# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/21 "2005-11-21T23:21:38Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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/) Pst…The Hills Have Eyes was Wes Craven, not Roger Corman. I’d probably like to see this. I enjoyed the first one, and I’m fond of remakes. ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/22 "2005-11-21T23:23:30Z")
Purvis & Wade (aka the idiots who gave us the last two James Bond movies) are taking a stab at a serious [Casino Royale](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381061/combined). If they’re keeping their cartoonish Bond, this’ll be the third in a row that I won’t bother seeing. ---
**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, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/23 "2005-11-21T23:26:06Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Pst…The Hills Have Eyes was Wes Craven, not Roger Corman. The point is it’s a director whose surname starts with a C. :smack: ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/24 "2005-11-21T23:30:10Z")
> [@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 think it would make it more interesting if they make it like a total period piece - slavishly copy the original series a la “the Brady Bunch Movie” with one exception: totatlly go against type and cast someone like Courtney Love as Genie. Just imagine Major Nelson having to deal with a foul-mouthed, gutter-trash genie who screams, hollers and uses every low-down spell she can cast to get her petty little way. It’d make for a heckuva more interesting adaptation than the terminally sappy, belabored “Bewitched” shite from last summer. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/25 "2005-11-21T23:34:59Z")
Here’s some movies I found on IMDB that I believe are remakes: [39 Steps, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0393017/) [Addicted (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0368563/) [Brazilian Job, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0427396/) [Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (2005)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0441741/) [Casino Royale (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0381061/) [Chaos (2006/I)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0328940/) [Creepshow (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0485887/) [Departed, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/) [Eight Below (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0397313/) [Elling (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0322156/) [Evil Dead, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0434020/) [Eye, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0406759/) [Father Knows Best (2005)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0377908/) [Fly, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0379788/) [Foxy Brown (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0411411/) [Incredible Shrinking Man, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0249596/) [Kiki’s Delivery Service (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0445994/) [Lake House, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0410297/) [Last Unicorn, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0314301/) [Lavender Hill Mob, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0435686/) [Logan’s Run (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0402344/) [My Sassy Girl (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/) [Oldboy (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0425320/) [Porky’s (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0365647/) [Pulse (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0454919/) [Race with the Devil (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0454924/) [Revenge of the Nerds (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0426560/) [Warriors, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0423512/) Of course, many of these are in production and will never actually be made. Also, some of them are English remakes of foreign films, which explains why the title might be unfamiliar. ---
**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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/26 "2005-11-21T23:36:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 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. I also liked the original Yours, Mine and Ours, although it too was a period piece, although the period was the 1960s in this case. And the San Francisco scenery was nice. And I liked the scene from the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball film when they were buying massive quantities of food at the grocery store. I’d imagine the equivalent scene in the new movie would show them at Costco. (That family seems like one that could use those massive jars of mayo and peanut butter.) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/27 "2005-11-21T23:40:48Z")
> [@Sam Lowry](#): > > Of course, many of these are in production and will never actually be made. Also, some of them are English remakes of foreign films, which explains why the title might be unfamiliar. Half of those do not need to be remade. Who the hell thinks that Porky’s needs to be updated? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/28 "2005-11-21T23:52:43Z")
I for one look forward to a Race with the Devil remake. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/29 "2005-11-21T23:52:51Z")
> [@Sam Lowry](#): > > [Kiki’s Delivery Service (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0445994/) Oh, God, _ **NO!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/30 "2005-11-22T00:02:40Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Half of those do not need to be remade. Who the hell thinks that Porky’s needs to be updated? Produced by _Howard Stern_ no less. Get ready for the lesbocam. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/31 "2005-11-22T00:21:05Z")
Supposedly they’re going to be remaking _Dirty Harry_ with The Rock in the lead. Yeah, that’ll suck. ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/32 "2005-11-22T00:39:30Z")
Maybe it’s slightly sad, but I’m looking forward to the remake of The Last Unicorn. (Link posted above, in the long list.) I have fond memories from my childhood of the original. I love a good children’s movie. (The 1993 remake of The Secret Garden remains one of my favourite movies.) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/33 "2005-11-22T02:00:49Z")
A remake of Logan’s Run where the cutoff age has been changed from 30 to 21? What would make it perfect is if it were an MTV production. Besides, after The Island and what I predict will be Charlize Theron’s ‘Catwoman’, Aeon Flux, aren’t there enough crappy distopia sci fi movies? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/34 "2005-11-22T02:51:42Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House > [http://imdb.com/title/tt0422774/](http://imdb.com/title/tt0422774/) You’d think they’d learn from [the last time someone attempted to remake it](http://imdb.com/title/tt0091541/). No one can fill that sort of a role like Cary Grant – not even Tom Hanks. Certainly not Ice Cube. God, just hit my ass with a mallet, spit in my face, and we’ll call it watched, okay? ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/35 "2005-11-22T03:52:01Z")
“The Evil Dead” remake? With Ashton Kutcher taking over for Bruce Campbell as Ash? Please tell me someone is getting Punked… ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/36 "2005-11-22T03:53:12Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > A remake of Logan’s Run where the cutoff age has been changed from 30 to 21? What would make it perfect is if it were an MTV production. I can’t tell from your post, but you do know that the age was 21 in the original novel, right? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/37 "2005-11-22T03:55:57Z")
> [@Sam Lowry](#): > > [Brazilian Job, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0427396/) Ah, my favorite: a movie that’s a sequel to a remake. Which sucked. > [@adam yax](#): > > Half of those do not need to be remade. Who the hell thinks that Porky’s needs to be updated? I thought they did that and called it American Pie. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/38 "2005-11-22T03:55:57Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > You’d think they’d learn from [the last time someone attempted to remake it](http://imdb.com/title/tt0091541/). I, uh, liked _The Money Pit_. ---
**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 22, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/39 "2005-11-22T04:11:14Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > “The Evil Dead” remake? With Ashton Kutcher taking over for Bruce Campbell as Ash? Please tell me someone is getting Punked… I met Bruce Campbell a few months ago, and he said that this isn’t really happening. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125/40 "2005-11-22T05:06:07Z")
> [@Sam Lowry](#): > > [Brazilian Job, The (2006)](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0427396/) What this a sequel to, [Shampoo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073692/) ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-remakes-are-in-development/332125.md?page=3)