remake

Silent Night, Deadly Night reboot slated for 2022

Posted 5 years ago

Merry Chirstmas to someone, I guess, as Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios (Jeepers Creepers: Reborn) have announced today that they've acquired the remake rights to the seminal slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night. The original film's producers Scott Schneid...

The Running Man: Edgar Wright to direct remake of the Stephen King novel

Posted 5 years ago

While we have yet to see Edgar Wright's COVID-delayed genre film Last Night in Soho, the fan-favorite filmmaker has lined up his next project. Wright will team with Paramount Pictures and producers Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon through Genre Films,...

Matthias Schoenaerts will play Django in TV series remake of classic western

Posted 5 years ago

One of the most influential spaghetti westerns of all-time is Sergio Corbucci's Django, which told the story of a mysterious gunslinger dragging a coffin who gets into the middle of a bloody fued between Confederate Red Shirts and a band...

English Train to Busan remake lands director Timo Tjahjanto

Posted 5 years ago

Timo Tjahjanto is climbing aboard New Line's remake of the South Korean blockbuster Train to Busan. I'm particularly excited about this news because Tjahjanto is the director behind two of my favorite martial arts action films, Headshot, and The Night Comes for...

Tim Burton’s new Netflix show based on grown-up Wednesday Addams

Posted 5 years ago

So it looks like that Netflix Addams Family streaming project that Tim Burton has been involved with for some time will apparently be about an adult-aged Wednesday Addams called, simply, Wednesday. Here's the synopsis:  The coming-of-age comedy, written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar and to be directed...

Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge team up for Mr. & Mrs. Smith series

Posted 5 years ago

Here's an interesting collaboration in the works — Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be teaming up for a new spin on Mr. & Mrs. Smith for Amazon Prime Video and New Regency. The project, which they have co-created with...

The King and I musical remake in the works from Paramount Pictures

Posted 5 years ago

It has been reported that Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill are developing a new take on The King and I, the classic musical from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Based on Margaret Landon's novel Anna and the King of Siam,...

Adam Wingard says his Face/Off movie will be a sequel not a remake

Posted 5 years ago

Update: Adam Wingard responded to the news of the Face/Off remake on Instagram, but he had something surprising to say — the remake isn't a remake at all, but rather a direct sequel. "I would NEVER re-imagine or remake FACE/OFF,"...

New Wizard of Oz film in the works from Watchmen director Nicole Kassell

Posted 5 years ago

It's time to follow the yellow brick road to remake-land as Deadline has reported that New Line Cinema is developing a feature-film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and have tapped Watchmen director Nicole Kassell to...

The Man Who Fell To Earth: Chiwetel Ejiofor to headline reboot of Bowie film

Posted 5 years ago

Oscar-nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is set to lead the upcoming Paramount+ series The Man Who Fell to Earth. Based on the Walter Tevis novel and Nicolas Roeg’s cult classic 1976 film starring David Bowie, the series will follow a new...

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