Movies Immune to the Reboot Disease

[Dr. Evil]

Inception
Back to the Future

 

[BizarroAids]

Heat
The Departed
Tropic Thunder
Face/Off

 

[Donnie Darko]

It's really impossible to tell. Given the "right" time/money/people/whatever, anything can be remade or rebooted at some point. For example, I never would have guessed "Can't Buy Me Love" (the Patrick Dempsey flick from the 80s) would be remade, but it was (as "Love Don't Cost a Thing" with Nick Cannon). Another one is "Overboard" (one of my favorite 80s movies, starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn). I see that and I see a movie that I think is really funny, and have enjoyed watching for most of my life. I don't see it as a "classic" in most senses of the word (like the Wizard of Oz, for example), and I don't see it as a potential franchise (like Halloween, Nightmare on Elm St., etc), so I don't really understand why it should be remade, but apparently it is going to be.

Some remakes make sense. Those are the ones that could be someone else's vision of a classic story (like various takes on Peter Pan or Robin Hood), potential franchises (like Ghostbusters, which I don't want to be remade), or movies that could actually greatly benefit from modern filmmaking (like Highlander, one remake I could get behind).

I know I'm rambling, but what I mean is... some remakes/reboots make sense. Lots don't. Nothing is safe. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a Clerks remake in 10 years.

 

[BizarroAids]

Overboard? Are you serious? I agree, it's one of my favorite 80s movies as well. I don't even know how that movie would warrant a remake. It's a classic, but unlike "Red Dawn" it needs to stay off the list. Next thing you'll be telling me they are going to remake "Bird On A Wire" (Mel Gibson/Goldie Hawn)

 

[Donnie Darko]

Overboard? Are you serious? I agree, it's one of my favorite 80s movies as well. I don't even know how that movie would warrant a remake. It's a classic, but unlike "Red Dawn" it needs to stay off the list. Next thing you'll be telling me they are going to remake "Bird On A Wire" (Mel Gibson/Goldie Hawn)

What's worse is that I originally heard it was being remade with Jennifer Lopez, then heard it was with Beyonce. If they're going to ever remake it, why not at least just wait a few years and use Kate Hudson?

 

[BizarroAids]

What's worse is that I originally heard it was being remade with Jennifer Lopez, then heard it was with Beyonce. If they're going to ever remake it, why not at least just wait a few years and use Kate Hudson?

While I agree with that, I know they usually go into a remake with a different ethnicity in mind. Like your example of "Love Don't Cost A Thing." So, you're probably right, it's going to be one of those two, or that Zoe chick from Avatar.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Heat
The Departed

Those are "reboots".

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Enter the Dragon

I read rumors of a remake a couple of months ago

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Caligola
My Name Is Bruce
Almost every Woody Allen comedy
Fanboys

 

[Donut]

No movie or series or saga or trilogy or what ever is safe if you ask me

 

[Alchemyst]

I read rumors of a remake a couple of months ago

you had BETTER be joking

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

you had BETTER be joking

sorry, but no. It turns out it was almost two years ago, not just a few months...t:
(I seriously thought I read that news in october or so)
http://www.slashfilm.com/rain-to-star-in-enter-the-dragon-remake-awaken-the-dragon/

don't know what happend to that project...

 

[Alchemyst]

sorry, but no. It turns out it was almost two years ago, not just a few months...t:
(I seriously thought I read that news in october or so)
http://www.slashfilm.com/rain-to-star-in-enter-the-dragon-remake-awaken-the-dragon/

don't know what happend to that project...

I seriously hope this never sees the light of day

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

toy story.

 

[Alchemyst]

Dirty Harry
Death Wish
Die Hard

 

[JAK®]

Dirty Harry actually sounds like something they will remake in the future.

 

[8wid]

The Goofy Movie

 

[Darkness Falls]

bio dome

 

[<(o_o)>]

toy story.

Unless it is live action.

 

[8wid]

All Disney animated movies.

 

[chaseter]

Kids won't even have toys in 30 years for Toy Story to be remade. Everything will be electronic.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Ghostbusters is safe.

The rights are tied up between several different parties and Sony can't touch the franchise because of it.

Bill Murray would never sign off on a reboot/remake.

 

[8wid]

Titanic, although I could see films based on its sister ships the same way.

 

[X-Woman]

Alien.
Network.

 

[Rez]

Ghostbusters might have it's rights tied up right now, but Bill Murray will be dead soon and rights and copyrights only last so long. Titanic is a famous disaster turned into perhaps *the* most famous disaster with one of the most famous films in existence. With media being more saturated and widespread now more than ever, these films are not going away.

So it's just a matter of time until they get remade. Titanic in it's total virtual reality 3D or whatever where you *really feel* like you're drowning and banging whatever hot young starlet is famous in 50 years.

The Disney animated movies is actually a great call.. although I'd suspect we might see some of the more famous ones redone in 3D or some other such advance.