What film would you remake.

GuanYin

If you had the rights and the money to produce a remake of any film you wanted, using todays FX and techniques.
What would it be and who would direct/star in it.

For example:

Highlander
Direct: David Fincher
Starring: Hard one, but coz he's the only one who springs to mind is Viggo Mortensen.

Pigman II

I'd re-make the old 40's British movie 'The Bells Go Down' and set it in Manhattan just prior to 9/11.

Tusky

Id remake "MAD MAX" wh00t

ObeyGiant

I'm going to cry if I see another soulless remake. Literally, cry. I read that John Travolta is pushing to get Harvey remade with him in the Jimmy Stewart role, and I could feel the tears swelling up.

Hollywood is feeding on itself at a furious rate now.

Karl Hungus

I agree, 99% of the time, Remakes ****ing blow. But I was rather impressed with the Pierce Brosnan version of The Thomas Crown Afair, but that could be that the original seemed to have dated an awful lot since I had seen it as a kid.

But to stay on topic...
I would like to see Terry Gilliam do a live-action remake of The Flight Of Dragons.
James Earl Jones would still have to be in the cast however.

jonno

I agree with the opinion that remakes suck ass. I hope that that rumour of a Harvey remake is not through. What are they trying to do remaking such a classic with that dead-end no-hoper John Travolta in it. How can anyone even consider him as a replacement for Jimmy. It's outrageous.

ObeyGiant put it best "Hollywood is feeding off itself at a furious rate" and a simple fat of nature would lead one to believe that when something feeds off itself it will eventually cease to exist.

Down with remakes, up with more creativity

de5p0i1er

Remakes suck. If I could remake a movie I'd like to redo the last two Batmans, they were to child friendly the first two were much darker.

Caesar_Bojangle

Remakes generally amount to utter donkey balls, excluding Scarface of course. How about rehashing Get Carter, The Italian Job, Bedazzled and Solaris. I cant see how a remake of anyone of the aforementioned films would go wrong.

tman

the running man.

the original novel had such potential, then arnie got his grubby mitts on it

starring me of course:)
or jake gylendhaal (i want to see him play a role other than a troubled teen, i know he's well capable)

Jim

the longest day - excellent film and good historical context, but it has aged......badly

id still leave in john wayne though, and i get anyone to direct it except john woo.

I'd remake The Omega Man. I'd have Richard Kelly direct it and Edward Norton in the Charlton Heaston role.

sceptre

Top Hat


(for those who reckon that remakes always blow, Ben Hur was a remake)

regi

Johnny Mnemonic

ObeyGiant

Originally posted by sceptre
(for those who reckon that remakes always blow, Ben Hur was a remake)

A remake of a silent movie? Isn't that kind of stretching it a little?
At least by remaking a silent movie, they're bound to bring something new to the table by default: dialogue.

[Iramus]

Originally posted by Regi
Johnny Mnemonic

oh yeah! woob woob woob
*im gonna rent that now

anthonymcg

Remake Top Gun with newer planes, the wachowski brothers and an actual goose in place of anthony edwards.

weemcd

i'd remake the god father, but my remakes would be good- you justr have to trust me

sceptre

Originally posted by ObeyGiant
A remake of a silent movie? Isn't that kind of stretching it a little?
At least by remaking a silent movie, they're bound to bring something new to the table by default: dialogue.

I suppose the point I was making was that it was the first major remake of a previous major movie & there was something of an outcry at the time that it was unnecessary.

You're still right though.

tman

hmmm, noones said "debbie does dallas" or "anal adventures 9" yet, you guys must be maturing..........





















nah

de5p0i1er

Originally posted by tman
hmmm, noones said "debbie does dallas" or "anal adventures 9" yet, you guys must be maturing..........

Like that I'll ever happen.

sceptre

I'm going to assume that "Debbie does Las Vegas" (did they actually make that?) was effectively an enhanced remake of Debbie does Dallas (more jugs! bigger... ah you get the idea). Can't have been too much plot difference.

(haven't seen either tbh)

Kalina

Call me a child but I'd love to see a remake of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". I'd give it it's proper title after the book, which was one of my favourites as a child. The original movie was great but they left out huge chunks of the book and added in stuff that wasn't in the book at all. Ooompa Lompa's were never meant to be orange!! I don't know who should direct it, Chris Columbus or Rob Minkoff might be good.

bombidol

Id like to see a well done remake of The Warriors

weemcd

id love to make ghost in the shell for real, thats what inspired the matrix

tman

Originally posted by Kalina
Call me a child but I'd love to see a remake of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".

i guess it's your lucky day then:)

Hecate

Call me a child but I'd love to see a remake of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".

Well that is actually on the cards, Tim Burton is attached to direct aswell. Which means it's going to be a pretty twisted version

DapperGent

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

tman

judge dredd:(

i hope they don't fuxor up the sequel (jean reno is allegedly going to be playing the part of dredd)

/edit
hmmm, a $15 million budget is sweet fa...:(

Johnny_the_fox

Star Wars I - the phantom menace....

mcgarnicle

Soylent Green, with Charlton Heston as Sol (cos he is old) or maybe Logan's Run with Keanu Reeves as Box, would suit him

Retr0gamer

My god, The Italian Job remake wasso bad it almost put me too sleep. And I never fall asleep during films.

The Brigadier

Star Wars Episode I without Jar Jar or any of the ****ing gungans...

Bard

Ladyhawke.

Keep Rutger Hauer.
Get rid of Matthew Broderick.
Replace the ridiculous 70's soundtrack.