What popular film series will not be revamped, rebooted, sequelized or prequelized?
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MikeHattsu
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Because the movies are sacred and perfect and no one will ever want to try to measure up.
Lord of the Rings is. The Hobbit too. Odds are unless the studio that currently owns them wants to put something out soon-ish before the rights expire, if and when they go back to the Tolkien estate they'll never sell them again.
Sapphire Dreams
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I don't think they can capture that magic of the original movie ever again.
That may be but I'm willing to bet this happens eventually.
NaughtyCalibur
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I don't think they can capture that magic of the original movie ever again.
That "magic" hasn't exactly aged well in just over a decade, so give it a few more decades and it'll be done. Not to mention a lot of people were not happy with the final film, I think it only makes sense to give it another go.
I'm sure Judd Apatow would love to ruin those movies.
Chuck Norris
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I don't see HP getting a remake. The series if still too relevant including the movies. And it is far too epic in scope to do again. It's a seven year minimum project without the guarantee of crazy money that they originally had
Sapphire Dreams
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Believe me, I won't let it past Disney to do it if the endless sequels started to not generate enough revenue and believe me it'll happen.
AHA-Lambda
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Back to the Future
Anticitizen One
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Uh part 5 is in production and there are contracts in place for a 6th film
The only way I can see studios touching Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, etc is by doing an original story in relation to those ones. Like, Scarlett: The Later Years or some shit.
I can't see a remake happening.
They've made inquiries in the recent past about remaking it.
Well, that's just going to keep getting sequels.
I can't see a remake happening.
They've made inquiries in the recent past about remaking it.
Well, that's just going to keep getting sequels.
The only films I can see this really applying to are things like Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, or the Marx brothers. Pretty much anything else can be re-made, re-cast, updated or rebooted, even when it's inextricably linked to an actor.
Here are some sentences that I am certain have been uttered in some form in the past:
"Surely they will never make a Superman film without George Reeves!"
"There could never be a Psycho 2!"
"Flash Gordon is a dead series"
"Captain America can't come back, we already won WW2"
Here are some sentences that I am certain have been uttered in some form in the past:
"Surely they will never make a Superman film without George Reeves!"
"There could never be a Psycho 2!"
"Flash Gordon is a dead series"
"Captain America can't come back, we already won WW2"
Noisy Ninj4
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Blade Runner and the Princess Bride might have many spiritual successors, but I don't see a sequel or remake coming for either. Both would be squeezed out by the many movies with very similar themes.
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The Blade Runner sequel is closer than ever (...and still far away though). Ridley Scott said last year that it's a sure thing.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2012/10/12/prometheus-2-blade-runner-2-updates/
Doctor Ninja
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And for good reasons. The Dragon Ball movie is one of the worst movies I've seen in my life despite having a pretty decent cast like Chow Yun-fat and Ernie Hudson. I don't want hollywood to make another anime movie ever. They just don't understand anime, plain and simple.
PhantomZone
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They might try but they will fail
thesuperfunk
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Gremlins
Edit: also ... Cannonball Run
Edit: also ... Cannonball Run
teruterubozu
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Austin Powers
Looks like nobody wants to greenlight AP4. Poor Mike Meyers.
Looks like nobody wants to greenlight AP4. Poor Mike Meyers.
Dusk Soldier
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I could see them doing more of these. The last one I saw was Queen of the Damned. Didn't even know at the time that they were related.
Dusk Soldier
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Dragonball Z?
There is a new Dragonball Z movie every like 3 years.
It's only a matter of time before they try live-action again.
Any series in which the original titles aren't making money still, the original movies aren't considered to be that great by a large group of people, and the original book and movie have different views on how it looks...if it falls into that, it'll get remade.
For instance- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory got a remake with Depp as by then the original likely didn't make much money,there were enough split decisions on whether you loved it or hated it AND the book and movie were different in a few ways. Thus- there's not as much backlash.
BttF though I'm sure is still making money by the boat loads. They aren't on a streaming service, DVDs sell for $25+, all sorts of merchandise, and the younger crowds are still watching them. They aren't going to get remade for awhile or they'd get tons of backlash for ruining the originals with a remake. They may even be able to keep promoting the originals for years and years, because the backlash could be too big if they remade them.
For instance- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory got a remake with Depp as by then the original likely didn't make much money,there were enough split decisions on whether you loved it or hated it AND the book and movie were different in a few ways. Thus- there's not as much backlash.
BttF though I'm sure is still making money by the boat loads. They aren't on a streaming service, DVDs sell for $25+, all sorts of merchandise, and the younger crowds are still watching them. They aren't going to get remade for awhile or they'd get tons of backlash for ruining the originals with a remake. They may even be able to keep promoting the originals for years and years, because the backlash could be too big if they remade them.
I have no idea, but there's far too much reverence in Hollywood for Coppola, Brando, and Pacino to ever try it again. It's an impossible act to follow and everyone knows it.
At best, they could do a Godfather IV starring Michael's great-grandson or something, but by then, you're so far from the original that what's the point?
efyu_lemonardo
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caught part of this on TV a while ago, didn't seem all that awful, besides the unresolved ending. Why was it considered so bad? It's just light-hearted entertainment for kids.
Came in to post this too. I think if they ever revisit the property it'll be so different from the originals it might as well be considered a spinoff or an altogether different film based on a similar premise, with perhaps some superficial similarities.
I don't think they can capture that magic of the original movie ever again.
sixteen-bit
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The live action one with Emmy Rossum will never be rebooted or sequelized, yes.
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I can't see The Mighty Ducks getting remade ever again. There's no audience for that kind of thing anymore.
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Citizen Kane.
Casablanca.
The Godfather.
Apocalypse Now.
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Taxi Driver.
Basically anything that's already universally praised and well known.
Casablanca.
The Godfather.
Apocalypse Now.
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Taxi Driver.
Basically anything that's already universally praised and well known.
Once those eventually hit public domain they'll get remade.
Apocalypse Now's already an adapation of Heart of Darkness, anyway.
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Already got a sequel, with some of the cast returning and all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_(film)
layzie1989
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Oh you shut your mouth!
Nah, 30 years from now there will have been a new series. Harry Potter is going to be immortalized into fairy tale status, alongside Alice and Wonderland or Peter Pan.
From what I remember, the film adaptation of "Interview" was fairly accurate to the book, and did reasonably well at the Box Office. "Queen of the Damned" film was an abomination and cash grab.
Nothing is safe. They rebooted Robocop, Evil Dead and Total Recall. Anything is possible. As long as their is a CHANCE to make money they will do it.
At the end of the day I am the kind of person that is open to change. I love movies and for the most part I enjoy other people's interpretation of a popular film. Sometimes they add something better. The problem is most people HATE change and are stuck in their ways so seeing a different actor or different origin stories for their beloved characters drives them crazy.
My feelings toward Hollywood movies are they just need to entertain me.
At the end of the day I am the kind of person that is open to change. I love movies and for the most part I enjoy other people's interpretation of a popular film. Sometimes they add something better. The problem is most people HATE change and are stuck in their ways so seeing a different actor or different origin stories for their beloved characters drives them crazy.
My feelings toward Hollywood movies are they just need to entertain me.
Watch the show and you'll know.
AlteredForms
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I second this.
Sapphire Dreams
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Why would you wanna remake that? That show was built around Will Smith and his musical career at the time. It was a product of 90s and won't happen again.
Megalosaro
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2010 is the better of the two movies IMHO
I'm not sure where I wrote I wanted it remade?
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