Remakes that wouldn't drive you crazy!

[3dman27]

i wouldn't mind a remake of american ninja 3 blood hunt or the jaguar lives

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Has anyone see The Fly staring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis? I watched it last night and thought it was a decent movie. Would anyone mind seeing a remake of this?

 

[Majik1387]

You do know the Jeff Goldblum one was a remake, right?

 

[Octoberist]

yeah, the fly is a remake

 

[Rac]

Year or two ago Fox was working on a second remake of The Fly. Dunno what happened to that project.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I read that James Ellroy wrote a screenplay for a remake of White Heat that didn't get greenlit for some reason. White Heat, you know the 1949 gangsterflick with the brilliant performance by James Cagney. That flick is all kinds of awesome, and probably the best gangstermovie from the 1940's. But I still think it would have been interesting to see how that would have worked out. Did I mention that James ****ing Ellroy himself wrote the screenplay? James Ellroy!! I would kill to read that ****ing screenplay.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Somehow though, I can't imagine anyone else pulling off the 'top of the world, ma' line.

I really can't.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

You do know the Jeff Goldblum one was a remake, right?

No, I actually didn't know that. I still would like to see a remake get done. I think it could do well at the box office.

Year or two ago Fox was working on a second remake of The Fly. Dunno what happened to that project.

After I read this I did some digging around. Nicolas Cage was up for the part(and told E! that he really wanted the part) and a script was getting written. It was scheduled for a 2008 release. It must have gotten scratched.

 

[Sentinel X]

I'd love to see either director take a crack at it, but let's face it, it could be a near flawless movie, and most people would still say it's not as good as the original.

I was thinking about this too. I was hoping a much more serious Wizard of Oz that is more faithful to the book but you're right...the Wizard of Oz is such a masterpiece in cinema that people will say that the original is better by default. Kind of like King Kong, Jackson's remake is better than the original but no one will admit this since the original is a frontier in cinema....even though its really a 2D film (it still has a place in my heart though.)

One film I'm afraid for is The Day the Earth Stood still. I LOVE the original (my favorite black and white movie) and the remake can be interesting but it can also be really bad. I need a trailer, like now!

 

[X-Ray]

The Halloween franchise. Pretty much everything that came after H2.

Blade Trinity.

The X-men franchise.

Superman Returns. Do away with the kid & maybe recast Lois Lane.

They Live. Yah, I said it. I love the film and would love to see an updated version. Hell, they can have the Rock star in it as a way of paying homage to the first or some ****.

 

[tyler-durden]

No, I actually didn't know that. I still would like to see a remake get done. I think it could do well at the box office.



After I read this I did some digging around. Nicolas Cage was up for the part(and told E! that he really wanted the part) and a script was getting written. It was scheduled for a 2008 release. It must have gotten scratched.

Wow, a remake of a remake, that's pathetic.

 

[Rac]

Wow, a remake of a remake, that's pathetic.

Mjea. Been done quite many times already.

Original
Remake

Jungfrukällan (1960)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Last House on the Left (2008)

Ringu: Kanzen-ban (1995) (though Ringu is based on a book, so basically all these are just adaptations of book)
Ringu (1998)
Ringu: Saishûshô (1999) (mini-series)
The Ring Virus (1999)
The Ring (2002)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)
The Shaggy Dog (1994)
The Shaggy Dog (2006)

etc. etc.

 

[CrimsonMist]

Re-Animator. I REALLY love Stuart Gordon's film, but i really felt that he missed the point. He didn't need to throw in all the gore and nudity(as great as it was). it didn't really feel like Lovecraft's story. That said, i would really like to see someone adapt Re-Animator again, making it more akin to the early Hammer Frankenstein films: a bit of gore, but really atmospheric, gothic and as a period piece taking place in the early 1900's. It can be scary, and rated R even. It'll have to have SOME gore in it, but nothing severe. It could be really good too.

 

[tyler-durden]

Mjea. Been done quite many times already.

Original
Remake

Jungfrukällan (1960)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Last House on the Left (2008)

Ringu: Kanzen-ban (1995) (though Ringu is based on a book, so basically all these are just adaptations of book)
Ringu (1998)
Ringu: Saishûshô (1999) (mini-series)
The Ring Virus (1999)
The Ring (2002)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)
The Shaggy Dog (1994)
The Shaggy Dog (2006)

etc. etc.

The Shaggy Dog was crap, so I really don't care, The Ring (02) was pretty good, I expect the new last house on the left to be crap so I really don't care.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Wizard of Oz (closer to book)
Gremlins (sequel please... remake isn't really needed)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Hancock (it will need it, ive seen a screening)
I am Legend... (much closer to the book please)
Short Circuit
The Adventures in Babysitting
Howard the Duck
Spider-man 3
X-men franchise
Ghostrider (give it a darker sequel, i don't think a remake has to be necessary)
Elektra
Jason and the Argonauts
Clash of the Titans
Metropolis (though i believe it's getting one)
Battle Royal (for american audiences)
Gone with the Wind
Annie
The King and I
Wicked (needs to be turned into a movie)
Swiss family robinson
Lost in Space
Bewitched (tv show accurate please)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Isle of Doctor Moreau
Flipper
Sisters
Little Shop of Horrors
Grease (technically i wouldn't want a remake.. but a movie based on it set in modern day, lance bass mentioned at one time wanting to do one with pop singers and songs which could possibly be kinda cool)
The Maltese Falcon
The Great Gatsby
West Side Story
Nosferatu
Tarzan

i'd also love for some animated films to be turned into live action... disney did a great job with 101 dalmations i think... so heres a few live action flicks i think disney could do very well with, even with some do better then there 2D films

-Treasure Planet
-Atlantis
-Sleeping Beauty (would love to see it live action)
-Lady and the Tramp
-Snow White
-Oliver in Company
-The Rescuers
-The Black Cauldron
-Bambi (it'd be pretty hard to do, but if done well i think it could be great)
-Alice in Wonderland (glad to see diz and tim burton will be doing this one)
-The little mermaid (near impossible to do with technology today, but i'd love to see it eventually)
-Beauty and the Beast
-Aladdin

 

[Carmine Falcone]

The Maltese Falcon

Care to elaborate?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Care to elaborate?

its a film noir movie made in the 40's?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(1941_film)

 

[Carmine Falcone]

its a film noir movie made in the 40's?

Jesus...of course I know the movie. I just don't see a reason to remake it. Boagrt is impossible to replace.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Jesus...of course I know the movie. I just don't see a reason to remake it. Boagrt is impossible to replace.

o... well most movies don't NEED to be remade.. but a remake could always be good, or a movie could be made in homage to it with a twist (like cruel intentions and the leo romeo and juliet)

 

[3dman27]

warriors of virtue

 

[Carmine Falcone]

o... well most movies don't NEED to be remade.. but a remake could always be good, or a movie could be made in homage to it with a twist (like cruel intentions and the leo romeo and juliet)

There've been plenty of flicks that payed homage to The Maltese Falcon.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

There've been plenty of flicks that payed homage to The Maltese Falcon.

well i'd love a heavily stylized remake with a modern twist

 

[tecnowraith]

Most of the films mentioned in this thread are being remade like Clash of the Titans. I second the Wraith, the

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ghost car

. I hear Wizard of Oz is getting twist remake from American Mcgee who did the game Alice which is also being done as a movie, not is still being done though. Superman is in need of a reboot. Short Circuit is also being remade as well. Either the Shadow or Tarzan is being remade by Sam Raimi.


How about Killer Klowns form Outer Space?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

actually todd mcfarlane has wizard of oz... and disney i also believe has the rights now to do a big epic series of oz movies ala narnia... american mcgee i believe just has the Alice movie which is stuck in movie purgatory