Warner Bros. to Reboot Lethal Weapon

[Mrs. Sawyer]

M**********r!

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

in the name of all that is holy....FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU**!!!

first the Karate Kid, now Lethal Weapon

what's next? remakes of Goonies, Back To The Future, Breakfast Club, Die Hard, etc??

 

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

I can't wait for a big Jaws remake announcement. Not because I want it, but because I can't to come on here and see the bodies everywhere.

 

[Octoberist]

I can't see this going anywhere to be honest.

 

[Valaquen]

They'll put a load of explosions in the trailer, a few one-liners, and people will queue to see it. Result - $$$. What a damn shame

 

[dark_b]

they will use the line '' i am to old for this s...'' in the trailer.

and we will cry

 

[dude stannis]

Jesus Christ no. This remake nonsense has officially gone too far. We need to flood them with hate mail, I'm not talking petitions, I mean literal hate mail, letters and e-mails. Doesn't Stallone want to do Tango & Cash 2? The man's got a hat trick of hits, let him make T&C2.

 

[jmc]

Why? Just.......why?

 

[Punisher Rising]

I'm kind of shocked by this news. I really shouldn't be but it just doesn't feel right. I'm not entirely against remakes / reboots either but some things are better left alone or need more time.

My same sentiments. IMO, Lethal Weapon isn't in need of neither a remake or reboot.

 

[dude stannis]

Anyone who has an iota of love for cinema, I beg you to do the same thing, I'm gonna do, the right thing. All it takes is the most minuscule effort to write to Warner's and tell them to stop. A quick e-mail, or if you've got a spare ten or fifteen minutes a well written letter will not be a burden on you. Please guys, lets step up.

Mail them here:

4000 Warner Blvd Burbank CA 91522

or

E-mail here

 

[Two-Face]

WTF? Why WB?

 

[marvelman2006]

This is what happens when you put idiots in control of multi million dollar movies companies and give them the mindset of allowing no new ideas. I dont understand the lure of remaking every 80's movie and being stuck in that era. I can understand if you want your audience to know about those movies but christ there classics for a reason. Instead of trying to remake movies like lethal weapon, total recall, karate kid and others just pay some new, younger and hungry writers who have ideas and make new movies for the audience. I dont know why there is such a scare like mindset from hollywood to make new movies. besides avatar and district 9 what was the last big original idea hollywood churnned out?

 

[dark_b]

i will do my part by not paying money for the ticket.

if i get free tickets i will watch it in the theater or i will rent it. but i will not pay money.

 

[Rocketman]

Obviously this movie needs Channing Tatum and Tyler Perry. I probably shouldn't have said that. WB might be reading this and get inspiration.

But seriously. I hope you guys are ready for a Back To The Future remake. It's going to happen. It really is inevitable. The entire world will weep. I keep telling myself everyday, "Today is the day that they will announce the Back To The Future remake," and I have to look in the mirror and emotionally prepare myself for about five minutes, because I'd probably hang myself otherwise. I suggest you do the same, because it's coming. Get ready.

 

[Rocketman]

This is what happens when you put idiots in control of multi million dollar movies companies and give them the mindset of allowing no new ideas. I dont understand the lure of remaking every 80's movie and being stuck in that era. I can understand if you want your audience to know about those movies but christ there classics for a reason. Instead of trying to remake movies like lethal weapon, total recall, karate kid and others just pay some new, younger and hungry writers who have ideas and make new movies for the audience. I dont know why there is such a scare like mindset from hollywood to make new movies. besides avatar and district 9 what was the last big original idea hollywood churnned out?

Inception.

The thing that boggles my mind is that WB is remaking Lethal Weapon after Inception made a butt-load of money. Did they forget? Why is "original" such a four-letter word to these people? I'm assuming (at this point) that WB made a special deal with Nolan where since TDK made a zillion dollars, Nolan was allowed to do whatever he wanted with an unlimited budget, since there was plenty of profit to throw around, and Inception was the result. They need to just do that all the time.

What I see happening in the future is Nolan leaving WB, and WB will be the new Fox from the early-to-mid 2000s. It's all a big cycle. Fox gave us nothing but turds, and now it's WB's turn to remake Lethal Weapon.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Remaking The Wild Bunch is even worse than remaking Lethal Weapon

 

[Two-Face]

Obviously this movie needs Channing Tatum and Tyler Perry. I probably shouldn't have said that. WB might be reading this and get inspiration.

But seriously. I hope you guys are ready for a Back To The Future remake. It's going to happen. It really is inevitable. The entire world will weep. I keep telling myself everyday, "Today is the day that they will announce the Back To The Future remake," and I have to look in the mirror and emotionally prepare myself for about five minutes, because I'd probably hang myself otherwise. I suggest you do the same, because it's coming. Get ready.

Oh no please I don't want to see that.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

This is what happens when you put idiots in control of multi million dollar movies companies and give them the mindset of allowing no new ideas. I dont understand the lure of remaking every 80's movie and being stuck in that era. I can understand if you want your audience to know about those movies but christ there classics for a reason. Instead of trying to remake movies like lethal weapon, total recall, karate kid and others just pay some new, younger and hungry writers who have ideas and make new movies for the audience. I dont know why there is such a scare like mindset from hollywood to make new movies. besides avatar and district 9 what was the last big original idea hollywood churnned out?

Hollywood's still scared to take risks. It shouldn't be a mystery that Hollywood hates spending money so they always want a sure thing, and studios think that remakes and reboots are sure things (I'm not saying sequels because sequels 95% of the time are sure things financially.)The reason those films made money is because they all had a big name backing it (Cameron with Avatar, Nolan with Inception, and Jackson producing District 9).

Inception.

The thing that boggles my mind is that WB is remaking Lethal Weapon after Inception made a butt-load of money. Did they forget? Why is "original" such a four-letter word to these people? I'm assuming (at this point) that WB made a special deal with Nolan where since TDK made a zillion dollars, Nolan was allowed to do whatever he wanted with an unlimited budget, since there was plenty of profit to throw around, and Inception was the result. They need to just do that all the time.

What I see happening in the future is Nolan leaving WB, and WB will be the new Fox from the early-to-mid 2000s. It's all a big cycle. Fox gave us nothing but turds, and now it's WB's turn to remake Lethal Weapon.

I think it's too early to call WB the new Fox. Just because it's a reboot no one wants doesn't mean it will exactly suck. The Karate Kid wasn't bad at all and surprised many (I still didn't it in theaters though). Maybe this will surprise.

Spoiler

But it's going to take a lot to get me to see. Those a******s are rebooting what is my most favorite action film ever, so they better not suck!

 

[MadVillainy]

I can't see this going anywhere to be honest.

same...

 

[chapin]

please Hollywood.. enough remakes and reboots. Instead why not tried something like: Originality (something new and creative please)

A Lethal Weapon reboot is a dumb idea

 

[marvelman2006]

Inception.

The thing that boggles my mind is that WB is remaking Lethal Weapon after Inception made a butt-load of money. Did they forget? Why is "original" such a four-letter word to these people? I'm assuming (at this point) that WB made a special deal with Nolan where since TDK made a zillion dollars, Nolan was allowed to do whatever he wanted with an unlimited budget, since there was plenty of profit to throw around, and Inception was the result. They need to just do that all the time.

What I see happening in the future is Nolan leaving WB, and WB will be the new Fox from the early-to-mid 2000s. It's all a big cycle. Fox gave us nothing but turds, and now it's WB's turn to remake Lethal Weapon.

your right how the heck did I forget inception. I think your right though and maybe nolan does have something in his contract to that extent that gives him the option to make a movie like inception. I also think they didnt want to tick nolan off to the point he didnt want to do the 3rd batman.

 

[marvelman2006]

Hollywood's still scared to take risks. It shouldn't be a mystery that Hollywood hates spending money so they always want a sure thing, and studios think that remakes and reboots are sure things (I'm not saying sequels because sequels 95% of the time are sure things financially.)The reason those films made money is because they all had a big name backing it (Cameron with Avatar, Nolan with Inception, and Jackson producing District 9).



I think it's too early to call WB the new Fox. Just because it's a reboot no one wants doesn't mean it will exactly suck. The Karate Kid wasn't bad at all and surprised many (I still didn't it in theaters though). Maybe this will surprise.

I completely agree on the spending part, but I think they could end up screwing themselves with sales, maybe not this year or next but a time will come when the public is just fed up with remakes, reboots, revivals or whatever you want to call it. the same arguement could be made for sequels, just look at the saw franchise (there actually trying to revive the cow because the milk ran out 5 years ago). If they remake it though I can see riggs being chris klein and Murtaugh being jamie foxx, come one you know you want that.

I actually saw the karate kid remake in my gym cinema at golds the other day, while it was decent it was too close to the original with the story only more crappy. you cant replace "wax on wax off" with "jacket on jacket off" and make the hero a 12 year old kid instead of a teenager in high school. I blame will smith for that one.

 

[Sundancer]

I love how people get so upset about something that is...maybe just was... being talked about.


So much in Hollywood doesn't happen.


The title of this thread is misleading.

 

[The Shape]

There are many reboots and remakes that I don't mind or even care about. But why reboot a property that was mainly a draw because of the original ACTORS involved? There's no way to recapture the chemistry between Gibson and Glover, so why bother? Mind boggling.

 

[The Shape]

I love how people get so upset about something that is...maybe just was... being talked about.


So much in Hollywood doesn't happen.


The title of this thread is misleading.

Even if it doesn't happen, which I'm assuming it WON'T, why discuss it or even put it on the table?