on the screenplay for the film. It's unclear if Kevin Tancharoen is still involved, though. He directed Glee 3D, but it's more the fact that he also made the popular Internet short Mortal Kombat: Rebirth that had once landed him the job. No timescales for this one yet, but Wan's involvement should get it moving quicker.

The Mummy

The film that's set to kickstart Universal's classic monsters movie universe, the latest reboot of The Mummy is being written and directed by The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Star Trek Into Darkness co-scribe Alex Kurtzman. Universal has dated the film for March 24th 2017. No casting has thus far been announced, but we reckon you can expect some CG in it.

The Naked Gun

More a reboot in the style of the recent Vacation, the new take on The Naked Gun will see Ed Helms playing a relative of Leslie Nielsen's peerless Lt. Frank Drebin. Thomas Lennon and R. Ben Garant (Reno 911, Night At The Museum) are penning the screenplay. No word yet on when the film is going into production. Not soon seems to be the hope of many.

Nightmare On Elm Street

A second attempt to reboot the A Nightmare On Elm Street film series has been put into development by New Line. Following the underwhelming 2010 version, which saw Jackie Earle Haley take over the role of Freddy Krueger from Robert Englund, New Line opted not to press ahead with a sequel.
Instead, it's now hired David Leslie Johnson - who's penning the movie reboot of Dungeons & Dragons - to write a new script. It'll be a "back to the drawing board" job too, with the aim being to come up with a remake that's "worthy of the original."

Nosferatu

The classic 1922 horror is being reworked by Studio 8, which has hired Dave Eggers to write and direct its new take. It's early days for the project though. Eggers has the horror movie The Witch to his credit thus far.

Pete's Dragon

David Lowery, previously responsible for Ain't Them Bodies Saints, is the man shepherding a new take on Pete's Dragon to the big screen. He's lured Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley and Oona Laurence to its cast. The film is set for release in August 2016, and is currently in post-production.

Pet Sematary

Stephen King's not the greatest fan of the existing Pet Sematary screen adaptation, directed by Mary Lambert. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) may make him happier though, as he's attached to direct a new take on the book. Jeff Buhley, the writer of Midnight Meat Train, is on screenwriting duties, and we're promised a much different take from the first movie. If all goes to plan, this'll be shooting by the end of 2015.

Point Break

Comfortably one of the least popular projects we've ever reported on at this site, the remake of Point Break finally lands in cinemas at the end of this year. Ericson Core is directing, whilst Luke Bracey and Ray Winstone lead the cast. Kurt Wimmer has penned the screenplay. And here's the trailer for the film....

Police Academy

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, best known for the Comedy Central sketch show Key And Peele, are the latest to take on the planned remake/reboot of Police Academy. Scott Zabielski was attached to direct last time we heard, and Jeremy Garelick had penned a screenplay. Original producer Paul Maslansky is also said to be still involved.
Key and Peele are thus far said to be just producing the film, but it seems likely - if it eventually gets off the ground - that the pair will star in the film as well. If it hits, eventually lots and lots and lots and lots of sequels.

Scarface

Pablo Larrain has been hired by Universal to direct the latest screen version of Scarface, following Howard Hawks' 1932 original and Brian De Palma's 1983 remake. Martin Bregman and Marc Shmuger are producing (Bregman also produced the De Palma version), and the setting this time will be present day Los Angeles. Last we heard, Paul Attanasio was working on the script.

The Seven Samurai

Nothing like taking on a little-loved film and trying to improve it, is there? Few chalices seem more poisoned that directing a remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic The Seven Samurai, but The Weinstein Company is nonetheless moving ahead with the project. And it's hired Rob Letterman, the director of Gulliver's Travels, Goosebumps, and Monsters Vs Aliens to take the job on. No pressure...

Shaft

A second attempt to reboot Shaft on the big screen, following the Samuel L. Jackson-headlined take in 2000, that was directed by John Singleton. Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow have been hired to write the new Shaft, which is apparently going to have a bit more of a comedy tone to it. No word yet on casting.

Predator

The latest reboot of the Predator films will seemingly be more of a sequel to the first two films. Shane Black, who of course had a role in the first movie, is set to direct this one, and he's come up with the story for it alongside Fred Dekker. Dekker will write the script, and chances are Black will get the new Predator before the cameras in 2016.

Power Rangers

Lionsgate has greenlit a movie reboot of Power Rangers, and the new film will be in cinemas in January 2017. Project Almanac's Dean Israelite is directing, and he's said that the movie will be "really cool, contemporary, mature but still playful." A long-time Power Rangers fan, Israelite will start production over the coming months.

The Wild Bunch

A contemporary remake of The Wild Bunch is one of the projects that Will Smith is contemplating. This time around, the focus would be on a bunch of DEA agents hunting down a Mexican drug cartel. Smith hasn't committed to the film yet though, as far as we know, and he's had a good year or two to do so.

Toxic Avenger

Just a few years ago, the mooted remake of Troma's Toxic Avenger had Arnold Schwarzenegger interested in taking a supporting role. Steve Pink, who helmed Hot Tub Time Machine 2, penned the script for the new film, and he confirmed earlier in the year that the screenplay had been completed. Arnie, though, opted to make Terminator: Genisys instead, and that left Toxic Avenger in limbo.

Stargate

Once they're done with 2016's Independence Day: Resurgence, the belated sequel to the huge '90s box office smash, director Roland Emmerich and writer/producer Dean Devlin are set to return to Stargate.
They made the original film, which in time kicked off three separate spin-off TV shows. The new Stargate reboot is aimed at the big screen though, and is intended to be the starting point for a new trilogy of movies. Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods have been working on the script, but until that new Independence Day film is done, don't expect much advancement.

93 Movie Remakes and Reboots Currently in the Works | Den of Geek

[iank]

Both the Gremlins and Predator movies are sequels, so don't really count.

They think they're going to reboot Naked Gun? Oh just **** off, Ed Helms. Seriously. Go away already. You're not Chevy Chase, and you sure as hell ain't Leslie Nielsen.

[Nordicdusk]

That list makes me really angry

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

That list makes me really angry

The list and people's response to it make me happy! The whole idea of remakes and reboots is exploitation cinema in its purest form, the quality of the films is irrelevant to the money to be made and the word of mouth, negative or positive generated. I find this whole idea very appealing as a fan of the production and marketing of exploration films from the 30s onwards. Cinema has always been like this, it is how it survives. I have no desire to watch half the films but the knowledge that there is an endless cycle of shite being churned out to fleece the rubes of their cash is good to me. Why does anyone think the new Star Wars film was made, there was no need for it, the story had been concluded at the end of Part VI but there was a ready made audience with cash in their pockets and nostalgia in their eyes ready to be suckered in.

[gag]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

That list makes me really angry

Snap its like pratically every film in existence is at one point have or is getting the remake or turned into a tv show, has the film industry really ran out of ideas?
And if its not one of the above its constant flooding of marvel and dc superheroes films and there getting to many and dominating the film industry.

And then they wonder why ppl are complaining or certain films are flops.
Because people are getting sick and tired of it.

It follows ok been a bag of mixed reviews with people but at least it was different and tried to go back to old skool style of films.

Problem is years ago they didnt have the technology of today internet cgi blah blah so they had no choice to concentrate of a good story suspense character building blah blah blah
And more films need to go back that way and stop thinking if they chuck millions of pounds at it cgi action etc they have a hit wrong they dont. And when a film doesnt do well they bleat its because of ppl downloading, one word Bollocks. Ppl rarely go because of sev different reasons, the cost to go in, and not many films grab people interest anymore.
So they save their money and go on a film they really are excited about eg the new star wars.
Ppl are sick and tired and lost interest in remakes sequels reboots blah blah blah ok yes star wars is but its been a hit with the viewers and been given the thumbs up and goes to show it is possible to make a winning format sequel etc if done right and not just make a sequel just for the hell of it to try and cash in on the franchise.
And this is part of the reason why ppl prefer all the older films
I mean ok Tarantino getting a bit hit and miss reviews with his films, like or dislike at least he putting heart and sole into his films and avoiding all the cliche of sequels remakes etc etc.
Yes i am aware he did 2kill bills but it was one long film split into 2 and inglorious bastards as well with django but he giving his own story of the films and not doing a direct remake as such.
And trying to make something different each time.