Remakes, remakes and more remakes

[philwhite]

Just stumbled upon this while browsing IMDB, I’m literally shocked at some of the films that are due to be remade...

http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/upcoming-movie-remak...

Obviously some are deserved of a reboot such as Judge Dredd, some I really cannot fathom why they’d be remade (actually I can, money!), why remake The Crow, Robocop or An American Werewolf in London? I guess all these remakes will be coming at us in glorious 3D too!!

I guess the development costs are greatly reduced so that’s why there are so many, but seriously can they not come up with anything original anymore!

[S1MMA]

Any suggestions for an original movie?

[944fan]

Not only are the loads of remakes but there are a st load of sequels on their way too. Will Smith alone has about 10, Bady Boys 3 (quite looking forward to that), Independence Day 2 & 3, Men in Black 3, I, Robot 2, Hancock 2, Karate Kid 2.

I think the time has come that Holywood has finally run out of original ideas.

[clonmult]

944fan said:

Not only are the loads of remakes but there are a st load of sequels on their way too. Will Smith alone has about 10, Bady Boys 3 (quite looking forward to that), Independence Day 2 & 3, Men in Black 3, I, Robot 2, Hancock 2, Karate Kid 2.

I think the time has come that Holywood has finally run out of original ideas.

Sequels are (to a point) okay. They take an established character/concept and further develop/milk it.

Looking through the list is scary, some may work though.

Commando - already done, albeit under a different name (The Marine - WWE Fella in it, same basic storyline). Quite cheesy and enjoyable/
Conan - nooooooo!
The Crow - thats just sacrilege, and pisses all over Brandon Lee's legacy.
Judge Dredd - Totally deserved. The original wasn't actually that bad on its own, but it wasn't really in keeping with the comic.
Barbarella. Really? Why? Hope they keep the nudity and the Ex-sex-sive. Although further reading sounds like the whole project has been dropped due to budgetary constraints.
Yellow Submarine - interesting idea, and if it keeps to the original themes, it could actually work.
Akira - done in live action. Interesting, but can't even begin to see how it would work. Although if they use the real hubless bikes, it'd be worth watching for that alone.

[jains15]

clonmult said:

The Crow - thats just sacrilege, and pisses all over Brandon Lee's legacy.

Hollywood would be mad to work on it anyway, the amount of people who died filming the first one, including Brandon himself of course

Edited by jains15 on Friday 8th October 13:22

[Alfa numeric]

jains15 said:

clonmult said:

The Crow - thats just sacrilege, and pisses all over Brandon Lee's legacy.

Hollywood would be mad to work on it anyway, the amount of people who died filming the first one, including Brandon himself of course

Edited by jains15 on Friday 8th October 13:22

Is this a remake or another sequel??

[youngsyr]

Just about every film for the past 50 years has been a remake of some sort - there have been very few original story ideas for decades.

[Republik]

Please Hollywood, NEVER attempt to remake Back To The Future.

[FourWheelDrift]

clonmult said:

944fan said:

Not only are the loads of remakes but there are a st load of sequels on their way too. Will Smith alone has about 10, Bady Boys 3 (quite looking forward to that), Independence Day 2 & 3, Men in Black 3, I, Robot 2, Hancock 2, Karate Kid 2.

I think the time has come that Holywood has finally run out of original ideas.

Sequels are (to a point) okay. They take an established character/concept and further develop/milk it.

Looking through the list is scary, some may work though.

Commando - already done, albeit under a different name (The Marine - WWE Fella in it, same basic storyline). Quite cheesy and enjoyable/
Conan - nooooooo!
The Crow - thats just sacrilege, and pisses all over Brandon Lee's legacy.
Judge Dredd - Totally deserved. The original wasn't actually that bad on its own, but it wasn't really in keeping with the comic.
Barbarella. Really? Why? Hope they keep the nudity and the Ex-sex-sive. Although further reading sounds like the whole project has been dropped due to budgetary constraints.
Yellow Submarine - interesting idea, and if it keeps to the original themes, it could actually work.
Akira - done in live action. Interesting, but can't even begin to see how it would work. Although if they use the real hubless bikes, it'd be worth watching for that alone.

Don't forget Ghostbusters 3, Ghost Rider 2, Wolverine 2, another Superman reboot, another Spiderman reboot, Bourne 4 and another Indiana Jones movie as well.

But then there are also hundreds of others.

[Thankyou4calling]

Republik said:

Please Hollywood, NEVER attempt to remake Back To The Future.

Saw it in Richmond last night. No point in trying to remake a masterpiece. Who would play the Doc, Will Ferrell...don't make me laugh.

[FourWheelDrift]

Thankyou4calling said:

Republik said:

Please Hollywood, NEVER attempt to remake Back To The Future.

Saw it in Richmond last night. No point in trying to remake a masterpiece. Who would play the Doc, Will Ferrell...don't make me laugh.

Knowing Hollywood yes and it would be the equally ste Jack Black as Marty.

[Thankyou4calling]

FourWheelDrift said:

Thankyou4calling said:

Republik said:

Please Hollywood, NEVER attempt to remake Back To The Future.

Saw it in Richmond last night. No point in trying to remake a masterpiece. Who would play the Doc, Will Ferrell...don't make me laugh.

Knowing Hollywood yes and it would be the equally ste Jack Black as Marty.

Not fit to push Michael J Foxs' De Lorean IMO.

[Jim the Sunderer]

I hear they are remaking Short Circuit with an actual Indian fella.

[FourWheelDrift]

Jim the Sunderer said:

I hear they are remaking Short Circuit with an actual Indian fella.

Instead of the Robot?

[MiniMan64]

They've been doing sequels and remakes for years and as for original ideas, just look at how many "comic book" films have been made over the last decade! Hulk, Spiderman, Xmen, Blade, the list goes on and on!

944fan said:

Not only are the loads of remakes but there are a st load of sequels on their way too. Will Smith alone has about 10, Bady Boys 3 (quite looking forward to that), Independence Day 2 & 3, Men in Black 3, I, Robot 2, Hancock 2, Karate Kid 2.

As for this, in the same order, could be okay, how on earth could they do that they killed all the aliens, it can't be much worse than MIB2 can it, like Independence Day but they killed all the robots, haven't seen Hancock, a sequel of a remake? Perfect.

[grumbledoak]

philwhite said:

The Crow, Robocop or An American Werewolf in London?

And we can safely predict that all of them will be st.

[thatone1967]

philwhite said:

An American Werewolf in London?

They are doing WHAT???

[Civpilot]

jains15 said:

clonmult said:

The Crow - thats just sacrilege, and pisses all over Brandon Lee's legacy.

Hollywood would be mad to work on it anyway, the amount of people who died filming the first one, including Brandon himself of course

Brandon was the only death whilst making The Crow....

Crow information said:

Also on the set of the Crow, a carpenter was severely burned when the crane he was on struck high power lines, another crew member slipped and drove a screwdriver through his hand, and a set sculptor drove his car through a plaster shop

back to topic though I totally agree that they should never remake The Crow. I won't even watch the sequels they have already made as the original movie is perfect just the way it is.

Judge Dredd... I'm actually looking forward to this "re-boot" (it's not a remake of the Stallone film). All they have to do is make sure Urban keeps the bloody helmet on for the whole movie!!!!

gotta be honest, I'm also actually interested to see what Rob Zombie can do with "The Blob"

[Halb]

MiniMan64 said:

They've been doing sequels and remakes for years and as for original ideas, just look at how many "comic book" films have been made over the last decade! Hulk, Spiderman, Xmen, Blade, the list goes on and on!

944fan said:

Not only are the loads of remakes but there are a st load of sequels on their way too. Will Smith alone has about 10, Bady Boys 3 (quite looking forward to that), Independence Day 2 & 3, Men in Black 3, I, Robot 2, Hancock 2, Karate Kid 2.

As for this, in the same order, could be okay, how on earth could they do that they killed all the aliens, it can't be much worse than MIB2 can it, like Independence Day but they killed all the robots, haven't seen Hancock, a sequel of a remake? Perfect.

I don't think Hancock was a remake.

[MiniMan64]

Halb said:

MiniMan64 said:

They've been doing sequels and remakes for years and as for original ideas, just look at how many "comic book" films have been made over the last decade! Hulk, Spiderman, Xmen, Blade, the list goes on and on!

944fan said:

Not only are the loads of remakes but there are a st load of sequels on their way too. Will Smith alone has about 10, Bady Boys 3 (quite looking forward to that), Independence Day 2 & 3, Men in Black 3, I, Robot 2, Hancock 2, Karate Kid 2.

As for this, in the same order, could be okay, how on earth could they do that they killed all the aliens, it can't be much worse than MIB2 can it, like Independence Day but they killed all the robots, haven't seen Hancock, a sequel of a remake? Perfect.

I don't think Hancock was a remake.

Go away and re-read what I typed.