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Mannequin Is Getting A Movie Make-Over

Prepare your two-tone sunglasses — Mannequin is getting remade. And this is one remake that actually has potential to rock, if they do it justice. Moviehloe is reporting that Gladden Entertainment is in the early development stages to bring back the unsung classic about a mannequin who comes to life. But for this remake be…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 18

Remake Fever Claims Cronenberg’s Mutant Babies

Cronenberg’s terrifying mutant-baby film The Brood is the next classic to be revamped and updated. Brack Eisner, who directed The Crazies remake, will be remaking The Brood next. According to The LA Times Eisner is set to direct the latest remake. And it sounds, thank goodness, as if the film will be sticking to the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 17

Ali Larter Will Rock A Silver Miniskirt In UFO, But Can She Help Christopher Nolan-Ize It?

The remake of Gerry Anderson‘s ultra-campy alien-fighting TV series UFO will be deadly serious, along the lines of Batman Begins or Casino Royale, insists director Matthew Gratzner. But is it a bad sign that Ali Larter is set to co-star? https://gizmodo.com/joshua-jackson-to-fight-ufos-in-the-1970s-5410880 Larter is in talks to play Virginia Lake, the “strong but feminine” woman at…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 11

James Cameron’s Next Big Science Fiction Movie Is “Fantastic Voyage”

Scratch those dreams of James Cameron directing a version of Seven Samurai in space — his new mystery project with Shane Salermo isn’t the Samurai riff, and Cameron’s not directing it. https://gizmodo.com/james-cameron-could-launch-the-seven-samurai-into-space-5422695 MTV managed to ask Cameron about reports that he and veteran screenwriter Salermo were collaborating on a new film, and he explained that…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 11

Mad Men/Buffy Writer Bringing Back Fright Night

In May we railed against the news that Hollywood would be remaking classic 80s vampire flick Fright Night. But news that Marti Noxon, Mad Men writer and former Buffy showrunner, will pen the script has given us hope. https://gizmodo.com/will-a-fright-night-remake-doom-all-past-vampires-to-de-5253372 THR broke the news of Noxon’s involvement, and also revealed that… The new version will keep…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 12

3D Anime Reboot of “Night Of The Living Dead”?

Because we are completely out of new ideas, Night of The Living Dead will be remade again, but in CG 3D. It’s an origins story and Romero is not involved. THR is reporting that director Zebediah de Soto will tackle this new story with what they are calling “an American-style anime” executed using new technology.…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 16

Yellow Submarine Remake? It’s All Too Much

Disney have officially announced their motion-capture CGI 3D remake of the Beatles‘ Yellow Submarine. The remaining Beatles have given their blessing, but we can’t help but wonder whether this is finally one remake too far. The official announcement was made over the weekend, and the accompanying press release quotes Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook as…

Movies Graeme McMillan Sep 14

X-Files Next For Reboot Treatment?

Gillian Anderson has been talking about appearing in a third X-Files movie, but does that mean that we should expect more of I Want To Believe’s Scully/Mulder love story? Possibly not, if a particular rumor turns out to be true. Bloody Disgusting are reporting that Anderson’s comments to the effect that we can expect a…

Movies Graeme McMillan Aug 22

Vote For Your Baby Vampire In The Let The Right One In Remake

Three long-haired ingenues are vying for the role of vampire Eli, now dreadfully renamed Abby, in the U.S. Let The Right One In remake. Sift through their casting tapes and vote on which girl has the doorway-hemorrhaging goods. The crew over at Slashfilm was tipped off with a casting tape of the latest casting reels…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 15

Let The Right One In Remake Puts Eli In Leggings

Worried about the adaptation of your favorite Swedish vampire story? Well, there may be some cause for concern — the latest concept art puts the androgynous vampire Eli in tights. Slashfilm got hold of some of the concept posters for the American adaptation of Let The Right One In, now titled Let Me In. I…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 14

Let The Right One In Remake Casting Starts Down The Road

The rumor mill is starting to churn up names of hopeful young actors to replace the luminous youths from the beloved Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In, to be retitled Let Me In in the US. First up is Kodi Smit-McPhee, who plays future son to Viggo Mortensen in the hopefully bleak and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 13

Just How Dark Will Alien Nation And New Quantum Leap Reboots Go?

Firefly’s Tim Minear is already hard at work on the Syfy Channel’s reboot of Alien Nation, and we asked the Syfy execs about it. But that’s not the only classic they’re looking at restarting: Quantum Leap could make a comeback. Syfy Creative Director of Original Programming Mark Stern sat with us and talked about the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 7

Will Syfy’s Alien Nation Reboot Be The Next BSG?

The Syfy Channel is rebooting another classic series, with a brand new Alien Nation. No doubt hoping to pull down BSG numbers, they’ve even brought in Tim “Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse” Minear to write the new series. The original 80s feature gave birth to a Fox series that focused on the lives of a bunch of…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 1

Teen Wolf Remake Rips Out Last Shred Of Were-Dignity

Warner Brothers needs writers for their Teen Wolf remake. They should try the seventh level of Hell, because I can’t imagine what kind of evil-doer would attempt to recreate the original’s brilliant 80s camp. A POX ON THIS. Movie Hole is reporting that WB is hunting for writers to reboot Teen Wolf, and they’re not…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 19

RoboCop Crushed By Natalie Portman’s Ballerina

Good news for remake-haters, bad news for cyborg-lovers. We reported the other day that Darren Aronofsky‘s RoboCop remake was delayed until at least 2011, and now it looks like it’ll be a lot longer. Aronofsky’s making a supernatural ballerina movie. https://gizmodo.com/aronofskys-robocop-delayed-until-2011-5288733 Natalie Portman is attached to star in Aronofsy’s film Black Swan, about an aging…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 16

Todd McFarlane Wants DiCaprio to Star in “Spawn” Reboot

Can casting Leonardo DiCaprio in an updated version of Spawn make fans forget the sucky 1997 movie? Creator Todd McFarlane believes it can. McFarlane tells MTV News that he’d like to cast DiCaprio in his remake-that’s-not-a-remake. Not that DiCaprio would play the undead antihero. “The main character isn’t Spawn, per se, it’s the guy chasing…

Movies Gary Susman Jun 10

Short Circuit Remake Gets A Screenwriter

Rumors of a remake of the eighties robot comedy Short Circuit have been circulating for over a year, but yesterday the project just got a lot more serious with the announcement of an experienced comedy screenwriter. https://gizmodo.com/johnny-5-apparently-still-alive-22-years-later-375977 Screenwriter Dan Milano comes to the project with the kind of comedy background that gives me some hope…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins Jun 4

Total Recall Reboot Gets A Screenwriter, Let The Judging Begin

What do you do when a reboot you’re morally opposed to gets an interesting screenwriter? Kurt Wimmer will be rebootingTotal Recall. Wimmer, of course, wrote and directed both Equilibrium and Ultraviolet. Does that calm your nerves or inflame them? Wimmer’s also worked on highly praised films such as The Thomas Crown Affair, and I’m imagining…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3

Disney Remakes Flight Of The Navigator Because You Don’t Have Enough Money To Stop Them

While thumbing through the catalog of ideas from my childhood they should ruin, Disney has stopped at the cult favorite The Flight Of The Navigator. If they replace Paul Reubens with someone like Robin Williams as the voice of the lovable mechanical alien, there will be pain. Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs,Arrested Development) is writing the…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 26

Will A Fright Night Remake Doom All Past Vampires To Death By YARM?

A Fright Night remake bring back the can’t-miss combo of fearsome vampires and 80s horror comedy. Are there even enough of the hambone-type of actors still around to make this YARM interesting? The trades are reporting that DreamWorks has its sights on the Fright Night vampires from the 80s. Honestly, I’m very confused by this…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 14

Mannequin Is Getting A Movie Make-Over

Remake Fever Claims Cronenberg’s Mutant Babies

Ali Larter Will Rock A Silver Miniskirt In UFO, But Can She Help Christopher Nolan-Ize It?

James Cameron’s Next Big Science Fiction Movie Is “Fantastic Voyage”

Mad Men/Buffy Writer Bringing Back Fright Night

3D Anime Reboot of “Night Of The Living Dead”?

Yellow Submarine Remake? It’s All Too Much

X-Files Next For Reboot Treatment?

Vote For Your Baby Vampire In The Let The Right One In Remake

Let The Right One In Remake Puts Eli In Leggings

Let The Right One In Remake Casting Starts Down The Road

Just How Dark Will Alien Nation And New Quantum Leap Reboots Go?

Will Syfy’s Alien Nation Reboot Be The Next BSG?

Teen Wolf Remake Rips Out Last Shred Of Were-Dignity

RoboCop Crushed By Natalie Portman’s Ballerina

Todd McFarlane Wants DiCaprio to Star in “Spawn” Reboot

Short Circuit Remake Gets A Screenwriter

Total Recall Reboot Gets A Screenwriter, Let The Judging Begin

Disney Remakes Flight Of The Navigator Because You Don’t Have Enough Money To Stop Them

Will A Fright Night Remake Doom All Past Vampires To Death By YARM?

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