Movie News: Remakes/Reboots

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Excl: 'Burt Wonderstone' Writers on the Challenges of a New 'Vacation'

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
feedproxy.google.com – With The Incredible Burt Wonderstone coming to theaters on March 15th, we had an opportunity to sit down with the writers of that movie, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, to talk about the magician comedy. But our conversation spanned a variety of topics, including their upcoming directorial debut on the new Vacation movie with Ed Helms playing an older Rusty Griswold. 11 weeks 2 days ago via jetli
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'Tomb Raider' Reboot Intros Younger Lara Croft

variety.com – If it worked for Batman and James Bond, why not Lara Croft? When the producers behind the now 17-year-old “Tomb Raider” videogame franchise considered options to breathe new life into the series... 11 weeks 4 days ago via jackiechan
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Fox 2000 Remaking Swedish Hit 'Patrik, Age 1.5' (Exclusive)

Fox
feedproxy.google.com – "Here Comes the Boom" writer Allan Loeb has been tapped to pen the English-language remake, which will be produced by Laurence Mark and Nigel Sinclair. 11 weeks 4 days ago via brucelee
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Ed Helms and family are headed back to Wally World in the Vacation reboot

joblo.com – As the VACATION reboot/spin-off has been developing, questions have been arising on what the plot will consist of. Well, now we know where the road will take grown-up Rusty Griswold played by Ed Helms. First, writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein set the record straight on which of the four Rusty's Helms grew up to be, “I guess the first Rusty. 12 weeks 2 days ago via theothersenhman
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BRUCE ALMIGHTY Director Tom Shadyac May Helm THE INTOUCHABLES Remake

collider.com – Moves are being made on The Weinstein Company’s English-language remake of the smash hit French film The Intouchables. The story follows a wealthy white aristocrat who suffers a tragic paragliding accident that leaves him a quadriplegic. After cycling through a number of caretakers, the man bonds with a young, troubled immigrant caregiver.

12 weeks 2 days ago via jetli
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Seth Grahame-Smith Polishes 'Fantastic Four' Reboot (Exclusive)

Seth Grahame-Smith
feedproxy.google.com – "Chronicle" helmer Josh Trank is directing the Marvel Comics-based movie, while Matthew Vaughn is producing. 12 weeks 4 days ago via jetli
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'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Director Niels Arden Oplev To Reportedly Helm 'Flatliners' Remake

Niels Arden Oplev
fb.indiewire.com – Well, here's a remake we forgot about. Way back in the summer of 2011, Sony tapped "Source Code" writer Ben Ripley to pen their remake of the 1990 horror flick "Flatliners," which the studio has been developing since as far back as 2008 when it was conceived as a TV series, with Michael Douglas once mooted to star. 12 weeks 4 days ago via jetli
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Could James McAvoy Be The New Crow?

darkhorizons.com – James McAvoy ("Atonement," "X-Men: First Class") is reportedly circling the long-gestating reboot of "The Crow" franchise at Relativity. Should he accept, McAvoy would star as a musician who is murdered while trying to save his fiancée from thugs. He is brought back from the dead by supernatural forces and seeks revenge.

12 weeks 5 days ago via theothersenhman
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Which Academy Award winning actor is attached to play Spawn in the upcoming reboot?

joblo.com – Interesting news comes to us from MTV Geek today in the way of the SPAWN reboot. The network blog caught up with creator Todd McFarlane at Toy Fair 2013 to discuss the upcoming film. McFarlane says that there is an Academy Award winning actor just waiting to get a script on the project: I continue to write a page here and there… we’ve got a guy waiting in the sidelines who’s an Academy Award winning actor... Read More... 14 weeks 1 day ago via theothersenhman
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Starving for Mummy Reboot, Universal Hires Hunger Games Screenwriter to Pen Competing Script

vulture.com – The summer of 2012 left a smoking crater in Universal Pictures’ balance sheet thanks to Battleship, so it was no shock that the studio would look to reboot The Mummy, a proven franchise whose four films have grossed a combined $1.4 billion in worldwide box office. But what is surprising is how the studio is going about rebooting the project, which is being produced by Joe Roth and directed by the Underworld franchise's Len Wiseman. 14 weeks 2 days ago via jetli
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MGM Rebooting 'Shrinking Man' With Author Richard Matheson and Son Writing (Exclusive)

MGM
feedproxy.google.com – The 1956 novel formed the basis for "The Incredible Shrinking Man." 14 weeks 3 days ago via brucelee
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Universal and Illumination Remaking 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
feedproxy.google.com – After teaming up to bring Dr. Seuss' tales such as The Lorax and Horton Hears a Who to the big screen, Universal Pictures and Illuminaton Entertainment are teaming up again to animate one of the authors rhyming stories. However, this time will mark the first collaboration adapting a book that has already seen two different versions made. 15 weeks 2 days ago via jetli
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Fox books screenwriter for 'Ghost Graduation'

Fox
variety.com – Fox's remake of "Ghost Graduation" is headed toward materializing with Iain Morris ("The Inbetweeners") on board to pen the script for producer Overbrook Entertainment. 15 weeks 2 days ago via jackiechan
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John Woo's Remake Of Jean-Pierre Melville's 'Le Samourai' Still In The Works, Will Be Set In Berlin

fb.indiewire.com – It seems that John Woo just can't leave the films of Jean-Pierre Melville alone. Back in 2004, he was attached to remake "Le Cercle Rouge," and that didn't happen with the movie bouncing around a few more directors until James Mangold was the latest name linked last year. And then a few years ago, he was talking up remaking "Le Samourai," and it seems it's something he's not only still planning on doing, he's even got a location figured out. 16 weeks 3 days ago via jackiechan
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Details Revealed For 'Leprechaun: Origins'

comingsoon.net – News broke early last year that Lionsgate and WWE have plans to reboot the Leprechaun franchise and, today, CraveOnline caught up with WWE Studios President Michael Luisi to discuss his plans for the new film. 17 weeks 3 days ago via brucelee
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