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Just found out Romancing the Stone is getting a remake. It's due in 2011.
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So any other remakes you know of which is due in the near future?
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So any other remakes you know of which is due in the near future?
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In about 15-20 it will be lots of films and TV series from the 90's getting the remakes as the next batch of kids grown up arrive.
Jump forward another 15-20 years and it will be remakes of the film in the last 10 years. No doubt a film version of Heroes, Prison Break and 24.
Other films that have been re made is Bad Lieutenant(this time with Nicholas Cage).
Plus both The Long Good Friday, and Mona Lisa are getting US remakes.
One day we can expect Citizen Kane getting remade!
It Can't be that hard to think of an original movie, i could probally think up about 20 in an hour.
It's a lot different to the original, and made by a top notch film maker.
Stephen Kings IT,i heard the script got handed in just after new year.
Jeepers creepers 3 starts filming soon.
Escape from New York remake has been given the green light,id rather see a part3 than a remake,supposedly John Carpenter has a script called Escape from Earth.
Don't mean to be pedantic, but Jeepers creepers 3 isn't a remake it's a sequel, and The Thing is a prequel.
why would hollywood & the british film industry be running out of ideas?
I am giving up with watching new films. No new or original ideas in Hollywood at all.
European cinema is amazing but it's (a) not in English so no one will watch and (b) doesn't have millions spent on shiny CGI to make cities look fantastic.
I am going to crawl under a rug and watch German films from now on, danke.
non-English should not be a barrier to watching a film, and I pity the fools (in best B.A voice) who miss out on such treats because they lack the brain power to handle it. As for "they lack CGI to make cities look great", well I disagree, not with the lack of CGI, but cinematography of many world cinema films is fantastic, just by using natural locations and good visual techniques. Motorcycle diaries - a film with superb vistas, and any film by J. P Jeunet - a visual treat better than any CGI bollocks!
The 1950s version is an all time classic with an important and logical message.
We had newly aquaired nukes....and, the means to put them into space, hence, we became a Threat to "them out there". So, they came here, and said "Play nice, dont you DARE take those things out into space, or we'll turn this rock into ash"......
New version. Aliens came down to stop us messing up OUR planet. So we were NO threat to "them out there", so why would they give a damn? And then, he turns off electricity at the end, which would result in the deaths of billions, through war, starvation, sickness...etc...........pointless all round.
The special effects in the 1950s version were better too..... :cool:
I think it is pretty easy to see where this is all going.
Hollywood has run out of ideas. Can they remake RoboCop again after this new rmake? Remakes of remakes? No, I think, like TV to a certaion degree, film is becoming obsolete.
The future? Games.
Why watch a film, when you can take part in one.......? Was'nt some war game released this year the biggest "Entertainment release of all time" made billions. Probably beaten by Avatar, but thats a video game too, with fans saying "they want to live in Pandora".......Cant do that with a film, but you could in a simulation.....
I don't think movies are becoming obsolete, nor do I think Hollywood has run out of ideas. I just think that the studios are unwilling to financially back new ideas in this current economic climate. Taking a punt on a tried and tested story, with the added nostalgia factor is likely to guarantee a better box office draw than a brand new pitch.