# What remakes are in development? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125 "2005-11-21T19:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/1 "2005-11-21T19:29:08Z")
I was surprised to learn that Roger Corman’s low budget camp horror (pardon the redundancy- Roger Corman is by definition low budget camp horror) movie The [Hills Have Eyes](http://imdb.com/title/tt0077681/) (the uplifting and timely story of inbred cannibal hillbillies and the lost kids who love, or at least get eaten by, them) is being [remade](http://imdb.com/title/tt0454841/). Producers are currently debating Katie Holmes, Kate Hudson and others as the lead character in the big screen remake of [I Dream of Jeannie](http://imdb.com/title/tt0415863/). _The Producers_ (sorta kinda a remake) opens this season. Does anybody know of any other remakes of older movies or TV shows currently in the works? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/2 "2005-11-21T19:35:38Z")
Does [The Producers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395251/) count? It was a movie starring Zero Mostel, but was based on a musical (by Mel Brooks), then became another musical with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, and is now a movie that is scheduled for release this year. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/3 "2005-11-21T19:38:05Z")
KONG! KONG! KONG! Opens December 16th. I love films with giant apes in em. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/4 "2005-11-21T20:01:12Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Producers are currently debating Katie Holmes, Kate Hudson and others as the lead character in the big screen remake of [I Dream of Jeannie](http://imdb.com/title/tt0415863/). I vote for Gwen Stefani! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/5 "2005-11-21T20:09:59Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Does [The Producers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395251/) count? It was a movie starring Zero Mostel, but was based on a musical (by Mel Brooks), then became another musical with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, and is now a movie that is scheduled for release this year. Is that correct? I thought the Mel Brooks/Zero Mostel film was the first incarnation of this. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/6 "2005-11-21T20:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Does The Producers count? It was a movie starring Zero Mostel, but was based on a musical (by Mel Brooks), then became another musical with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, and is now a movie that is scheduled for release this year. You have one iteration too many in there – **The Producers** started out as the movie with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. I’ve never heard of a pre-existing stage musical. For the recent Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick stage version (soon to be released as a movie) Brooks wrote more songs in addition to the few in the original movie. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/7 "2005-11-21T20:33:04Z")
There’s talk of Steve Carrell (sp?) playing Maxwell Smart in an upcoming _Get Smart_ movie. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/8 "2005-11-21T20:39:49Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You have one iteration too many in there – **The Producers** started out as the movie with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. I’ve never heard of a pre-existing stage musical. For the recent Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick stage version (soon to be released as a movie) Brooks wrote more songs in addition to the few in the original movie. Thanks for the correction. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/9 "2005-11-21T21:04:05Z")
Yours, Mine and Ours is out: > **[Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443295/)** > > Yours, Mine & Ours: Directed by Raja Gosnell. With Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris, Katija Pevec. A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widow handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of her 10 and his 8 children. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House > **[Are We Done Yet? (2007) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422774/)** > > Are We Done Yet?: Directed by Steve Carr. With Ice Cube, Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen. Newlyweds Nick and Suzanne decide to move to the suburbs to provide a better life for their two kids. But their idea of a dream home is disturbed by a... VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/10 "2005-11-21T21:12:54Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > Yours, Mine and Ours is out: > [http://imdb.com/title/tt0443295/](http://imdb.com/title/tt0443295/) I actually liked the first version, except for the fact that Lucille Ball (with her smoke raped frog voice) was in her late 50s playing a pregnant woman! (The real woman was 38 when the book/movie came out, and with her two children by the husband brought the total of kids to 20.) I’m sure the _YM&O_ remake is brought about by the inexplicable success of another remake, _Cheaper by the Dozen_. That one majorly irked me because the real story was such a great 1920s period piece. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/11 "2005-11-21T21:27:02Z")
How about [Miami Vice](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430357/) with Colin Ferrel as Crockett and Jamie Foxx as Tubbs? ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/12 "2005-11-21T21:28:21Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House > [http://imdb.com/title/tt0422774/](http://imdb.com/title/tt0422774/) > > VCNJ~ With ICE CUBE?!? In the Cary Grant role? Who are they going to get for Myrna Loy’s part, Beyonce? I think I have to go lie down. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/13 "2005-11-21T21:35:06Z")
I can’t find any links at the moment, but I’m seen discussions on other boards about remakes of _Robocop_ and _Predator_. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/14 "2005-11-21T21:36:11Z")
[Poseiden](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409182/) - Just in case the [original](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069113/) and the recent made for [TV remake](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419358/) didn’t satisfy your capsized ocean liner jones. I’m not sure but [Slither](http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/slither/) looks like a remake of [Night of the Creeps](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091630/). ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/15 "2005-11-21T21:38:14Z")
**All the Kings Men** starring Sean Penn, Jude Law, Patricia Clarkson (mmm), and Kate Winslett (again - mmm) opens December 16th. This, by now, has pretty much already been worked (so is no longer _in the works_). **Miami Vice** (Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx) which will be Directed by Michael Mann. I don’t like Miami Vice but Michael Mann has directed some of my favorites (The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider) so I’m curious as to what he has in store. **Charlotte’s Web** starring Dakota Fanning, who appears to be the only girl working in Hollywood at the moment, the rest must have taken the last few years off. It also stars Julia Roberts, Oprah, Steve Buscemi, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Robert Redford, Andre Benjamin, Reba McEntire, Cedric the Entertainer. All but Dakota Fanning are voices. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/16 "2005-11-21T22:02:26Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > Yours, Mine and Ours is out: Saw the trailer, before Wallace & Grommet. Looked gawdawful. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/17 "2005-11-21T22:38:52Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > With ICE CUBE?!? In the Cary Grant role? Who are they going to get for Myrna Loy’s part, Beyonce? I think I have to go lie down. I guess the \*Philadelphia Story \* remake with Fifty Cent and Wanda Sykes fell through the tubes. Speaking of rapping remakes, isn’t _Great Gatsby_ being remade as a rap mogul. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/18 "2005-11-21T22:40:18Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > KONG! > KONG! > KONG! Oh, is it 3 o’clock already? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/19 "2005-11-21T22:47:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Speaking of rapping remakes, isn’t _Great Gatsby_ being remade as a rap mogul. That would be [G](http://imdb.com/title/tt0291928/), which was released earlier this year to mixed reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/20 "2005-11-21T23:04:30Z")
I just saw a trailer for a remake of _Fun with Dick and Jane_, a remake of the 1977 **George Segal** and \*\* Jane Fonda\*\* comedy about a down on their luck yuppy couple who turn to armed robbery to make ends meet. The new version stars **Jim Carrey** and **Téa Leoni**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125.md?page=2)