# What films or TV shows are (inevitably) going to be remade? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228 "2005-07-12T20:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/1 "2005-07-12T20:07:27Z")
Tangentially related to [thread=325150]this thread[/thread], what recent/current films (well, made in the last 30 years) and television shows will be remade or readapted in some fashion? (Not counting films, like _War of the Worlds_ that are already remakes.) Sooner or later, I fear someone is going to try to remake _Chinatown_. Ditto for _Apocalypse Now_, albeit probably placed in a different setting. _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ is an inevitable choice, and I’m a little surprised that no one has yet tried to Americanize [Cidade de Deus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/) (_City of God_) or [La cité des enfants perdus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/) (_City of Lost Children_). Here’s to hoping no one ever makes a stab at _Brazil_ or _Being John Malkovich_. What else? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/2 "2005-07-12T21:03:29Z")
There seems to be a glut on remaking popular 60’s sitcoms, so what ones haven’t been remade yet: The Munsters and cartoons: Live Action Speed Racer Live Action Astro Boy (Or maybe an animated Astro Boy movie) I’d really like to see a Live Action Sailor Moon movie starring the Japanese TV series actors, but I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/3 "2005-07-12T21:23:55Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > There seems to be a glut on remaking popular 60’s sitcoms, so what ones haven’t been remade yet: > > The Munsters > > and cartoons: > Live Action Speed Racer > Live Action Astro Boy (Or maybe an animated Astro Boy movie) > I’d really like to see a Live Action Sailor Moon movie starring the Japanese TV series actors, but I doubt it. Voltron the movie? I’d watch it. 🙂 Let’s also not forget old horror films. Fall of the House of Usher? I can almost see Christopher Walken as the brother in that one. I always thought a remake of Rocky Horror Picture show could be entertaining, if rather pointless. Have Frank played by Chris Tucker (admit it, it would at least have trainwreck entertainment value) Lots of 80’s cop movies that could easily be remade, Tango and Cash comes to mind. (Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather they not remake that movie, but they could) Can’t think of anything else off the top of my head. Lots of stuff that I do think of happens to be located in the Parthenon Of Movies That Shouldn’t Be Messed With. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/4 "2005-07-12T22:58:01Z")
**Seinfeld: the Motion Picture** Starring: Jason Schwartzmann as Jerry Seinfeld Frankie Muniz (in a fat suit) as George Costanza Katie Holmes as Elaine Benes the guy who played “Screech” on _Saved By The Bell_ as Kramer and Horatio Sanz as Nnnewman!! Cuz let’s face it. It’s gonna happen eventually. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/5 "2005-07-12T23:03:14Z")
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” “Ghostbusters” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/6 "2005-07-12T23:05:57Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > There seems to be a glut on remaking popular 60’s sitcoms, so what ones haven’t been remade yet: > > The Munsters > > and cartoons: > Live Action Speed Racer > Live Action Astro Boy (Or maybe an animated Astro Boy movie) > I’d really like to see a Live Action Sailor Moon movie starring the Japanese TV series actors, but I doubt it. How about “Ultraman - the Motion Picture”. (Does anybody remember Ultraman? Or Johnny Sokko’s Flying Robot?) ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/7 "2005-07-12T23:28:15Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > There seems to be a glut on remaking popular 60’s sitcoms, so what ones haven’t been remade yet: > > The Munsters. How did you miss [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113296/)? ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/8 "2005-07-13T00:43:01Z")
Burn me for a heretic, but the older I get the more I find myself hoping that my grandchilren’s generation will remake **Star Wars**. Or at least episodes I, II, III, and VI. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/9 "2005-07-13T00:45:57Z")
At some point, there has got to be a movie-length, live-action version of **The Simpsons**. When it happens, I sure hope they cast William H. Macy as Ned Flanders. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/10 "2005-07-13T00:50:21Z")
\*\* My Mother the Car - the Motion Picture\*\* :eek: and yes **Shoeless** I do remember Ultraman. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/11 "2005-07-13T01:33:24Z")
> [@Julius Henry](#): > > How did you miss [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113296/)? hey, that movie didn’t suck! Edward Herrmann & Robert Morse did nicely as Herman & Grampa. Now, the John Schuck TV remake on the other hand… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/12 "2005-07-13T06:20:56Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > At some point, there has got to be a movie-length, live-action version of **The Simpsons**. > > When it happens, I sure hope they cast William H. Macy as Ned Flanders. From Macy’s [IMDB bio](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000513/bio), “The writers and producers of “The Simpsons” (1989) have joked semi-seriously that if there was ever a live action version of the show, then he would be the perfect choice to play Ned Flanders.” ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/13 "2005-07-13T07:06:34Z")
The Smurfs. Reimagined maybe? ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/14 "2005-07-13T08:05:46Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” This one could be good in a different setting. I think one of Tarantino’s ideas for a movie, Inglorious Bastards, was supposed to be like TGtBatU set in WWII. If it was done correctly, it could make for a really kickass movie. I don’t know who could possibly replace the original actors though. Also, I weep for the day when someone remakes Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/15 "2005-07-13T10:36:26Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > Ditto for _Apocalypse Now_, albeit probably placed in a different setting. Like, maybe a period piece, where the protagonist goes upriver in colonial Africa, say? :dubious: I hear a remake of “Logan’s Run” is in the works (From the trailer, I tyhought “The Island” was it, but I guess not) I’m sure more 80s TV is ripe for pillaging - an “A-Team” movie, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/16 "2005-07-13T15:45:12Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > I’m a little surprised that no one has yet tried to Americanize … [La cité des enfants perdus](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/) (_City of Lost Children_). Ya mean like [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360480/)? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/17 "2005-07-13T16:14:55Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I hear a remake of “Logan’s Run” is in the works (From the trailer, I tyhought “The Island” was it, but I guess not) > > I’m sure more 80s TV is ripe for pillaging - an “A-Team” movie, anyone? For the A-Team remake, can we get Katie Sakhoff? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/18 "2005-07-13T16:50:41Z")
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Actually kind of likely if the broadway show is a big enough hit. The Hobbit. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/19 "2005-07-13T16:55:05Z")
Perfect candidate: **The Day of the Triffids**. You could make a really good film of the book (or any of Wyndham’s novels) nowadays, and as a bonus, the first movie was so bad you won’t have anyone complaining about the remake. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228/20 "2005-07-13T17:01:41Z")
> [@Nanook of the North Shore](#): > > Ya mean like [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360480/)? You know that’s a video game right? I don’t think it counts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-films-or-tv-shows-are-inevitably-going-to-be-remade/312228.md?page=2)