I was thinking not long ago that a remake of Barbarella might be interesting, if done right. And I just read in “Entertainment Weekly” that Robert Rodriguez is going to make one! Supposedly his version will be more similar to the original graphic novels. Sounds good.
Perhaps you mean “L.A. Confidential”?
How about Planet of the Apes, but based on the original French novel, La planète des singes, with the apes at our own level of technology. I’m jist not sure how to deal with the Jinn and Phillys reveal. Burton’s reimagining was horrible.
Grindhouse got me thinking along these lines, I would pay serious money to see a Robert Rodriquez remake of Frankenhooker
Wanna date?
I’ve got to disagree with all of you who think that Sunset Boulevard should be remade. I put it in the pantheon of Casablanca and To Kill a Mockingbird as movies which should never be remade, because they cannot be improved upon.
Soooo…are we talking Vin Deisel or The Rock here?
You say that now. What about when they ask Jim Carey or Will Farrel to play the lead?
Do you realize that Frankenhooker is itself essentially a remake of The Brain/Head that Wouldn’t Die?
Not only is the plot the same, but at the beginning you see the hero playing with a brain in a large beaker of water, and the brain has a huge eye in the front, just like in the poster for TB/HTWD:
Did you ever see the cartoon series Return to the Planet of the Apes? It was set on future Earth but the apes had 20th century technology. I thought it was rather an interesting alternate take on the concept.
I thought they’d just use CGI for Orko.
STARSHIP -effing- TROOPERS. brrr…
It’s funny that this thread should appear now, because earlier today I was thinking that if they had remade The Seven Year Itch in about 1974, it could have been a great movie, but if they remade it now it would probably stink.
On last year’s America’s Got Talent was this 7 ft tall flaming queen named Vladimir Malchikhin who looked perfect for the part of the blind “angel” from Barbarella. Surprisingly, there’s not a single picture of him I can find on the web. Given that he’s the most bizarre thing I’ve seen on TV (with or without the use of mind altering substances), I’m at a loss as to why this might be.
The remake is being made. Link
Nor do this movie without turning into a plotless action flick. It could be a great movie, but Hollywood couldn’t do it well.
What is wrong with you people?! Hollywood already has a very serious remake problem, in case you haven’t noticed. And they’re notoriously bad at it. There’s no sense in encouraging them. Same with the TV show movies. Boycott all remakes!!!
That might be because you have the wrong name. Vladimir was on the show, but he’s a relatively normal looking acrobat who does handstands as seen in this clip: http://www.talentedvideos.com/americas-got-talent/acrobat-vladimir-malachikhin/
THIS may be who you mean: http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4789
You…you don’t have any right to talk to me like that! My dreams are all I have… 
Ah, yes. That’s the fellow. I hope he’s managed to find himself a good gig.
I dont think anyone could play Mildred except Joan Crawford. What about Queen Latifah playing the lead in mommy dearest. That would be interesting.
Maybe* The Sting* with George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Maybe. Robert Redford and Paul Newman would be tough to follow, but I think Clooney and Pitt have enough chemistry to pull it off.
Midnight Cowboy should be remade, with Owen Wilson as Joe and Ben Stiller as Ratso.
Star Wars: A New Hope, starring Owen Wilson as Luke Skywalker, Vince Vaughn as Han Solo, and Christopher Walken as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Gandhi starring that Indian guy from Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Fuck Ben Kingsley.